Final results of the 2007 June Agricultural Census

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FINAL RESULTS OF THE JUNE 2007 AGRICULTURAL CENSUS

TOGETHER WITH FINAL JUNE RESULTS FOR THE YEARS 1997 TO 2006 FOR COMPARISON

Table 1. Agricultural area in hectares, 1997 to 2007

												Percentage
												change between
	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2006 & 2007
Cereals
Wheat	108,730	111,250	84,540	108,880	79,710	97,190	87,500	101,130	95,600	99,680	102,720	3.0%
Triticale	2,010	1,670	1,500	1,540	1,500	1,260	1,310	1,270	1,140	1,290	1,240	-3.9%
Barley - winter	79,040	77,850	58,580	61,760	55,420	61,230	55,650	56,350	51,340	53,760	52,560	-2.2%
- spring	265,800	256,370	281,100	255,230	281,380	263,910	264,920	257,460	243,300	220,640	225,760	2.3%
Oats - winter	7,670	7,730	5,630	6,760	4,160	5,430	6,030	6,150	4,980	6,620	7,220	9.1%
- spring	13,800	14,330	16,920	15,420	17,420	16,480	16,310	15,680	14,970	16,060	13,610	-15.3%
Mixed grain	480	440	520	450	530	420	450	320	440	460	400	-13.0%
Total	477,530	469,640	448,770	450,050	440,130	445,930	432,160	438,360	411,770	398,510	403,510	1.3%

Oilseed rape
- winter	33,280	42,040	37,710	28,200	27,220	26,430	29,880	34,180	32,270	30,980	34,280	10.7%
- spring	26,110	23,140	13,520	8,240	7,640	4,470	5,280	5,140	3,320	2,760	2,060	-25.4%
Total	59,390	65,170	51,230	36,440	34,860	30,900	35,160	39,320	35,590	33,740	36,330	7.7%

Peas for combining	1,730	2,100	1,810	1,640	1,910	1,450	1,670	1,580	1,390	1,490	1,790	20.1%
Beans for combining	500	510	680	1,140	2,130	2,120	1,900	2,800	3,440	4,530	3,510	-22.5%
Linseed	520	1,390	4,770	2,540	1,500	860	830 ⁽³⁾	630	410	310	240	-22.6%

Total combine harvested crops	539,670	538,810	507,270	491,800	480,520	481,260	471,720	482,690	452,610	438,590	445,380	1.5%

Potatoes
Seed	13,880	14,110	14,480	14,280	13,150	13,790	12,230	11,860	11,130	11,440	11,450	0.1%
Ware - harvest by 31 July	890	700	690	770	1,040	950	1,180	930	910	830	800	-3.6%
Ware - harvest after 31 July	13,080	14,160	14,690	14,770	15,460	15,470	14,820	16,330	15,800	15,880	17,040	7.3%
Total	27,850	28,960	29,850	29,810	29,660	30,200	28,230	29,120	27,830	28,150	29,290	4.0%

Crops for stockfeeding
Turnips/swedes	15,470	13,430	12,300	11,330	10,150	9,070	8,680	8,360	7,560	7,310	6,490	-11.2%
Kale/cabbage	3,220	3,090	2,810	2,590	2,530	2,240	2,170	2,180	2,510	3,020	2,890	-4.3%
Rape	4,000	4,030	3,510	3,320	3,250	2,940	2,860	3,010	3,140	3,190	2,940	-7.8%
Fodder beet	630	520	480	480	450	400	370	400	340	350	420	20.0%
Lupins ⁽¹⁾	*	*	*	*	*	*	790	690	780	580	410	-29.3%
Other crops ⁽²⁾	4,230	4,350	5,550	6,550	8,000	9,230	9,920	10,520	10,950	11,680	11,550	-1.1%
Total	27,550	25,420	24,660	24,260	24,370	23,880	24,790	25,180	25,270	26,140	24,700	-5.5%

Vegetables for human consumption	11,790	11,300	10,370	10,780	10,600	10,110	10,590	10,680	10,570	11,310	11,780	4.2%
Orchard fruit	50	50	40	50	50	50	40	40	50	40	50	25.0%
Soft fruit	2,310	2,250	2,130	1,970	1,830	1,740	1,650	1,700	1,680	1,710	1,790	4.7%
Other crops	3,430	3,090	3,300	4,080	4,020	4,780	4,810	5,770	6,900	9,150	9,670	5.7%
Fallow	6,670	6,810	7,030	10,990	11,340	12,080	8,070	8,510	19,210	17,720	15,170	-14.4%
Set-aside	40,300	43,420	70,870	77,930	90,060	85,580	90,680	75,120	69,490	67,550	67,830	0.4%

Total crops, fallow, and set-aside	659,620	660,120	655,540	651,690	652,450	649,690	640,590	638,800	613,610	600,350	605,650	0.9%

Grass
Grass for mowing - under 5 years	176,390	168,890	165,270	164,590	164,900	164,240	161,410	164,870	161,270	161,400	160,840	-0.3%
- 5th year & over	152,140	148,900	154,560	157,900	159,640	160,870	158,870	157,140	155,740	155,490	157,000	1.0%
Grass for grazing - under 5 years	160,280	161,280	158,390	156,640	156,890	157,370	157,740	157,180	163,170	160,080	155,570	-2.8%
- 5th year & over	660,550	673,600	698,090	707,740	735,190	768,960	774,630	745,260	754,560	766,610	762,230	-0.6%
Total	1,149,360	1,152,670	1,176,300	1,186,870	1,216,630	1,251,430	1,252,650	1,224,450	1,234,730	1,243,580	1,235,640	-0.6%

Total area of crops and grass	1,808,980	1,812,800	1,831,840	1,838,560	1,869,080	1,901,120	1,893,250	1,863,250	1,848,340	1,843,930	1,841,280	-0.1%

Rough grazing	3,494,050	3,470,780	3,428,770	3,399,770	3,375,840	3,359,710	3,313,490	3,329,490	3,342,320	3,441,130	3,401,450	-1.2%
Woodland	178,110	185,480	197,180	200,600	202,850	209,870	236,640	238,960	238,020	249,290	277,470	11.3%
Other land	62,400	60,270	58,820	61,390	64,910	64,850	74,240	80,680	80,600	80,400	74,650	-7.2%

Total agricultural area	5,543,540	5,529,320	5,516,610	5,500,320	5,512,690	5,535,550	5,517,610	5,512,370	5,509,280	5,614,750	5,594,860	-0.4%

⁽¹⁾ Lupins are not available before 2003.

⁽²⁾ Maize is included within 'Crops for stockfeeding - other crops'.

⁽³⁾ The 2003 figure for linseed also includes flax, which was collected separately for 2003 only.

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