GRASSLAND AND FODDER CROPS
Introduction
There are 6,190,000 hectares of agricultural land including common grazings in Scotland. The vast majority of agricultural land is most suitable for the grazing of livestock or for the production of fodder crops and silage.
Table : Forage area statistics 1985 to 2007 (hectares)
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| Hectares |
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| Grass for mowing |
| 350,347 | 342,117 | 337,331 | 322,488 | 317,007 | 317,486 |
| Grass for grazing |
| 734,417 | 787,634 | 821,216 | 864,385 | 917,726 | 917,663 |
| Total grass |
| 1,084,764 | 1,129,751 | 1,158,547 | 1,186,873 | 1,234,733 | 1,235,149 |
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| Fodder crops |
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| Turnips and swedes |
| 36,385 | 27,014 | 17,849 | 11,331 | 7,555 | 6,486 |
| Kale and cabbage |
| 3,092 | 3,471 | 3,103 | 2,591 | 2,512 | 2,887 |
| Rape |
| 9,047 | 5,460 | 3,887 | 3,317 | 3,135 | 2,944 |
| Other fodder crops |
| 3,810 | 2,925 | 3,744 | 7,026 | 12,068 | 12,406 |
| Total fodder crops |
| 52,334 | 38,870 | 28,582 | 24,265 | 25,271 | 24,722 |
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| Rough grazing |
| 3,840,338 | 3,695,681 | 3,574,783 | 3,399,767 | 3,342,315 | 3,401,695 |
| Common grazing |
| 592,096 | 590,782 | 583,729 | 582,822 | 598,472 | 594,440 |
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| Total forage area |
| 5,569,532 | 5,455,084 | 5,345,641 | 5,193,726 | 5,200,791 | 5,256,005 |
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FURTHER INFORMATION
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