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Table C5 Crops, grass and rough grazing on main holdings by region, June 1997

Wheat

Barley

Oats

Other cereals

Rape and linseed

Potatoes

Crops for stock
feeding
(1)

Fruit(2)

hectares

hectares

hectares

hectares

hectares

hectares

hectares

hectares

North West:

3,999

29,344

3,703

387

3,238

1,229

4,394

46

Shetland

0

36

31

4

*

48

158

*

Orkney

*

3,859

187

4

75

114

612

*

Eileanan an Iar

*

8

139

160

*

74

169

*

Highland

3,969

25,441

3,347

219

3,159

994

3,454

45

North East:

NE Scotland

17,903

127,061

6,486

675

22,142

6,193

8,234

115

South East:

79,329

147,819

7,945

940

32,405

18,838

11,834

2,040

Tayside

22,078

65,500

3,522

409

14,048

11,878

4,283

1,815

Fife

16,163

24,736

977

125

6,384

2,747

1,079

159

Lothian

17,984

22,654

823

115

4,627

2,117

1,598

55

Scottish Borders

23,104

34,929

2,624

291

7,346

2,096

4,874

12

South West:

7,423

39,881

3,049

487

2,070

1,352

4,924

108

East Central

3,123

7,370

1,377

*

1,645

78

456

21

Argyll & Bute

*

1,657

115

*

*

60

493

2

Clyde Valley

*

8,893

390

37

215

98

956

72

Ayrshire

1,096

7,508

347

88

*

718

422

9

Dumfries
& Galloway

2,127

14,453

820

356

125

398

2,597

4

Scotland

108,655

344,105

21,185

2,489

59,855

27,613

29,386

2,310

Vege- tables

All
other
crops

Fallow

Set
aside

Grass
for
mowing

Grass
for
grazing

Rough grazings

Sole right
grazing

Common
grazing

hectares

hectares

hectares

hectares

hectares

hectares

hectares

hectares

North West:

175

149

1,071

3,342

49,167

129,734

1,516,769

557,310

Shetland

10

*

17

*

2,617

13,140

52,435

70,635

Orkney

9

*

111

135

16,632

30,607

27,941

624

Eileanan an Iar

10

*

619

*

894

9,720

45,254

192,593

Highland

145

133

323

3,173

29,024

76,267

1,391,140

293,459

North East:

NE Scotland

1,826

1,172

1,157

13,591

61,152

120,772

223,969

5,822

South East:

9,406

1,534

1,440

20,032

63,117

180,545

580,737

3,773

Tayside

4,625

823

523

8,386

21,087

58,154

368,546

3,773

Fife

2,569

155

364

3,611

7,753

19,038

6,240

0

Lothian

683

392

334

3,223

8,721

24,437

32,416

0

Scottish Borders

1,528

164

219

4,812

25,555

78,916

173,534

0

South West:

295

488

1,054

3,210

149,564

350,609

891,224

11,146

East Central

47

40

119

1,277

11,353

30,353

120,498

0

Argyll & Bute

9

17

263

34

11,912

31,062

386,537

10,129

Clyde Valley

132

195

441

794

31,309

69,245

90,758

*

Ayrshire

69

68

113

369

32,709

76,752

99,003

*

Dumfries
& Galloway

38

168

118

736

62,281

143,197

194,429

0

Scotland

11,701

3,344

4,723

40,175

323,000

781,660

3,212,699

578,052

(1) Includes peas and beans for combining.

(2) Includes 46.83 hectares of orchard fruit.

* means data suppressed to prevent disclosure of individual holdings