| Description | Tables showing the final results of the December 2007 agricultural census |
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| ISBN | (Web Only) |
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| Official Print Publication Date | |
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| Website Publication Date | March 05, 2008 |
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Table 6 Estimated crops and grass area, hay and silage production, 1997 to 2007
| | | | | | | | | | | | Percentage | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | change between | |
| 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2006 & 2007 | |
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| Crops and grass sown by 1 December | | | | | | | | | | | | | Crops and grass sown by 1 December |
| (thousand hectares) | | | | | | | | | | | | | (thousand hectares) |
| Wheat | 111 | 76 | 108 | 76 | 96 | 86 | 103 | 93 | 96 | 102 | 114 | 11.4% | Wheat |
| Barley | 75 | 56 | 63 | 64 | 63 | 61 | 59 | 56 | 55 | 55 | 59 | 6.9% | Barley |
| Oats | 9 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5.1% | Oats |
| Oilseed rape | 42 | 42 | 30 | 31 | 29 | 33 | 37 | 35 | 35 | 38 | 33 | -14.4% | Oilseed rape |
| Grass sown | 72 | 64 | 68 | 86 | 59 | 63 | 59 | 52 | 59 | 57 | 46 | -18.7% | Grass sown |
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| Grass cut (thousand hectares) | | | | | | | | | | | | | Grass cut (thousand hectares) |
| For hay | 80 | 51 | 65 | 59 | 59 | 45 | 53 | 42 | 50 | 53 | 42 | -21.1% | For hay |
| For silage / haylage | 318 | 296 | 308 | 284 | 317 | 299 | 293 | 304 | 293 | 305 | 307 | 0.7% | For silage / haylage |
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| Production (thousand tonnes) | | | | | | | | | | | | | Production (thousand tonnes) |
| Hay | 549 | 296 | 371 | 355 | 352 | 277 | 321 | 263 | 308 | 359 | 269 | -25.0% | Hay |
| Grass silage / haylage | 6,916 | 6,873 | 6,480 | 6,565 | 6,908 | 6,695 | 6,472 | 6,456 | 6,295 | 6,232 | 6,638 | 6.5% | Grass silage / haylage |
| Arable silage | 152 | 180 | 261 | 296 | 319 | 394 | 372 | 447 | 393 | 406 | 396 | -2.5% | Arable silage |