Scottish Government

Size of Business

Small

Small

Medium

Medium

Large

Large

All Sizes

All Sizes

2001/02

2002/03

2001/02

2002/03

2001/02

2002/03

2001/02

2002/03

Number of farms

126

126

152

152

98

98

376

376

Average size of business (ESU)

27

25

67

66

146

154

64

64

Average size of farm (hectares)

179

179

252

253

329

331

233

233

Area of cereals (hectares)

13

13

32

33

80

81

32

33

Area of potatoes (hectares)

1

0

2

1

8

9

3

2

Area of oilseed rape (hectares)

1

0

2

1

6

5

2

2

Number of ewes

142

139

214

211

222

222

182

180

Number of suckler cows

21

20

45

45

45

46

34

33

Number of dairy cows

1

1

11

11

36

35

11

11

Number of other cattle

42

40

94

94

146

147

80

79

OUTPUTS

Cereals

6,817

6,006

19,306

17,796

56,414

51,936

20,605

18,852

Potatoes

379

211

1,695

896

19,682

17,726

4,530

3,803

Oilseed rape

243

0

1,175

878

4,927

4,386

1,460

1,142

Other crops

2,428

2,520

4,199

4,342

9,894

9,627

4,466

4,506

Total Crops

9,866

8,737

26,375

23,912

90,916

83,675

31,061

28,303

(of which subsidies)

(2,680)

(2,680)

(7,774)

(8,189)

(21,004)

(21,410)

(7,938)

(8,159)

Cattle

19,617

17,399

39,935

40,153

52,402

52,072

32,868

31,847

(of which subsidies)

(6,776)

(6,638)

(14,762)

(15,611)

(16,635)

(18,050)

(11,404)

(11,902)

Sheep

6,010

8,501

9,835

13,087

13,127

17,337

8,685

11,767

(of which subsidies)

(1,537)

(2,707)

(2,244)

(4,057)

(2,436)

(4,382)

(1,952)

(3,491)

Pigs

15

0

0

0

81

0

23

0

Poultry & eggs

-87

-1

86

81

1

-1

-11

27

Milk

506

407

13,421

11,170

47,119

39,225

13,868

11,537

Other livestock

11

7

20

51

33

9

18

23

Total livestock

26,072

26,313

63,297

64,542

112,763

108,643

55,451

55,201

Miscellaneous

3,693

3,571

7,008

6,998

9,720

9,921

5,985

5,963

Other grants & subsidies

4,216

4,115

6,649

7,091

5,881

6,412

5,369

5,576

(of which LFASS)

(2,941)

(2,584)

(4,758)

(4,968)

(4,280)

(4,930)

(3,820)

(3,851)

Total Output

43,846

42,736

103,329

102,542

219,280

208,651

97,866

95,042

INPUTS

Feed

5,231

4,914

14,750

14,581

26,004

26,109

12,476

12,291

(of which home produced)

(1,082)

(963)

(2,069)

(2,042)

(4,058)

(3,583)

(1,991)

(1,835)

Other livestock expenses

2,811

2,983

6,377

6,791

9,557

10,513

5,327

5,732

Seeds

803

806

2,067

1,877

7,238

6,984

2,470

2,357

(of which home grown)

(90)

(97)

(240)

(198)

(1,999)

(1,947)

(507)

(486)

Fertilisers

3,091

2,889

7,134

6,958

15,390

14,566

6,834

6,522

Other crop expenses

1,229

1,233

3,317

3,304

12,199

12,372

4,048

4,078

Labour

3,830

3,440

11,388

11,509

29,851

30,711

11,409

11,434

Machinery (excl. depreciation)

6,466

6,337

12,877

12,709

27,217

27,372

12,641

12,553

Machinery depreciation

4,669

4,770

10,159

10,249

21,696

21,547

9,815

9,864

Land & building costs

8,188

8,224

15,951

15,935

34,382

34,438

15,870

15,892

Miscellaneous

4,368

4,582

6,862

7,669

10,780

11,627

6,452

6,991

Total Input

40,687

40,176

90,880

91,581

194,314

196,238

87,342

87,713

NET FARM INCOME (excl. BLSA)

3,159

2,560

12,449

10,961

24,966

12,413

10,524

7,329

BLSA

681

481

2,221

975

2,597

2,199

1,576

979

Net farm income (inc. BLSA)

3,841

3,041

14,669

11,936

27,563

14,612

12,100

8,308

Total Valuation Change (inc. BLSA)

1,199

-272

3,224

2,022

7,460

2,256

3,093

999