Pesticide usage in Scotland: Outdoor Vegetable Crops 2021

This publication presents information from a survey of pesticide use on outdoor vegetable crops in Scotland during 2021.


Table 21 Distribution of vegetable sample (excluding holdings growing only peas)

Number of holdings surveyed in each region and size group

Size(1) (ha) Highlands & Islands Caithness & Orkney Moray Firth Aberdeen Angus East Fife Lothian Central Lowlands Tweed Valley Scotland
0.1-9.9 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 7
10-19.9 0 0 1 1 4 3 1 1 2 13
20-29.9 0 0 1 1 4 3 2 1 0 12
30-39.9 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 4
>40 0 0 0 0 3 4 5 1 2 15
All sizes 2 0 5 3 13 12 8 4 4 51

(1) Refers to area of vegetable crops (excluding vining peas) grown on holding

Note: vegetable data was also collected from six holdings in the pea sample

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