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Table C3 Number of holdings with crops and grass and area of crops and grass on main and minor holdings by region, June 2007

North West

North East

South East

South West

Scotland

Crops, fallow and set-aside:

holdings

holdings

holdings

holdings

holdings

Wheat

139

665

1,758

306

2,868

Triticale

6

22

34

47

109

Barley: Winter

143

815

922

382

2,262

Spring

1,167

2,816

2,488

1,436

7,907

Total

1,198

2,968

2,713

1,558

8,437

Oats (including mixed grain)

531

422

522

234

1,709

Rape for oilseed and linseed

89

501

769

41

1,400

Potatoes

1,159

581

1,349

198

3,287

Peas and beans for combining

13

26

255

28

322

Lupins

11

12

20

24

67

Turnips, swedes and beet for stockfeeding

633

733

384

194

1,944

Other crops for stockfeeding

568

353

564

685

2,170

Vegetables for human consumption

632

244

597

127

1,600

Orchard and soft fruit

192

82

175

91

540

Bulbs, flowers and nursery stock

48

45

71

51

215

All other crops

443

497

677

349

1,966

Fallow

832

668

785

314

2,599

Set-aside

500

2,074

2,464

677

5,715

Total crops, fallow and set-aside

4,073

4,005

3,976

2,824

14,878

Grass and rough grazing:

Grass for mowing

5,456

3,747

3,332

5,621

18,156

Grass for grazing

11,638

6,210

6,245

9,847

33,940

Sole right grazing

10,737

2,914

2,912

5,633

22,196

Common grazing

1,012

*

*

69

1,089

Crops, fallow and set-aside:

hectares

hectares

hectares

hectares

hectares

Wheat

3,856

16,136

77,144

5,608

102,744

Triticale

35

246

487

469

1,237

Barley: Winter

1,553

22,741

22,464

5,867

52,625

Spring

23,427

87,693

88,503

26,396

226,019

Total

24,980

110,434

110,967

32,263

278,644

Oats (including mixed grain)

2,882

4,939

10,846

2,606

21,273

Rape for oilseed and linseed

1,784

13,891

20,083

813

36,572

Potatoes

1,280

5,609

21,427

1,002

29,318

Peas and beans for combining

188

348

4,426

336

5,297

Lupins

37

68

149

156

410

Turnips, swedes and beet for stockfeeding

1,308

2,809

1,991

794

6,903

Other crops for stockfeeding

2,071

2,772

5,640

6,926

17,409

Vegetables for human consumption

332

1,794

9,505

148

11,778

Orchard and soft fruit

48

121

1,607

57

1,832

Bulbs, flowers and nursery stock

11

324

473

101

909

All other crops

1,241

2,339

4,880

1,272

9,732

Fallow

4,070

3,335

5,695

1,986

15,085

Set-aside

9,982

20,669

31,770

5,513

67,933

Total crops, fallow and set-aside

54,093

185,509

306,617

59,949

606,167

Grass and rough grazing:

Grass for mowing

51,172

59,681

63,762

142,871

317,486

Grass for grazing

173,706

139,077

219,196

385,684

917,663

Sole right grazing

1,701,380

239,465

581,798

879,052

3,401,694

Common grazing

578,977

*

*

10,373

594,440

* data suppressed to prevent disclosure of individual holdings.

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