Farm Incomes in Scotland 2006/07

TABLE 3(a): OUTPUT, INPUTS AND NET FARM INCOME BY TYPE OF FARMING AND SIZE OF BUSINESS
TYPE OF FARMING : ALL TYPES
YEARS: 2005/06 and 2006/07

£ per farm

Size of Business	Small		Medium		Large		All Sizes
Size of Business	2005/06	2006/07	2005/06	2006/07	2005/06	2006/07	2005/06	2006/07
Number of farms	191	175	95	91	199	192	485	458
Average size of business ( SLR)	1.3	1.3	2.5	2.5	5.0	5.1	2.7	2.7
Average size of farm (hectares)	145	145	210	205	561	541	292	285
Area of cereals (hectares)	25	23	32	33	41	39	31	30
Area of potatoes (hectares)	1	1	2	3	4	4	2	2
Area of oilseed rape (hectares)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Number of ewes	88	89	190	198	481	462	234	230
Number of suckler cows	23	25	46	44	69	70	42	43
Number of dairy cows	2	1	11	11	33	33	13	13
Number of other cattle	54	56	108	104	195	203	109	112
OUTPUTS
Cereals	11,168	13,318	14,841	19,838	19,819	24,081	14,614	17,923
Potatoes	692	1,129	1,861	2,000	12,898	21,692	4,902	8,042
Other crops	4,275	4,696	4,956	6,187	5,319	6,739	4,729	5,612
Total Crops	16,135	19,144	21,658	28,025	38,036	52,511	24,246	31,577
Cattle	15,029	17,546	26,157	28,862	43,278	51,222	26,142	30,477
Sheep	4,809	4,783	8,758	9,032	20,398	21,145	10,585	10,863
Pigs	0	0	0	0	4	11	1	4
Poultry & eggs	53	63	119	148	4	-2	47	56
Milk	1,560	1,328	12,489	12,133	40,901	41,522	16,294	16,322
Other livestock	40	34	18	-4	60	16	43	22
Total livestock	21,489	23,755	47,540	50,171	104,644	113,913	53,112	57,743
Miscellaneous	7,599	5,670	7,391	7,371	7,701	7,586	7,599	6,578
Subsidy and Payments	22,167	22,409	36,902	37,196	62,791	63,644	37,942	38,394
(of which LFASS)	(2,338)	(1,674)	(4,490)	(3,029)	(9,267)	(5,963)	(4,970)	(3,307)
(of which SFP)	(18,139)	(18,513)	(30,197)	(30,176)	(50,051)	(53,071)	(30,610)	(31,791)
Total Output	67,390	70,977	113,491	122,763	213,172	237,655	122,898	134,291
INPUTS
Feed	6,842	7,287	15,426	17,751	32,766	35,443	16,775	18,261
(of which home produced)	(1,272)	(1542)	(2,320)	(2,662)	(3,286)	(3,949)	(2,106)	(2,517)
Other livestock expenses	3,690	4,026	7,893	8,102	15,227	16,066	8,173	8,654
Seeds	1,519	1,544	2,015	2,163	4,287	4,602	2,511	2,652
(of which home grown)	(221)	(177)	(180)	(169)	(1,250)	(1,388)	(553)	(575)
Fertilisers	5,198	5,138	8,109	9,222	14,013	14,207	8,575	8,789
Other crop expenses	3,020	2,836	3,950	4,990	8,034	8,059	4,822	4,906
Labour	5,793	4,971	11,223	11,132	29,780	31,289	14,576	14,640
Machinery (excl. depreciation)	10,707	10,948	15,822	16,758	26,775	28,981	16,831	17,832
Machinery depreciation	8,668	8,179	11,238	11,710	18,724	18,387	12,398	12,115
Land & building costs	11,382	11,354	18,093	17,362	30,443	31,532	18,751	18,976
Miscellaneous	6,162	6,099	8,765	8,648	12,090	12,361	8,538	8,576
Total Input	62,980	62,382	102,533	107,838	192,139	200,926	111,949	115,402
NET FARM INCOME (excl. BLSA)	4,411	8,595	10,441	14,925	20,870	36,728	10,812	18,890
BLSA	-14	1,166	-325	2,680	-960	5,059	-376	2,694
Net farm income (inc. BLSA)	4,397	9,761	10,115	17,605	19,910	41,787	10,436	21,584
Total Valuation Change (inc. BLSA)	-1,064	3,014	-1,281	4,896	-1,479	15,146	-1,236	7,315

TABLE 3(b): OUTPUT, INPUTS AND NET FARM INCOME BY TYPE OF FARMING AND SIZE OF BUSINESS
TYPE OF FARMING: SPECIALIST SHEEP ( LFA)
YEARS: 2005/06 and 2006/07

£ per farm

Size of Business	Small		Medium		Large		All Sizes
Size of Business	2005/06	2006/07	2005/06	2006/07	2005/06	2006/07	2005/06	2006/07
Number of farms	9	8	8	8	29	25	46	41
Average size of business ( SLR)	1.4	1.3	2.4	2.4	5.0	4.9	2.5	2.4
Average size of farm (hectares)	351	329	440	367	1,233	1,290	600	593
Area of cereals (hectares)	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
Area of potatoes (hectares)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Area of oilseed rape (hectares)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Number of ewes	287	258	539	564	1,104	1,060	539	513
Number of suckler cows	2	2	6	4	15	14	6	6
Number of other cattle	5	6	13	13	19	16	10	10
OUTPUT
Cereals	0	0	364	531	45	20	58	72
Potatoes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other crops	210	862	867	1,168	724	638	431	840
Total Crops	210	862	1,231	1,699	769	658	488	912
Cattle	1,055	2,067	2,809	2,551	3,552	3,951	1,949	2,637
Sheep	13,249	11,842	16,403	16,592	28,368	27,853	17,728	16,762
Pigs	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Poultry & eggs	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Milk	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other livestock	159	-6	0	88	58	-125	112	-27
Total livestock	14,463	13,904	19,203	19,230	31,977	31,679	19,787	19,372
Miscellaneous	8,326	7,429	1,344	1,429	3,871	2,672	6,250	5,394
Subsidy and Payments	14,582	13,356	26,716	25,050	45,438	42,695	24,435	22,744
(of which LFASS)	(3,279)	(2,167)	(6,175)	(4,144)	(13,194)	(8,655)	(6,320)	(4,167)
(of which SFP)	(7,785)	(8,088)	(14,791)	(14,854)	(28,855)	(28,037)	(14,353)	(14,323)
Total Output	37,580	35,550	48,494	47,408	82,056	77,704	50,961	48,421
INPUTS
Feed	4,891	4,303	4,961	5,885	11,750	11,852	6,753	6,540
(of which home produced)	(0)	(0)	(402)	(531)	(45)	(22)	(62)	(72)
Other livestock expenses	3,135	3,382	5,791	5,409	9,382	9,327	5,155	5,242
Seeds	38	214	148	48	305	301	124	217
(of which home grown)	(0)	(0)	(0)	(0)	(0)	(0)	(0)	(0)
Fertilisers	1,189	1,328	1,760	1,880	2,304	1,752	1,561	1,511
Other crop expenses	260	305	245	273	274	300	262	300
Labour	4,878	3,708	4,637	3,286	16,514	17,515	7,992	7,386
Machinery (excl. depreciation)	4,670	5,369	5,233	7,008	9,018	9,008	5,915	6,557
Machinery depreciation	5,361	6,802	3,733	5,369	6,702	6,365	5,520	6,505
Land & building costs	5,771	5,479	7,558	8,870	13,641	12,709	8,120	7,856
Miscellaneous	3,968	3,797	3,889	4,271	7,082	7,400	4,800	4,830
Total Inputs	34,159	34,687	37,953	42,298	76,970	76,529	46,201	46,944
NET FARM INCOME (excl. BLSA)	3,420	863	10,540	5,110	5,085	1,175	4,759	1,478
BLSA	-182	-97	-367	-53	-199	444	-210	55
Net farm income (inc BLSA)	3,238	766	10,174	5,058	4,886	1,620	4,549	1,532
Total Valuation Change (inc. BLSA)	-1,862	-1,349	-2,631	-1,485	-3,019	-92	-2,270	-1,026

TABLE 3(c): OUTPUT, INPUTS AND NET FARM INCOME BY TYPE OF FARMING AND SIZE OF BUSINESS
TYPE OF FARMING : SPECIALIST BEEF ( LFA)
YEARS: 2005/06 and 2006/07

£ per farm

Size of Business	Small		Medium		Large		All Sizes
Size of Business	2005/06	2006/07	2005/06	2006/07	2005/06	2006/07	2005/06	2006/07
Number of farms	65	61	29	27	31	31	125	119
Average size of business ( SLR)	1.2	1.3	2.5	2.4	4.6	4.3	2.3	2.3
Average size of farm (hectares)	92	100	222	216	404	321	193	176
Area of cereals (hectares)	5	5	6	6	11	13	7	7
Area of potatoes (hectares)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Area of oilseed rape (hectares)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Number of ewes	54	66	215	226	499	403	194	179
Number of suckler cows	56	57	93	92	163	161	90	90
Number of other cattle	89	90	136	133	233	243	133	136
OUTPUT
Cereals	1,545	2,268	2,098	2,589	3,475	5,462	2,130	3,136
Potatoes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other crops	690	1,173	211	492	302	1,573	511	1,161
Total Crops	2,235	3,440	2,309	3,081	3,777	7,034	2,641	4,297
Cattle	26,533	30,722	39,008	43,263	75,375	83,213	41,087	46,218
Sheep	3,158	3,774	12,212	12,218	25,869	24,130	10,471	10,384
Pigs	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Poultry & eggs	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Milk	10	4	0	0	0	0	6	2
Other livestock	6	75	30	-13	45	21	20	47
Total livestock	29,707	34,575	51,250	55,468	101,289	107,364	51,584	56,650
Miscellaneous	3,434	2,295	7,832	7,997	3,589	3,827	4,212	3,643
Subsidy and Payments	25,582	26,969	46,216	45,125	87,565	81,209	44,858	43,854
(of which LFASS)	(4,402)	(3,129)	(9,376)	(6,209)	(16,040)	(9,786)	(8,206)	(5,344)
(of which SFP)	(19,540)	(21,733)	(34,492)	(34,089)	(66,162)	(68,507)	(33,944)	(35,739)
Total Output	60,958	67,279	107,607	111,671	196,219	199,434	103,294	108,444
INPUTS
Feed	9,552	10,860	17,193	20,701	32,090	30,860	16,584	17,614
(of which home produced)	(1,234)	(1,566)	(1,446)	(1,832)	(3,252)	(4,031)	(1,784)	(2,239)
Other livestock expenses	5,018	5,940	9,874	9,663	18,123	18,363	9,176	9,734
Seeds	553	610	850	807	1,497	1,553	843	884
(of which home grown)	(41)	(41)	(8)	(13)	(35)	(0)	(34)	(26)
Fertilisers	4,339	4,406	8,060	8,624	12,472	13,415	7,038	7,412
Other crop expenses	1,141	1,109	2,177	2,051	1,900	2,380	1,509	1,591
Labour	3,128	3,052	11,378	12,649	23,132	24,760	9,616	10,201
Machinery (excl. depreciation)	8,626	9,145	13,636	14,981	21,692	21,812	12,800	13,356
Machinery depreciation	7,627	7,558	11,480	10,401	16,416	16,530	10,516	10,324
Land & building costs	9,015	9,858	15,128	14,416	27,563	28,329	14,773	15,335
Miscellaneous	5,866	5,703	8,313	8,078	12,080	11,468	7,862	7,572
Total Inputs	54,866	58,241	98,088	102,372	166,965	169,470	90,718	94,023
NET FARM INCOME (excl. BLSA)	6,092	9,039	9,519	9,299	29,254	29,965	12,576	14,421
BLSA	245	2,629	481	4,732	-1,378	9,794	-129	4,810
Net farm income (inc BLSA)	6,337	11,667	10,000	14,031	27,876	39,758	12,447	19,230
Total valuation change (inc. BLSA)	-169	3,035	-1,707	5,581	-5,384	13,115	-1,758	6,034

TABLE 3(d): OUTPUT, INPUTS AND NET FARM INCOME BY TYPE OF FARMING AND SIZE OF BUSINESS
TYPE OF FARMING : CATTLE AND SHEEP ( LFA)
YEARS: 2005/06 and 2006/07

£ per farm

Size of Business	Small		Medium		Large		All Sizes
Size of Business	2005/06	2006/07	2005/06	2006/07	2005/06	2006/07	2005/06	2006/07
Number of farms	12	10	12	10	45	42	69	62
Average size of business ( SLR)	1.3	1.4	2.5	2.4	6.3	6.1	4.0	3.9
Average size of farm (hectares)	187	207	299	308	1,216	1,115	722	680
Area of cereals (hectares)	5	5	4	3	11	10	8	7
Area of potatotes (hectares	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Area of oilseed rape	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Number of ewes	219	227	439	438	1,017	982	655	639
Number of suckler cows	23	26	46	41	96	92	63	61
Number of other cattle	26	29	59	51	143	143	90	90
OUTPUT
Cereals	1,325	1,830	1,220	1,362	3,586	3,987	2,446	2,841
Potatoes	0	0	0	0	243	170	122	85
Other crops	685	350	797	1,548	869	-148	795	287
Total Crops	2,010	2,179	2,017	2,910	4,698	4,008	3,363	3,213
Cattle	9,131	10,742	16,115	15,792	42,263	46,265	26,889	29,400
Sheep	8,545	9,415	15,270	15,444	39,286	40,572	25,060	26,030
Pigs	0	0	0	0	9	56	4	28
Poultry & eggs	389	571	-10	0	20	-7	141	191
Milk	13	0	0	0	4,466	4,649	2,251	2,338
Other livestock	26	135	-17	-72	144	50	78	60
Total livestock	18,103	20,863	31,357	31,165	86,188	91,583	54,423	58,047
Miscellaneous	3,830	4,319	9,058	10,318	4,617	4,430	5,044	5,314
Subsidy and Payments	17,092	17,844	33,673	33,818	80,623	74,582	51,643	48,883
(of which LFASS)	(3,730)	(2,739)	(7,770)	(4,993)	(18,432)	(11,790)	(11,757)	(7,645)
(of which SFP)	(10,884)	(11,435)	(23,622)	(25,057)	(56,467)	(54,497)	(35,805)	(35,227)
Total Output	41,035	45,206	76,105	78,210	176,126	174,602	114,473	115,456
INPUTS
Feed	4,934	6,281	12,261	11,801	28,851	29,669	18,111	18,909
(of which home produced)	(971)	(1502)	(1,144)	(429)	(2,846)	(2,783)	(1,941)	(1,979)
Other livestock expenses	4,103	4,434	7,750	8,002	16,131	16,361	10,724	10,992
Seeds	353	509	302	488	1,811	1,631	1,078	1,070
(of which home grown)	(0)	(23)	(0)	(0)	(83)	(36)	(42)	(26)
Fertilisers	1,861	2,008	4,151	4,348	10,367	9,018	6,498	5,900
Other crop expenses	632	638	753	818	2,089	2,034	1,384	1,368
Labour	3,362	3,144	6,383	6,867	25,976	26,658	15,209	15,554
Machinery (excl. depreciation)	6,263	7,161	11,048	11,389	18,713	19,647	13,274	14,103
Machinery depreciation	4,478	4,927	9,110	8,788	15,992	15,546	10,994	10,872
Land & building costs	8,081	8,785	12,964	12,296	24,719	23,931	17,214	16,953
Miscellaneous	4,633	4,916	7,469	8,202	11,047	10,798	8,303	8,389
Total Inputs	38,700	42,802	72,190	72,999	155,695	155,293	102,788	104,110
NET FARM INCOME (excl. BLSA)	2,336	2,404	3,915	5,211	20,431	19,310	11,685	11,347
BLSA	-74	1,221	-56	2,196	-181	4,305	-125	2,925
Net farm income (inc BLSA)	2,261	3,625	3,859	7,407	20,251	23,614	11,560	14,271
Total valuation change (inc. BLSA)	-672	2,770	-7,347	-5,244	-2,320	7,547	-2,546	3,919

TABLE 3(e): OUTPUT, INPUTS AND NET FARM INCOME BY TYPE OF FARMING AND SIZE OF BUSINESS
TYPE OF FARMING : CEREALS
YEARS: 2005/06 and 2006/07

£ per farm

Size of Business	Small		Medium		Large		All Sizes
Size of Business	2005/06	2006/07	2005/06	2006/07	2005/06	2006/07	2005/06	2006/07
Number of farms	35	34	12	12	10	10	57	56
Average size of business ( SLR)	1.2	1.2	2.5	2.5	3.6	3.6	1.6	1.6
Average size of farm (hectares)	120	118	202	195	300	315	150	149
Area of cereals (hectares)	72	70	123	128	185	197	91	91
Area of potatoes (hectares)	1	0	5	5	6	3	2	1
Area of oilseed rape (hectares)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Number of ewes	11	16	56	40	53	59	21	23
Number of suckler cows	2	3	4	10	22	22	5	6
Number of dairy cows	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Number of other cattle	32	39	61	70	96	102	43	50
OUTPUT
Cereals	34,577	44,475	61,733	81,789	104,668	145,235	45,505	59,973
Potatoes	519	319	8,352	7,979	9,858	12,858	2,490	2,616
Other crops	13,732	14,117	19,067	24,754	25,987	39,266	15,714	18,147
Total Crops	48,827	58,911	89,153	114,522	140,514	197,359	63,709	80,737
Cattle	9,352	9,958	15,354	16,650	28,382	28,493	12,152	12,788
Sheep	1,273	1,607	4,621	4,805	3,814	4,576	1,958	2,320
Pigs	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Poultry & eggs	36	0	0	0	0	0	28	0
Milk	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other livestock	46	0	0	0	80	-80	44	-9
Total livestock	10,707	11,565	19,975	21,455	32,276	32,989	14,181	15,099
Miscellaneous	15,256	9,188	11,301	12,502	21,416	19,594	15,441	10,723
Subsidy and Payments	26,784	27,686	44,347	45,914	68,993	71,425	33,513	34,662
(of which LFASS)	(21)	(14)	(0)	(0)	(224)	(347)	(41)	(49)
(of which SFP)	(25,919)	(25,541)	(43,190)	(41,970)	(65,666)	(63,829)	(32,345)	(31,705)
Total Output	101,574	107,348	164,775	194,393	263,199	321,367	126,844	141,220
INPUTS
Feed	2,822	3,783	8,815	9,380	9,816	11,785	4,314	5,335
(of which home produced)	(1,350)	(2,024)	(3,737)	(4,600)	(2,537)	(2,383)	(1,770)	(2,378)
Other livestock expenses	2,024	2,098	4,136	4,481	4,654	4,987	2,568	2,703
Seeds	4,148	4,116	7,096	7,468	10,106	9,959	5,155	5,160
(of which home grown)	(550)	(459)	(707)	(321)	(2,024)	(2,223)	(729)	(633)
Fertilisers	10,297	10,386	17,340	18,325	30,535	29,143	13,355	13,392
Other crop expenses	8,631	8,195	13,913	17,545	29,875	28,899	11,583	11,585
Labour	10,219	6,828	22,068	24,129	36,507	40,134	14,521	12,558
Machinery (excl. depreciation)	19,478	18,262	23,186	28,949	43,497	41,503	22,539	22,091
Machinery depreciation	13,941	11,321	19,676	18,121	32,850	31,240	16,694	14,314
Land & building costs	18,781	17,104	31,250	31,553	48,022	48,009	23,479	22,225
Miscellaneous	8,609	8,500	11,259	11,473	14,622	15,070	9,585	9,577
Total Inputs	98,949	90,591	158,738	171,424	260,483	260,727	123,792	118,940
NET FARM INCOME (excl. BLSA)	2,625	16,758	6,037	22,969	2,716	60,639	3,052	22,280
BLSA	10	21	27	464	465	653	62	144
Net farm income (inc. BLSA)	2,635	16,779	6,064	23,432	3,181	61,292	3,114	22,424
Total valuation change (inc. BLSA)	-430	2,127	2,913	6,694	-5,775	30,590	-602	5,775

TABLE 3(f): OUTPUT, INPUTS AND NET FARM INCOME BY TYPE OF FARMING AND SIZE OF BUSINESS
TYPE OF FARMING : GENERAL CROPPING
YEARS: 2005/06 and 2006/07

£ per farm

Size of Business	Small		Medium		Large		All Sizes
Size of Business	2005/06	2006/07	2005/06	2006/07	2005/06	2006/07	2005/06	2006/07
Number of farms	22	21	7	9	17	13	46	43
Average size of business ( SLR)	1.4	1.5	2.4	2.5	4.6	5.8	2.7	3.2
Average size of farm (hectares)	107	107	152	154	248	249	165	165
Area of cereals (hectares)	55	48	83	82	124	116	85	78
Area of potatoes (hectares)	7	8	10	15	31	33	16	18
Area of oilseed rape (hectares)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Number of ewes	6	16	43	75	76	78	37	49
Number of suckler cows	3	4	14	10	30	36	15	16
Number of other cattle	19	28	45	18	89	109	48	54
OUTPUT
Cereals	28,184	24,664	37,880	54,456	68,769	80,482	44,079	49,850
Potatoes	5,267	9,168	6,215	8,622	101,632	173,014	38,547	65,316
Other crops	11,774	9,850	13,051	14,320	22,083	28,553	15,572	17,175
Total Crops	45,224	43,682	57,146	77,399	192,484	282,049	98,197	132,342
Cattle	4,671	6,798	14,362	3,984	25,312	35,634	13,717	16,130
Sheep	2,430	2,049	4,409	5,854	5,217	5,429	3,787	3,978
Pigs	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Poultry & eggs	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Milk	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other livestock	0	0	49	0	78	190	37	65
Total livestock	7,101	8,847	18,819	9,838	30,606	41,252	17,540	20,174
Miscellaneous	13,735	12,467	7,110	10,141	20,212	22,147	14,620	15,321
Subsidy and Payments	20,489	21,282	32,573	33,362	51,916	54,623	33,722	35,171
(of which LFASS)	(115)	(79)	(0)	(0)	(368)	(356)	(179)	(158)
(of which SFP)	(19,219)	(18,524)	(29,539)	(29,289)	(48,929)	(50,001)	(31,506)	(31,507)
Total Output	86,548	86,278	115,648	130,739	295,219	400,071	164,078	203,007
INPUTS
Feed	2,093	2,411	6,602	4,259	10,651	15,194	5,943	7,174
(of which home produced)	(712)	(471)	(2,168)	(705)	(3,335)	(4,205)	(1,907)	(1,800)
Other livestock expenses	891	1,311	3,688	2,297	5,669	6,639	3,097	3,340
Seeds	2,705	2,924	4,258	4,829	17,826	20,398	8,211	9,309
(of which home grown)	(695)	(490)	(264)	(550)	(8,722)	(9,712)	(3,364)	(3,669)
Fertilisers	8,462	7,049	9,118	13,224	22,067	24,081	13,266	14,145
Other crop expenses	6,640	5,255	7,361	12,354	32,560	33,355	15,686	16,338
Labour	7,663	7,084	8,953	10,247	42,610	42,785	19,923	19,981
Machinery (excl. depreciation)	15,496	16,777	23,487	21,406	53,336	61,345	30,104	33,015
Machinery depreciation	12,900	12,482	9,872	16,319	32,588	33,658	19,048	20,528
Land & building costs	17,133	17,631	22,085	23,801	48,610	53,131	28,942	31,067
Miscellaneous	7,222	7,519	11,708	11,333	17,539	17,194	11,671	11,612
Total Inputs	81,204	80,441	107,132	120,067	283,456	307,781	155,889	166,509
NET FARM INCOME (excl. BLSA)	5,344	5,837	8,516	10,672	11,763	92,290	8,189	36,499
BLSA	-28	255	30	144	940	334	316	259
Net farm income (inc. BLSA)	5,316	6,091	8,546	10,816	12,703	92,624	8,505	36,758
Total valuation change (inc. BLSA)	-2	1,856	-2,599	1,340	6,817	47,577	1,814	17,451

TABLE 3(g): OUTPUT, INPUTS AND NET FARM INCOME BY TYPE OF FARMING AND SIZE OF BUSINESS
TYPE OF FARMING : DAIRY
YEARS: 2005/06 and 2006/07

£ per farm

Size of Business	Small		Medium		Large		All Sizes
Size of Business	2005/06	2006/07	2005/06	2006/07	2005/06	2006/07	2005/06	2006/07
Number of farms	7	7	10	7	46	49	63	63
Average size of business ( SLR)	1.4	1.4	2.5	2.6	4.8	4.8	3.8	3.9
Average size of farm (hectares)	59	61	87	89	146	145	122	122
Area of cereals (hectares)	0	2	4	4	12	11	8	8
Number of ewes	0	5	26	32	71	65	52	50
Number of dairy cows	47	42	79	80	144	148	117	119
Number of suckler cows	0	2	3	3	4	5	4	4
Number of other cattle	110	110	187	186	362	365	291	292
OUTPUT
Cereals	0	729	1,195	1,882	4,344	5,307	3,088	3,962
Potatoes	0	0	0	0	217	174	142	114
Other crops	1,083	999	1,915	2,601	2,005	3,019	1,858	2,651
Total Crops	1,083	1,727	3,110	4,483	6,566	8,500	5,088	6,726
Cattle	8,166	16,198	18,861	24,296	39,234	45,499	30,695	37,035
Sheep	0	108	2,229	2,762	4,782	4,367	3,588	3,441
Pigs	0	0	0	0	11	0	7	0
Poultry & eggs	0	0	888	1,089	-1	-1	183	224
Milk	47,041	45,209	92,072	89,451	176,999	184,227	141,340	145,271
Other livestock	0	0	0	17	13	-2	8	2
Total livestock	55,207	61,515	114,049	117,614	221,035	234,089	175,819	185,973
Miscellaneous	2,722	2,609	1,971	2,025	4,709	5,029	3,867	4,072
Subsidy and Payments	6,719	12,772	16,866	18,323	30,832	38,602	24,585	30,813
(of which LFASS)	(841)	(552)	(544)	(510)	(1,218)	(797)	(1,026)	(704)
(of which SFP)	(5,563)	(11,329)	(17,064)	(18,017)	(28,865)	(37,037)	(23,178)	(29,525)
Total Output	65,730	78,623	139,809	142,446	263,911	286,220	210,649	227,584
INPUTS
Feed	19,080	18,940	31,844	36,604	65,992	71,279	52,400	56,821
(of which home produced)	(09)	(279)	(1,141)	(1,812)	(3,151)	(3,607)	(2,298)	(2,772)
Other livestock expenses	6,881	7,262	11,517	13,317	21,209	22,827	17,210	18,693
Seeds	144	298	782	617	1,681	1,743	1,281	1,309
(of which home grown)	(0)	(0)	(0)	(0)	(23)	(27)	(15)	(17)
Fertilisers	3,354	4,386	7,156	6,700	14,937	14,798	11,715	11,674
Other crop expenses	318	584	1,613	1,600	3,278	3,473	2,521	2,683
Labour	11,725	11,443	14,453	11,144	35,929	37,294	28,120	28,290
Machinery (excl. depreciation)	8,436	9,118	15,556	15,524	27,736	30,693	22,530	24,552
Machinery depreciation	5,547	5,724	8,872	8,906	17,611	16,496	14,124	13,427
Land & building costs	8,291	9,257	24,166	17,514	32,559	32,478	27,441	26,150
Miscellaneous	6,038	6,187	8,914	7,607	12,257	12,372	10,700	10,526
Total Input	69,813	73,199	124,874	119,532	233,189	243,454	188,041	194,125
NET FARM INCOME (excl. BLSA)	-4,083	5,424	11,122	22,914	29,953	42,766	21,318	33,459
BLSA	-1,510	2,368	-2,960	4,448	-3,986	8,594	-3,429	6,870
Net farm income (inc. BLSA)	-5,593	7,792	8,162	27,363	25,967	51,360	17,889	40,329
Total valuation change (inc. BLSA)	-829	4,107	-894	11,426	-2,401	17,618	-1,871	14,455

TABLE 3(h): OUTPUT, INPUTS AND NET FARM INCOME BY TYPE OF FARMING AND SIZE OF BUSINESS
TYPE OF FARMING : LOWLAND CATTLE & SHEEP
YEARS: 2005/06 and 2006/07

£ per farm

Size of Business	Small		Medium		Large		All Sizes
Size of Business	2005/06	2006/07	2005/06	2006/07	2005/06	2006/07	2005/06	2006/07
Number of farms	6	4	3	3	2	4	11	11
Average size of business ( SLR)	"	"	"	"	"	"	2.0	2.7
Average size of farm (hectares)	"	"	"	"	"	"	84	171
Area of cereals (hectares)	"	"	"	"	"	"	7	8
Number of ewes	"	"	"	"	"	"	181	262
Number of suckler cows	"	"	"	"	"	"	67	85
Number of dairy cows	"	"	"	"	"	"	0	0
Number of other cattle	"	"	"	"	"	"	134	148
OUTPUT
Cereals	"	"	"	"	"	"	2,110	4,814
Potatoes	"	"	"	"	"	"	0	0
Other crops	"	"	"	"	"	"	2,005	2,523
Total Crops	"	"	"	"	"	"	4,116	7,337
Cattle	"	"	"	"	"	"	33,151	54,730
Sheep	"	"	"	"	"	"	10,970	15,043
Pigs	"	"	"	"	"	"	0	0
Poultry & eggs	"	"	"	"	"	"	0	0
Milk	"	"	"	"	"	"	0	0
Other livestock	"	"	"	"	"	"	-1	-50
Total livestock	"	"	"	"	"	"	44,120	69,723
Miscellaneous	"	"	"	"	"	"	2,600	2,361
Subsidy and Payments	"	"	"	"	"	"	32,439	40,049
(of which LFASS)	"	"	"	"	"	"	(3,132)	(3,474)
(of which SFP)	"	"	"	"	"	"	(28,431)	(35,392)
Total Output	"	"	"	"	"	"	83,274	119,470
INPUTS
Feed	"	"	"	"	"	"	19,327	23,195
(of which home produced)	"	"	"	"	"	"	(1,895)	(2,696)
Other livestock expenses	"	"	"	"	"	"	9,198	11,463
Seeds	"	"	"	"	"	"	1,131	1,120
(of which home grown)	"	"	"	"	"	"	(77)	(95)
Fertilisers	"	"	"	"	"	"	5,192	7,593
Other crop expenses	"	"	"	"	"	"	1,558	1,597
Labour	"	"	"	"	"	"	2,265	7,443
Machinery (excl. depreciation)	"	"	"	"	"	"	10,485	14,649
Machinery depreciation	"	"	"	"	"	"	7,556	8,593
Land & building costs	"	"	"	"	"	"	11,352	15,921
Miscellaneous	"	"	"	"	"	"	5,419	6,677
Total Input	"	"	"	"	"	"	73,483	98,250
NET FARM INCOME (excl. BLSA)	"	"	"	"	"	"	9,791	21,220
BLSA	"	"	"	"	"	"	-181	5,661
Net farm income (inc. BLSA)	"	"	"	"	"	"	9,610	26,881
Total valuation change (inc. BLSA)	"	"	"	"	"	"	-624	17,887

Due to the small amount of farms in this type, we are unable to supply data for the size groups.

TABLE 3(i): OUTPUT, INPUTS AND NET FARM INCOME BY TYPE OF FARMING AND SIZE OF BUSINESS
TYPE OF FARMING : MIXED
YEARS: 2005/06 and 2006/07

£ per farm

Size of Business	Small		Medium		Large		All Sizes
Size of Business	2005/06	2006/07	2005/06	2006/07	2005/06	2006/07	2005/06	2006/07
Number of farms	35	30	14	15	19	18	68	63
Average size of business ( SLR)	1.3	1.2	2.5	2.4	4.5	4.7	2.5	2.5
Average size of farm (hectares)	94	93	155	177	362	359	190	192
Area of cereals (hectares)	28	25	49	51	98	87	54	49
Area of potatoes (hectares)	0	0	2	0	1	2	1	1
Area of oilseed rape (hectares)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Number of ewes	36	40	89	84	291	297	126	129
Number of suckler cows	28	29	81	72	81	86	54	55
Number of dairy cows	2	0	0	0	15	11	6	4
Number of other cattle	94	83	160	162	216	234	144	145
OUTPUT
Cereals	9,956	12,378	21,816	25,564	43,415	47,474	22,634	25,801
Potatoes	403	975	1,590	151	712	1,049	701	860
Oilseed rape	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other crops	1,500	3,988	3,202	5,200	7,531	6,399	3,712	4,961
Total Crops	11,858	17,340	26,608	30,914	51,658	54,922	27,046	31,623
Cattle	27,690	28,504	50,035	57,887	59,887	76,820	41,727	48,871
Sheep	3,298	3,112	5,545	4,761	20,840	24,154	9,277	10,108
Pigs	-1	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Poultry & eggs	107	123	0	0	0	0	55	63
Milk	1,476	0	0	0	21,565	13,244	7,643	4,229
Other livestock	26	23	15	14	36	0	28	14
Total livestock	32,596	31,762	55,595	62,661	102,322	114,218	58,727	63,286
Miscellaneous	5,016	2,885	9,866	8,065	10,282	9,736	7,513	5,944
Subsidy and Payments	26,763	23,423	48,391	48,642	77,136	82,508	46,483	46,529
(of which LFASS)	(1,620)	(1,259)	(4,123)	(3,130)	(6,296)	(3,534)	(3,534)	(2,300)
(of which SFP)	(23,942)	(21,178)	(41,692)	(40,004)	(67,435)	(71,785)	(40,813)	(40,502)
Total Output	76,233	75,410	140,459	150,283	241,398	261,384	139,769	147,381
INPUTS
Feed	11,061	10,571	18,017	23,518	26,966	32,231	17,309	19,664
(of which home produced)	(3,816)	(4,010)	(6,527)	(9,431)	(8,103)	(10,300)	(5,641)	(6,930)
Other livestock expenses	5,014	4,514	7,794	8,923	16,065	16,605	9,010	9,116
Seeds	1,898	1,631	2,697	2,732	5,848	5,957	3,294	3,198
(of which home grown)	(249)	(177)	(614)	(467)	(727)	(938)	(463)	(469)
Fertilisers	5,469	4,994	9,707	11,079	18,422	18,825	10,317	10,434
Other crop expenses	2,295	2,366	5,377	5,465	11,424	10,372	5,728	5,443
Labour	6,965	7,587	13,581	11,308	37,249	36,921	17,747	17,580
Machinery (excl. depreciation)	11,164	9,727	17,906	19,415	31,458	33,568	18,777	18,969
Machinery depreciation	8,783	6,779	17,254	16,270	21,573	20,169	14,291	12,650
Land & building costs	11,757	10,573	17,790	18,480	33,716	36,061	19,783	20,041
Miscellaneous	6,846	6,123	9,356	10,109	12,715	15,434	9,142	9,766
Total Input	71,250	64,866	119,477	127,299	215,436	226,145	125,398	126,859
NET FARM INCOME (excl. BLSA)	4,984	10,545	20,982	22,984	25,963	35,240	14,372	20,521
BLSA	98	898	-63	1,698	602	1,830	232	1,330
Net farm income (inc. BLSA)	5,082	11,443	20,919	24,682	26,564	37,069	14,603	21,851
Total valuation change (inc. BLSA)	-4,079	7,322	3,499	4,048	1,880	405	-903	4,563

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