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| Farm Incomes in Scotland 1997/98 |
| TABLE 2(b) |
| CHANGES IN OUPUT, INPUTS AND NET FARM INCOME BY TYPE OF FARMING AND SIZE OF BUSINESS |
| TYPE OF FARMING : SPECIALIST BEEF (LFA) |
| IDENTICAL SAMPLE 1996/97 AND 1997/98 |
£ per farm |
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 | 42 |
47 |
8 |
97 |
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| Average size of business (ESU) | 24 |
25 |
55 |
56 |
99 |
111 |
39 |
40 |
| Average size of farm (hectares) | 59 |
61 |
142 |
143 |
246 |
250 |
98 |
100 |
| Number of ewes | 52 |
50 |
172 |
176 |
360 |
371 |
111 |
112 |
| Number of rearing cows | 41 |
42 |
95 |
95 |
162 |
165 |
66 |
67 |
| Number of other cattle | 66 |
66 |
138 |
142 |
231 |
325 |
100 |
107 |
| OUTPUT | ||||||||
| Cereals | 3,089 |
2,625 |
5,668 |
4,606 |
11,904 |
8,761 |
4,489 |
3,662 |
| Potatoes | 0 |
0 |
19 |
13 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
5 |
| Other crops | 1,073 |
2,224 |
1,076 |
-586 |
-608 |
358 |
974 |
1,161 |
| Total Crops | 4,162 |
4,849 |
6,764 |
4,033 |
11,296 |
9,119 |
5,469 |
4,828 |
| Cattle | 35,170 |
30,122 |
72,430 |
63,274 |
129,329 |
105,350 |
53,406 |
45,838 |
| (of which subsidies) | (15,488) |
(12,428) |
(35,474) |
(27,828) |
(59,668) |
(49,447) |
(24,892) |
(19,852) |
| Sheep | 5,244 |
4,863 |
15,322 |
14,750 |
35,254 |
32,155 |
10,447 |
9,840 |
| (of which subsidies) | (1,254) |
(1,090) |
(4,033) |
(3,856) |
(8,910) |
(8,445) |
(2,652) |
(2,465) |
| Pigs | 0 |
0 |
219 |
205 |
0 |
0 |
74 |
69 |
| Poultry & eggs | 3 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
6 |
| Milk | 18 |
18 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
11 |
| Other livestock | 2 |
0 |
40 |
59 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
20 |
| Total livestock | 40,437 |
35,013 |
88,011 |
78,288 |
164,582 |
137,505 |
63,955 |
55,783 |
| Miscellaneous | 2,349 |
2,375 |
3,960 |
3,766 |
3,041 |
2,285 |
2,936 |
2,840 |
| Other grants & subsidies | 427 |
316 |
1,836 |
1,807 |
2,747 |
2,183 |
1,043 |
932 |
| Total Output | 47,375 |
42,553 |
100,570 |
87,894 |
181,666 |
151,092 |
73,403 |
64,384 |
| INPUTS | ||||||||
| Feed | 6,704 |
5,630 |
16,264 |
15,944 |
25,206 |
22,854 |
11,046 |
10,151 |
| (of which home produced) | (1,411) |
(1,257) |
(2,630) |
(2,566) |
(6,289) |
(5,520) |
(2,115) |
(1,954) |
| Other livestock expenses | 3,081 |
3,273 |
6,748 |
6,510 |
12,316 |
13,402 |
4,874 |
4,973 |
| Seeds | 603 |
567 |
1,164 |
1,205 |
2,592 |
2,037 |
912 |
871 |
| (of which home grown) | (40) |
(44) |
(77) |
(61) |
(0) |
(0) |
(50) |
(47) |
| Fertilisers | 3,670 |
3,472 |
7,768 |
7,446 |
15,768 |
14,452 |
5,780 |
5,473 |
| Other crop expenses | 714 |
777 |
1,337 |
1,307 |
1,803 |
1,583 |
990 |
1,004 |
| Labour | 2,577 |
2,652 |
8,392 |
9,608 |
18,836 |
20,644 |
5,516 |
6,081 |
| Machinery (excl. depreciation) | 5,166 |
5,751 |
8,971 |
9,424 |
15,803 |
14,650 |
7,089 |
7,526 |
| Machinery depreciation | 5,054 |
5,111 |
8,233 |
8,060 |
15,612 |
15,554 |
6,761 |
6,733 |
| Land & building costs | 6,267 |
6,865 |
12,110 |
13,070 |
21,925 |
23,186 |
9,180 |
9,940 |
| Miscellaneous | 3,306 |
3,657 |
5,001 |
5,560 |
6,629 |
7,383 |
4,078 |
4,524 |
| Total Inputs | 37,142 |
37,754 |
75,988 |
78,134 |
136,489 |
135,746 |
56,225 |
57,276 |
| NET FARM INCOME (excl. BLSA) | 10,233 |
4,799 |
24,582 |
9,760 |
45,178 |
15,346 |
17,178 |
7,108 |
| BLSA | -1,407 |
-1,602 |
-1,442 |
-3,183 |
-3,645 |
-11,149 |
-1,552 |
-2,707 |
| Net farm income (inc BLSA) | 8,826 |
3,196 |
23,140 |
6,576 |
41,533 |
4,197 |
15,625 |
4,401 |
| Total valuation change (inc. BLSA) | -2,725 |
-1,149 |
-2,192 |
-5,111 |
2,060 |
-20,288 |
-2,259 |
-3,633 |
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