Pesticide usage - arable crops and potato stores 2018: survey results

Information from a survey of pesticide use on arable crops and potato stores in Scotland during 2018.


Table 31: Census area - 2018

Area (ha) of arable crops grown in Scotland

Size (ha) H&I(1) C&O(1) Moray Firth Abdn(1) Angus East Fife Lothian C. Lowlands (1) Tweed Valley S. Uplands(1) Solway Scotland
0.1-19.99 1,553 3,601 2,853 7,601 2,473 944 909 4,646 1,029 663 2,663 28,935
20-49.9 1,577 2,422 7,667 18,539 10,890 3,675 2,635 9,174 3,107 1,204 4,913 65,802
50-99.9 1,338 1,540 11,129 30,077 20,868 9,456 6,951 13,086 7,460 1,490 3,577 106,972
100-149.9 845 * 9,799 18,748 18,525 9,151 9,405 7,622 10,979 968 * 88,411
150+ 0 * 19,986 36,918 50,105 17,299 20,959 14,883 34,545 1,981 * 199,189
All sizes 5,312 9,426 51,434 111,883 102,860 40,526 40,858 49,412 57,120 6,306 14,173 489,309

* To prevent disclosure of information about individual holdings, entries relating to fewer than five holdings are not reported

(1) H&I = Highlands & Islands, C&O = Caithness & Orkney, Abdn = Aberdeen, C. Lowlands = Central Lowlands, S. Uplands = Southern Uplands

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