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| The Scottish Abstract of Statistics No 26,1998 |
| Table 9A13 Crops, grass and rough grazings on main and minor holdings, June 1996 and 1997 |
(hectares) |
| Area in Scotland | 1996 |
1997 |
| Total land area | 7,708,007 |
7,708,007 |
| Total agricultural area | 6,183,586 |
6,121,589 |
| Woodland | 165,833 |
178,110 |
| Other land | 62,506 |
62,397 |
| Crops, set-aside, grass and rough grazing | 5,955,246 |
5,881,081 |
| Total rough grazing | 4,154,874 |
4,072,099 |
| Sole right grazing | 3,574,429 |
3,494,047 |
| Common grazing | 580,446 |
578,052 |
| Total crops, grass, fallow and set-aside | 1,800,372 |
1,808,982 |
| Total grass under 5 years | 342,132 |
336,666 |
| For mowing | 177,928 |
176,389 |
| For grazing | 164,204 |
160,278 |
| Total grass 5 years and over | 804,040 |
812,691 |
| For mowing | 151,416 |
152,139 |
| For grazing | 652,624 |
660,552 |
| Total crops, fallow and set-aside | 654,199 |
659,625 |
| Barley: Total | 325,012 |
344,832 |
| Winter | 63,708 |
79,037 |
| Spring | 261,303 |
265,795 |
| Triticale | 1,082 |
2,013 |
| Wheat | 104,044 |
108,732 |
| Oats (including mixed grain) | 20,718 |
21,953 |
| Rape for Oilseed | 49,351 |
59,389 |
| Linseed | 229 |
517 |
| Potatoes | 29,563 |
27,850 |
| Peas for combining | 1,458 |
1,734 |
| Beans for combining | 343 |
500 |
| Turnips, swedes and beet for stockfeeding | 16,912 |
16,102 |
| Other crops for stockfeeding | 10,774 |
11,452 |
| Fruit 1 | 2,447 |
2,352 |
| Vegetables (excluding potatoes) | 12,268 |
11,794 |
| Bulbs, flowers and nursery stock | 780 |
800 |
| All other crops | 2,736 |
2,630 |
| Fallow | 6,943 |
6,672 |
| Set aside | 69,538 |
40,302 |
Source: SOAEFD Economics and Statistics Unit Branch 1 |
| 1 Includes 55.9 and 46.8 hectares of orchard fruit in 1996 and 1997 respectively. |
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