Economic Report on Scottish Agriculture: 2008 Edition
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Table C40 Number of cultivation, sowing and harvesting machinery items on main holdings, December 2003, 2005 and 2007
| December
2003 | December
2005 | December
2007 |
|---|
Cultivation: | number | number | number |
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Power take off driven: |
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Harrows | 4,081 | 4,318 | 4,166 |
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Rotary diggers and cultivators | 2,577 | 2,393 | 2,058 |
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Disc harrows: |
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Mounted and semi-mounted | 3,600 | 3,099 | 2,936 |
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Trailed | 2,061 | 1,655 | 1,879 |
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Other cultivators, harrows and hoes: |
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Mounted | 9,604 | 9,363 | 9,053 |
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Trailed | 3,686 | 3,227 | 2,947 |
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Stone separators | 732 | 637 | 673 |
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Sowing: |
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Direct drills: |
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Root and vegetable seeds | 2,054 | 1,953 | 1,589 |
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Grain drills: |
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Seed only | 2,667 | 2,690 | 2,634 |
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Combined seed and fertiliser | 2,781 | 2,483 | 2,122 |
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Seedling transplanters | 227 | 210 | 192 |
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Potato planters | 1,610 | 1,392 | 1,318 |
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Harvesting: |
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Mower conditioners | 3,450 | 3,725 | 3,915 |
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Mowers: |
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Cutter bar types | 1,686 | 1,460 | 1,295 |
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Drum disc and flail types | 7,108 | 6,458 | 6,113 |
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Tedders, turners and siderakes | 12,131 | 11,669 | 11,469 |
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Buckrakes | 5,717 | 5,320 | 4,957 |
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Potato harvesters: |
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Spinners, elevator and shaker diggers | 1,741 | 1,408 | 1,385 |
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Complete harvesters | 833 | 715 | 689 |
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Potato graders | 818 | 864 | 757 |
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Page updated: Thursday, May 22, 2008