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Table C8 Main agricultural holdings by region and by area of crops and grass, June 1997

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holdings

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holdings

holdings

North West:

2,468

1,258

1,296

746

439

328

779

523

7,837

Shetland

429

234

172

88

43

30

52

17

1,065

Orkney

154

113

253

193

133

95

223

112

1,276

Eileanan an Iar

752

280

203

37

11

11

15

8

1,317

Highland

1,133

631

668

428

252

192

489

386

4,179

North East:

NE Scotland

1,144

534

660

549

472

432

1,407

1,228

6,426

South East:

1,018

475

508

412

328

307

1,380

2,153

6,581

Tayside

425

198

209

193

175

157

661

786

2,804

Fife

191

61

79

52

32

31

244

340

1,030

Lothian

227

83

77

76

42

50

194

326

1,075

Scottish Borders

175

133

143

91

79

69

281

701

1,672

South West:

1,125

655

882

749

730

734

2,561

1,794

9,230

East Central

128

68

108

78

90

89

242

182

985

Argyll & Bute

175

132

193

116

95

81

224

101

1,117

Clyde Valley

295

166

212

183

188

204

611

301

2,160

Ayrshire

251

124

169

146

173

169

623

355

2,010

Dumfries & Galloway

276

165

200

226

184

191

861

855

2,958

Scotland

5,755

2,922

3,346

2,456

1,969

1,801

6,127

5,698

30,074

hectares

hectares

hectares

hectares

hectares

hectares

hectares

hectares

hectares

North West:

6,018

8,967

18,414

18,153

15,313

14,615

54,383

94,116

229,979

Shetland

1,074

1,650

2,351

2,143

1,491

1,312

3,608

2,436

16,064

Orkney

428

843

3,740

4,735

4,691

4,302

15,364

18,275

52,379

Eileanan an Iar

1,638

1,970

2,705

871

381

478

1,128

2,670

11,841

Highland

2,879

4,503

9,618

10,404

8,750

8,523

34,283

70,735

149,694

North East:

NE Scotland

2,760

3,873

9,607

13,566

16,401

19,294

101,178

221,801

388,481

South East:

2,513

3,395

7,367

10,229

11,455

13,861

101,397

427,010

577,226

Tayside

1,044

1,444

3,096

4,826

6,202

7,143

48,235

145,141

217,130

Fife

415

426

1,105

1,297

1,081

1,401

18,151

61,987

85,864

Lothian

606

585

1,121

1,867

1,435

2,247

14,395

65,505

87,761

Scottish Borders

447

941

2,045

2,239

2,737

3,070

20,616

154,377

186,471

South West:

2,776

4,686

12,810

18,465

25,501

32,833

184,299

283,144

564,514

East Central

309

504

1,572

1,918

3,162

4,008

17,351

28,438

57,263

Argyll & Bute

443

917

2,738

2,825

3,265

3,628

15,451

16,369

45,637

Clyde Valley

708

1,173

3,126

4,565

6,557

9,111

43,467

45,139

113,845

Ayrshire

661

884

2,456

3,578

6,138

7,578

44,303

54,754

120,352

Dumfries & Galloway

655

1,208

2,918

5,579

6,378

8,508

63,727

138,444

227,417

Scotland

14,068

20,922

48,198

60,412

68,670

80,604

441,257

1,026,070

1,760,200