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Economic Report on Scottish Agriculture 2011 Edition

Published: 15 June 2011
ISBN: 9781780452111

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Table C3 Agricultural area by Less Favoured Area category, June 2010

Crops, fallow and set-aside:	hectares	hectares	hectares
	LFA⁽¹⁾	Non- LFA	Total
Number of holdings	36,081	16,198	52,279
Wheat	8,219	103,217	111,436
Triticale	326	361	687
Barley: Winter	6,741	41,269	48,010
Spring	65,997	176,367	242,364
Total	72,738	217,636	290,374
Oats (including mixed grain)	6,818	17,075	23,893
Rape for oilseed (including linseed)	1,689	34,418	36,107
Potatoes	2,013	29,365	31,377
Peas for combining	200	1,468	1,668
Beans for combining	401	4,863	5,264
Turnips, swedes and beet for stockfeeding	2,862	2,649	5,511
Other crops for stockfeeding ⁽²⁾	11,962	5,561	17,523
Vegetables for human consumption	682	15,774	16,456
Orchard and soft fruit	105	1,857	1,962
Bulbs, flowers and nursery stock	170	849	1,018
All other crops	3,277	3,618	6,895
Fallow land: 5 years or less	5,923	14,553	20,477
More than 5 years	844	639	1,483
Total crops and fallow	118,229	453,902	572,131
Grass:
Under 5 years	265,440	157,738	423,178
5 years and over	825,385	129,996	955,382
Total grass	1,090,825	287,735	1,378,560
Total crops, fallow and grass	1,209,055	741,637	1,950,691
Rough grazing:
Sole right grazing	3,151,964	39,629	3,191,593
Common grazing	583,728	0	583,728
Total rough grazing	3,735,692	39,629	3,775,320
Total crops, fallow, grass and rough grazing	4,944,746	781,265	5,726,012
Woodland	349,653	49,726	399,379
Other land	86,343	15,047	101,391
Total agricultural area	5,380,743	846,039	6,226,782

(1) A holding is classified as LFA if 50% or more of its land is assessed as being disadvantaged or severely disadvantaged for subsidy purposes.
(2) Includes and maize.

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