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Economic Report on Scottish Agriculture 2011 Edition

Published: 15 June 2011
ISBN: 9781780452111

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Table C10(ii) Number of livestock by regional grouping and region, June 2010

	Total	Shetland	Orkney	Eileanan an Iar	Highland	Total	Grampian	Total	Tayside	Fife	Lothian	Scottish Borders	Total	East Central	Argyll & Bute	Clyde Valley	Ayrshire	Dumfries & Galloway	Scotland
	North West					North East		South East					South West						Scotland
Dairy cattle:	number	number	number	number	number	number	number	number	number	number	number	number	number	number	number	number	number	number	number
Dairy cows ⁽¹⁾	4,928	440	2,558	103	1,827	10,336	10,336	16,224	4,474	4,974	3,170	3,606	153,195	5,445	8,005	24,296	42,177	73,272	184,683
Heifers in calf for the first time	1,154	82	572	58	442	2,643	2,643	3,919	1,213	1,185	669	852	32,769	1,506	1,817	5,920	8,544	14,982	40,485
Other female cattle ⁽²⁾	967	82	450	9	426	2,940	2,940	3,866	1,111	1,380	753	622	36,453	1,251	2,190	7,072	10,349	15,591	44,226
Total dairy cattle	7,049	604	3,580	170	2,695	15,919	15,919	24,009	6,798	7,539	4,592	5,080	222,417	8,202	12,012	37,288	61,070	103,845	269,394
Beef cattle:
Beef cows ⁽¹⁾	81,239	1,917	26,081	2,880	50,361	92,535	92,535	105,187	34,809	13,086	13,590	43,702	177,920	12,427	20,543	30,186	29,735	85,029	456,881
Heifers in calf for the first time	6,999	214	2,080	327	4,378	.	11,280	10,365	4,086	1,206	1,441	3,632	18,282	1,650	2,084	3,639	3,017	7,892	46,926
Other female cattle for breeding ⁽³⁾	13,089	329	3,302	805	8,653	17,102	17,102	20,190	6,545	2,172	2,437	9,036	38,787	2,924	5,227	6,401	7,090	17,145	89,168
Prime cattle ⁽⁴⁾	42,295	453	21,771	550	19,521	128,571	128,571	80,144	26,225	13,944	12,437	27,538	158,286	12,694	6,008	27,235	34,085	78,264	409,296
Total beef cattle	143,622	2,913	53,234	4,562	82,913	249,488	249,488	215,886	71,665	30,408	29,905	83,908	393,275	29,695	33,862	67,461	73,927	188,330	1,002,271
Other cattle:
Bulls	3,761	124	1,304	108	2,225	4,079	4,079	4,754	1,604	577	662	1,911	9,845	605	1,009	1,620	1,862	4,749	22,439
Cattle under one year old	74,153	1,866	25,418	2,517	44,352	94,845	94,845	106,286	35,185	15,493	14,079	41,529	256,396	14,441	22,449	42,942	53,219	123,345	531,680
Total cattle	228,585	5,507	83,536	7,357	132,185	364,331	364,331	350,935	115,252	54,017	49,238	132,428	881,933	52,943	69,332	149,311	190,078	420,269	1,825,784
Sheep:
Ewes for breeding	606,255	123,539	43,660	77,869	361,187	219,545	219,545	787,954	244,164	32,776	75,723	435,291	1,029,575	108,232	198,140	158,802	181,613	382,788	2,643,329
Other sheep 1 year and over for breeding	151,787	28,021	10,927	18,535	94,304	51,261	51,261	205,598	63,230	7,249	18,656	116,463	255,506	26,663	48,633	42,071	44,540	93,599	664,152
Other sheep (including rams) and lambs	690,794	130,084	65,094	80,554	415,062	333,486	333,486	1,093,333	318,978	54,372	106,517	613,466	1,327,548	134,140	201,898	217,280	246,673	527,557	3,445,161
Total sheep	1,448,836	281,644	119,681	176,958	870,553	604,292	604,292	2,086,885	626,372	94,397	200,896	1,165,220	2,612,629	269,035	448,671	418,153	472,826	1,003,944	6,752,642
Pigs:
Female breeding herd ⁽⁵⁾	2,401	11	79	44	2,267	25,672	25,672	8,797	4,129	356	2,402	1,910	2,043	129	120	700	64	1,030	38,913
All other non-breeding pigs	20,300	76	486	147	19,591	252,480	252,480	82,737	38,268	5,109	21,935	17,425	14,857	925	1,104	3,993	401	8,434	370,374
Total pigs	22,701	87	565	191	21,858	278,152	278,152	91,534	42,397	5,465	24,337	19,335	16,900	1,054	1,224	4,693	465	9,464	409,287
Poultry:
Fowls for producing eggs	191,718	3,038	6,172	4,150	178,358	338,698	338,698	3,421,187	273,648	1,274,725	154,975	1,717,839	640,590	25,354	12,262	67,863	374,510	160,601	4,592,193
Fowls for breeding ⁽⁶⁾	4,292	402	697	743	2,450	34,812	34,812	642,713	162,559	194,545	182,814	102,795	494,923	114,970	856	142,555	42,261	194,281	1,176,740
Broilers and other table fowls and	32,614	1,537	4,433	1,137	25,507	2,386,777	2,386,777	4,998,697	2,030,431	603,829	1,635,311	729,126	1,405,600	996,606	1,880	2,343	44,637	360,134	8,823,688
other poultry
Total poultry	228,624	4,977	11,302	6,030	206,315	2,760,287	2,760,287	9,062,597	2,466,638	2,073,099	1,973,100	2,549,760	2,541,113	1,136,930	14,998	212,761	461,408	715,016	14,592,621
Goats and kids	889	55	168	60	606	736	736	814	322	114	248	130	1,266	106	125	127	366	542	3,705
Deer	1,341	0	*	*	*	1,371	1,371	1,564	572	*	*	*	1,798	*	515	*	89	647	6,074
Horses:
Horses used in agriculture or horticulture	155	17	10	18	110	133	133	189	31	43	41	74	237	*	*	74	54	69	714
All other horses and ponies	5,552	1,283	740	300	3,229	7,141	7,141	11,026	3,526	1,952	2,631	2,917	11,849	*	*	3,462	2,660	3,116	35,568
Total horses	5,707	1,300	750	318	3,339	7,274	7,274	11,215	3,557	1,995	2,672	2,991	12,086	1,670	981	3,536	2,714	3,185	36,282
Camelids	99	0	*	*	54	56	56	96	32	0	41	23	287	*	*	61	32	117	538
Other livestock	96	0	*	*	70	151	151	159	50	32	47	30	423	84	79	37	46	177	829

(1) Cows and heifers in milk and cows in calf but not in milk.
(2) Female dairy cattle one year old and over for breeding.
(3) Female beef cattle one year old and over for breeding.
(4) Male and female cattle one year old and over, not for breeding.
(5) Sows in pig, gilts in pig and other sows for breeding.
(6) Hens laying eggs to hatch layer and table chicks and cocks.

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