Results from the Scottish Survey of Agricultural Production Methods, 2010

4. Tables

Table 1: Area of arable land cultivated in the past twelve months using various tillage methods

	Hectares	Percentage of tillage	Number of holdings	Hectares per holding
Inversion tillage	457,125.9	88.9	8,589	53.2
Conservation tillage	57,221.2	11.1	1,471	38.9
Total	514,347.1		9,150	56.2

Note: Sum of sub-categories do not equal total holdings figure as holdings may employ more than one method of tillage. Excludes glasshouse crops and permanent crops and permanent grass.

Table 2: Area of sown or cultivable land over winter 2009/10 by soil cover method

	Hectares	Percentage of cultivable land	Number of holdings	Hectares per holding
Autumn/ winter crops	205,501.2	44.4	3,875	53.0
Cover/ intermediate crop	9,845.7	2.1	620	15.9
Plant residues or stubble	178,565.4	38.6	5,688	31.4
Bare soil	69,131.7	14.9	1,919	36.0
Total	463,044.0		8,211	56.4

Note: Sum of sub-categories do not equal base figure as holdings may employ more than one method of soil cover. Sum of percentages may not equal 100 due to rounding. Excludes glasshouse crops and permanent crops and permanent grass

Table 3: Distribution of holdings by percentage of arable land taken out of general crop rotation

	Number of holdings	Percentage of holdings
Zero	12,400	79.5
0-25% of arable area	2,314	14.8
25-50% of arable area	371	2.4
50-75% of arable area	235	1.5
75-100% of arable area	275	1.8
Total	15,595

Note: Excludes glasshouse crops and permanent crops and permanent grass

Table 4: Holdings applying manure by percentage of agricultural area

	Number of holdings	Percentage of holdings
0% of agricultural area	21,569	64.9
0-25% of agricultural area	7,575	22.8
25-50% of agricultural area	2,453	7.4
50-75% of agricultural area	933	2.8
75-100% of agricultural area	714	2.1
Total	33,244

Note: The total number of holdings in tables 9 and 10 do not agree due to rounding following weighting.

Table 5: Holdings applying slurry by percentage of agricultural area

	Number of holdings	Percentage of holdings
0% of agricultural area	28,821	86.7
0-25% of agricultural area	1,860	5.6
25-50% of agricultural area	1,239	3.7
50-75% of agricultural area	609	1.8
75-100% of agricultural area	714	2.1
Total	33,243

Note: Sum of percentages may not equal 100 due to rounding. The total number of holdings in tables 9 and 10 do not agree due to rounding following weighting.

Table 6: Holdings ploughing in manure within four hours by percentage of agricultural area

	Number of holdings	Percentage of holdings
0% of agricultural area	31,546	94.9
0-25% of agricultural area	1,433	4.3
25-50% of agricultural area	185	0.6
50-75% of agricultural area	50	0.2
75-100% of agricultural area	29	0.1
Total	33,243

Note: Sum of percentages may not equal 100 due to rounding.

Table 7: Holdings ploughing in or injecting slurry within four hours by percentage of agricultural area

	Number of holdings	Percentage of holdings
0% of agricultural area	32,865	98.9
0-25% of agricultural area	263	0.8
25-50% of agricultural area	86	0.3
50-75% of agricultural area	19	0.06
75-100% of agricultural area	10	0.03
Total	33,243

Note: Sum of percentages may not equal 100 due to rounding.

Table 8: Manure and slurry storage (including covered storage)

		All holdings with storage				…of which are covered
		Number of holdings		Percentage of all holdings		Number of holdings	As a percentage of holdings with storage
Storage for solid dung			7,762		23.1	816	10.5
Storage facilities for slurry…	in a tank	4,016	3,665	11.9	10.9	2,170	54.0
	in a lagoon		702		2.1
Total			9,129		27.1	2,745	30.1

Note: Sum of sub-categories do not equal base figure as holdings may employ more than one form of storage

Table 9: Number of holdings exporting manure by percentage of manure exported

	Number of holdings	Percentage of holdings
0% manure exported	20,651	94.3
0-25% manure exported	331	1.5
25-50% manure exported	161	0.7
50-75% manure exported	211	1.0
75-100% manure exported	538	2.5
Total	21,892

Table 10: Irrigated area (in last twelve months) by type of crop irrigated

	Area irrigated (hectares)	Percentage of irrigated area
Potatoes	6,222.7	74.1
Vegetables, melons, strawberries	1,269.5	15.1
Fruit & berry	136.7	1.6
Other	770.6	9.2
Total	8,399.5

Base: 501 holdings

Table 11: Holdings by source of irrigation water

	Number of holdings	Percentage of holdings
On-farm ground water	124	24.8
On-farm surface water	110	22.0
Off-farm surface water	313	62.5
Off-farm water from water supply networks	11	2.2
Other	39	7.8
Total	501

Base: 501 holdings

Note: Sum of sub-categories do not equal base figure as holdings may utilise more than one source of irrigation. Sum of percentages may not equal 100 due to rounding.

Table 12: Method and volume of irrigation

Method of irrigation (number of holdings)
surface irrigation - flooding and/or furrows	140
surface sprinkler	361
Volume of water used (1,000 m3)	14,133

Table 13: Percentage of holdings establishing or maintaining landscape features

		Number of holdings	Percentage of all holdings
Features established	Hedges	2,806	8.3
	Tree lines	3,235	9.6
	Stone walls	1,422	4.2
Existing features maintained	Hedges	12,722	37.8
	Tree lines	4,844	14.4
	Stone walls	10,375	30.8

Base: 33,636 holdings

Table 14: Grazing activity in the twelve months up to March 2010

	Livestock numbers	Area grazed	Average months of grazing
Cattle only	842,827	372,919	7.5
Sheep only	1,781,581	602,366	9.9
Cattle and sheep	5,904,233	2,031,979
Total	8,528,641	3,007,264

Base: 24,929 holdings

Table 15: Cattle housing places by housing type

	Places	Percentage of places	Number of holdings	Places per holding
Tied byre with solid manure	28,324	1.9	1,146	24.7
Straw yards with solid manure	857,864	57.1	9,551	89.8
Slurry system (e.g. cubicle systems with scraped passages, Orkney sloped floors)	566,752	37.7	3,920	144.6
Other housing	49,935	3.3	1,603	31.2
Total	1,502,875		12,022	122.9

Note: Sum of sub-categories do not equal base figure as holdings may employ more than one form of housing. Cattle aged 6 months or less are excluded

Table 16: Pig housing places by housing type

	Places	Percentage of places	Number of holdings	Places per holding
Partially slatted floors	35,100	8.6	53	662.3
Fully slatted or perforated floors	114,924	28.0	83	1,384.6
Straw yards	207,338	50.5	508	408.1
Other housing	52,863	12.9	770	68.7
Total	410,225		1,189	345

Note: Sum of sub-categories do not equal base figure as holdings may employ more than one form of housing

Table 17: Poultry housing places by housing type

		Places	Percentage of places	Number of holdings		Places per holding
Deep litter housing		1,289,704	19.0		104		12,401
Cages, of which have…	manure belt or scraper	3,229,095	47.4	107	65	37,187	49,678
	deep pit	749,917	11.0		45		16,665
Other housing (e.g. free range, barns, percheries)		1,536,846	22.6		3,128		491
Total		6,805,562			3,326		2,046

Note: Sum of sub-categories do not equal base figure as holdings may employ more than one form of housing. Cage figures include both enriched cage systems and those types now banned.