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| Farm Incomes in Scotland 1997/98 |
| TABLE 2(a) | ||||||||
| CHANGES IN OUPUT, INPUTS AND NET FARM INCOME BY TYPE OF FARMING AND SIZE OF BUSINESS | ||||||||
| TYPE OF FARMING: SPECIALIST SHEEP (LFA) | ||||||||
| IDENTICAL SAMPLE 1996/97 AND 1997/98 | ||||||||
£ per farm |
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Size of Business |
Small |
Medium |
Large |
All Sizes |
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1996/97 |
1997/98 |
1996/97 |
1997/98 |
1996/97 |
1997/98 |
1996/97 |
1997/98 |
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| Number of farms | 28 |
29 |
7 |
64 |
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| Average size of business (ESU) | 24 |
24 |
62 |
63 |
119 |
121 |
33 |
33 |
| Average size of farm (hectares) | 603 |
608 |
1,545 |
1,524 |
3,019 |
3,020 |
817 |
816 |
| Number of ewes | 508 |
480 |
1,082 |
1,094 |
2,142 |
2,144 |
640 |
620 |
| Number of rearing cows | 3 |
3 |
29 |
30 |
53 |
53 |
9 |
9 |
| Number of other cattle | 5 |
5 |
33 |
36 |
68 |
73 |
11 |
12 |
| OUTPUT | ||||||||
| Cereals | 291 |
234 |
19 |
19 |
0 |
0 |
234 |
189 |
| Potatoes | -1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
0 |
| Other crops | 452 |
240 |
656 |
186 |
795 |
480 |
496 |
232 |
| Total Crops | 741 |
474 |
675 |
205 |
795 |
480 |
729 |
421 |
| Cattle | 1,965 |
1,825 |
18,446 |
14,654 |
33,922 |
31,591 |
5,592 |
4,702 |
| (of which subsidies) | (957) |
(864) |
(10,005) |
(8,402) |
(19,063) |
(16,088) |
(2,954) |
(2,529) |
| Sheep | 32,313 |
30,261 |
66,629 |
63,228 |
149,366 |
140,637 |
40,415 |
38,021 |
| (of which subsidies) | (13,340) |
(12,384) |
(29,759) |
(27,989) |
(56,889) |
(53,634) |
(17,080) |
(15,938) |
| Pigs | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Poultry & eggs | 10 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
5 |
| Milk | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Other livestock | 51 |
8 |
-13 |
43 |
275 |
-167 |
41 |
13 |
| Total livestock | 34,338 |
32,100 |
85,062 |
77,925 |
183,564 |
172,061 |
46,054 |
42,740 |
| Miscellaneous | 1,691 |
1,831 |
2,538 |
2,673 |
3,256 |
3,413 |
1,877 |
2,016 |
| Other grants & subsidies | 4,684 |
1,874 |
1,719 |
1,649 |
1,663 |
4,654 |
4,062 |
1,860 |
| Total Output | 41,456 |
36,280 |
89,994 |
82,451 |
189,278 |
180,608 |
52,721 |
47,037 |
| INPUTS | ||||||||
| Feed | 4,975 |
4,340 |
16,456 |
15,408 |
25,329 |
25,055 |
7,480 |
6,767 |
| (of which home produced) | (151) |
(155) |
(29) |
(16) |
(0) |
(0) |
(125) |
(126) |
| Other livestock expenses | 3,579 |
3,826 |
7,837 |
8,697 |
16,662 |
17,042 |
4,568 |
4,939 |
| Seeds | 89 |
131 |
476 |
390 |
928 |
668 |
175 |
188 |
| (of which home grown) | (14) |
(11) |
(2) |
(2) |
(0) |
(0) |
(11) |
(9) |
| Fertilisers | 1,492 |
1,334 |
3,807 |
3,422 |
6,350 |
5,069 |
2,006 |
1,790 |
| Other crop expenses | 139 |
135 |
444 |
371 |
1,240 |
864 |
212 |
190 |
| Labour | 2,941 |
3,181 |
15,016 |
15,961 |
41,647 |
44,456 |
5,764 |
6,173 |
| Machinery (excl. depreciation) | 3,089 |
3,513 |
7,388 |
7,993 |
15,634 |
15,596 |
4,081 |
4,536 |
| Machinery depreciation | 4,109 |
3,867 |
5,932 |
5,452 |
13,035 |
12,315 |
4,569 |
4,275 |
| Land & building costs | 4,976 |
5,070 |
12,781 |
12,767 |
24,495 |
25,427 |
6,741 |
6,823 |
| Miscellaneous | 2,889 |
3,315 |
5,572 |
5,287 |
9,410 |
9,689 |
3,494 |
3,777 |
| Total Inputs | 28,277 |
28,711 |
75,709 |
75,748 |
154,729 |
156,181 |
39,090 |
39,457 |
| NET FARM INCOME (excl. BLSA) | 13,179 |
7,569 |
14,285 |
6,703 |
34,549 |
24,427 |
13,631 |
7,580 |
| BLSA | 1,492 |
-572 |
822 |
-2,174 |
-869 |
-1,897 |
1,333 |
-905 |
| Net farm income (inc BLSA) | 14,671 |
6,997 |
15,107 |
4,529 |
33,680 |
22,530 |
14,964 |
6,675 |
| Total Valuation Change (inc. BLSA) | 946 |
-1,391 |
3,299 |
-3,223 |
-3,874 |
2,232 |
1,362 |
-1,716 |
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