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Table C2 Agricultural area on main and minor holdings by Less Favoured Area category and Highland and Islands Enterprise area, June 2007

LFA(1)

Non- LFA

Total

HIE(2)

Number of holdings

35,254

16,065

51,319

23,724

Crops, fallow and set-aside:

hectares

hectares

hectares

hectares

Wheat

6,532

96,212

102,744

5,809

Triticale

469

768

1,237

178

Barley: Winter

7,803

44,822

52,625

2,901

Spring

62,802

163,217

226,019

39,480

Total

70,605

208,039

278,644

42,381

Oats (including mixed grain)

6,121

15,152

21,273

4,000

Rape for oilseed

1,538

34,796

36,334

2,663

Linseed

113

124

238

101

Potatoes

1,803

27,515

29,318

2,176

Peas for combining

297

1,493

1,790

304

Beans for combining

358

3,149

3,507

22

Lupins

200

210

410

69

Turnips, swedes and beet for stockfeeding

3,881

3,022

6,903

1,902

Other crops for stockfeeding (3)

12,162

5,247

17,409

3,181

Vegetables for human consumption

660

11,118

11,778

850

Orchard and soft fruit

75

1,757

1,832

59

Bulbs, flowers and nursery stock

157

752

909

17

All other crops

2,570

6,253

8,823

1,646

Fallow

6,407

8,678

15,085

4,739

Set-aside

19,320

48,613

67,933

13,675

Total crops, fallow and set-aside

133,269

472,899

606,167

83,774

Grass under 5 years:

For mowing

104,915

55,702

160,617

38,871

For grazing

101,422

53,987

155,409

34,735

Total grass under 5 years

206,337

109,690

316,026

73,606

Grass 5 years and over:

For mowing

125,946

30,922

156,869

36,266

For grazing

627,553

134,702

762,254

205,967

Total grass 5 years and over

753,499

165,624

919,123

242,232

Total crops, fallow, grass and set-aside

1,093,104

748,212

1,841,316

399,612

Rough grazing:

Sole right grazing

3,341,148

60,546

3,401,694

2,165,402

Common grazing

594,440

0

594,440

593,900

Total rough grazing

3,935,588

60,546

3,996,134

2,759,301

Total crops, fallow, grass, set-aside and rough grazing

5,028,692

808,759

5,837,450

3,158,914

Woodland

242,243

37,608

279,851

151,036

Other land

51,585

22,939

74,524

30,315

Total agricultural area

5,322,520

869,305

6,191,825

3,340,264

(1) A holding is classified as LFA if 50% or more of its land is assessed as being disadvantaged or severely disadvantaged for subsidy purposes.
(2) The Highlands and Islands Enterprise area covers an area north and west of the Firth of Clyde. From 2001 HIE area includes the whole of Moray.
(3) Includes maize.

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