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| Farm Incomes in Scotland 1997/98 |
| TABLE 2(i) |
| CHANGES IN OUPUT, INPUTS AND NET FARM INCOME BY TYPE OF FARMING AND SIZE OF BUSINESS |
| TYPE OF FARMING : ALL TYPES |
| 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 | 169 |
237 |
93 |
499 |
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| Average size of business (ESU) | 26 |
26 |
63 |
64 |
144 |
152 |
60 |
62 |
| Average size of farm (hectares) | 165 |
166 |
226 |
226 |
360 |
366 |
221 |
223 |
| Area of cereals (hectares) | 13 |
14 |
31 |
33 |
76 |
80 |
31 |
32 |
| Area of potatoes (hectares) | 0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
6 |
2 |
2 |
| Area of oilseed rape (hectares) | 1 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
15 |
16 |
4 |
5 |
| Number of ewes | 148 |
145 |
227 |
234 |
224 |
233 |
190 |
192 |
| Number of rearing cows | 18 |
19 |
37 |
38 |
58 |
58 |
32 |
32 |
| Number of dairy cows | 1 |
1 |
13 |
13 |
33 |
34 |
11 |
11 |
| Number of other cattle | 46 |
44 |
90 |
90 |
146 |
147 |
79 |
79 |
| OUTPUTS | ||||||||
| Cereals | 11,303 |
8,438 |
29,318 |
22,638 |
76,436 |
58,108 |
29,236 |
22,280 |
| Potatoes | 96 |
112 |
1,675 |
1,456 |
14,750 |
16,671 |
3,240 |
3,506 |
| Oil seed rape | 880 |
758 |
3,129 |
2,543 |
14,018 |
13,128 |
3,998 |
3,575 |
| Other crops | 1,929 |
2,120 |
2,873 |
2,416 |
13,564 |
10,906 |
4,313 |
3,770 |
| Total Crops | 14,208 |
11,428 |
36,995 |
29,054 |
118,768 |
98,812 |
40,789 |
33,132 |
| Cattle | 18,746 |
15,878 |
36,128 |
31,466 |
56,811 |
48,655 |
31,694 |
27,251 |
| (of which subsidies) | (8,352) |
(6,655) |
(15,726) |
(12,506) |
(22,923) |
(18,052) |
(13,568) |
(10,765) |
| Sheep | 11,024 |
9,876 |
19,128 |
16,901 |
20,538 |
17,534 |
15,614 |
13,751 |
| (of which subsidies) | (3,640) |
(3,378) |
(5,430) |
(5,137) |
(5,851) |
(5,567) |
(4,673) |
(4,396) |
| Pigs | 11 |
7 |
796 |
639 |
0 |
2,156 |
292 |
612 |
| Poultry & eggs | 59 |
53 |
80 |
67 |
23 |
26 |
60 |
53 |
| Milk | 1,972 |
1,343 |
16,940 |
14,831 |
48,848 |
44,565 |
15,600 |
13,796 |
| Other livestock | 12 |
0 |
7 |
28 |
40 |
27 |
15 |
15 |
| Total livestock | 31,823 |
27,158 |
73,079 |
63,932 |
126,260 |
112,963 |
63,274 |
55,479 |
| Miscellaneous | 3,846 |
4,078 |
6,761 |
6,770 |
8,675 |
8,611 |
5,744 |
5,844 |
| Other grants & subsidies | 1,459 |
878 |
2,176 |
1,592 |
4,154 |
2,602 |
2,191 |
1,438 |
| Total Output | 51,335 |
43,541 |
119,011 |
101,348 |
257,857 |
222,988 |
111,998 |
95,893 |
| INPUTS | ||||||||
| Feed | 6,113 |
5,330 |
16,543 |
14,789 |
28,666 |
27,603 |
13,832 |
12,650 |
| (of which home produced) | (1,312) |
(1,115) |
(2,350) |
(2,316) |
(4,588) |
(4,946) |
(2,262) |
(2,221) |
| Other livestock expenses | 2,914 |
2,978 |
6,450 |
6,374 |
10,678 |
10,357 |
5,552 |
5,497 |
| Seeds | 1,223 |
1,143 |
2,853 |
2,937 |
9,688 |
9,018 |
3,298 |
3,173 |
| (of which home grown) | (90) |
(116) |
(225) |
(221) |
(1,900) |
(1,757) |
(457) |
(442) |
| Fertilisers | 3,789 |
3,711 |
8,736 |
8,368 |
20,903 |
18,657 |
8,578 |
8,014 |
| Other crop expenses | 1,416 |
1,512 |
3,862 |
3,929 |
15,534 |
16,694 |
4,778 |
5,050 |
| Labour | 3,577 |
3,949 |
12,351 |
13,432 |
32,379 |
33,552 |
11,798 |
12,566 |
| Machinery (excl. depreciation) | 6,045 |
6,267 |
11,936 |
11,986 |
25,642 |
24,871 |
11,610 |
11,596 |
| Machinery depreciation | 6,182 |
5,942 |
11,119 |
10,963 |
24,735 |
24,323 |
11,220 |
10,980 |
| Land & building costs | 7,212 |
7,748 |
15,665 |
16,494 |
34,155 |
35,511 |
14,991 |
15,776 |
| Miscellaneous | 3,788 |
4,053 |
6,224 |
6,346 |
10,123 |
10,288 |
5,778 |
5,974 |
| Total Input | 42,259 |
42,632 |
95,737 |
95,616 |
212,501 |
210,873 |
91,434 |
91,277 |
| NET FARM INCOME (excl. BLSA) | 9,077 |
909 |
23,274 |
5,733 |
45,355 |
12,115 |
20,564 |
4,615 |
| BLSA | -315 |
-849 |
-1,081 |
-2,577 |
-3,612 |
-5,857 |
-1,170 |
-2,351 |
| Net farm income (inc. BLSA) | 8,762 |
60 |
22,193 |
3,156 |
41,743 |
6,259 |
19,394 |
2,264 |
| Total Valuation Change (inc. BLSA) | -3,039 |
-2,694 |
-4,013 |
-5,304 |
-10,516 |
-11,164 |
-4,703 |
-5,122 |
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