Economic Report on Scottish Agriculture: 2005 Edition

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Table B1 Average cropping and stocking, output, inputs, and net farm income by type of farm, 2002-03 and 2003-04

Type of farm

LFA:Specialistsheep

LFA:Specialistbeef

LFA:Cattle andsheep

LowgroundCattle andsheep

Number of farms in sample

49

44

120

114

68

61

9

9

2002- 03

2003- 04

2002- 03

2003- 04

2002- 03

2003- 04

2002- 03

2003- 04

Average size of business ( SLR)

2.7

2.9

2.3

2.3

3.6

3.6

1.9

1.9

Average size of farm (hectares)

712

584

189

181

552

488

102

95

Number of ewes

591

709

200

186

611

615

121

156

Number of suckler cows

6

7

88

89

55

54

33

49

Number of other cattle

13

13

130

141

84

90

158

141

Average output £ per farm(1)

Crops: Cereals

154

148

3,324

4,103

2,761

3,521

8,249

6,561

Potatoes

0

0

-1

2

178

131

0

0

Other crops

176

390

1,207

1,224

1,015

927

1,527

791

Total crop output

330

539

4,530

5,328

3,954

4,578

9,775

7,353

Livestock:

Cattle

4,495

5,274

65,979

66,047

38,313

41,015

52,405

54,144

(of which subsidies)

(1,923)

(2,236)

(25,688)

(25,049)

(15,266)

(15,555)

(21,037)

(22,304)

Sheep

32,522

35,778

15,663

16,269

37,497

40,297

16,343

15,113

(of which subsidies)

(11,771)

(12,366)

(4,166)

(4,205)

(12,854)

(13,421)

(2,023)

(3,217)

Pigs

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Poultry

-5

-4

0

0

160

105

0

0

Milk

0

0

5

0

3,046

3,290

0

0

Other livestock

41

44

-2

41

13

-2

0

13

Total livestock output(2)

37,053

41,092

81,645

82,357

79,028

84,705

68,747

69,269

Miscellaneous

3,285

4,369

5,175

4,136

3,400

4,629

2,387

1,994

Other grants and Subsidies:(3)

10,308

9,646

11,448

10,399

13,569

14,926

2,470

3,202

(of which LFASS)

(6,225)

(6,511)

(8,861)

(8,014)

(9,987)

(9,674)

(1,795)

(2,942)

Total average output

50,977

55,645

102,797

102,220

99,951

108,838

83,380

81,818

Average inputs - £ per farm

Feed

6,640

7,377

14,358

14,427

17,170

17,626

13,468

14,868

(of which home-produced)

(84)

(91)

(1,875)

(1,806)

(1,386)

(1,428)

(3,239)

(3,083)

Seed

107

107

804

811

705

1,021

1,236

837

(of which home-grown)

(0)

(0)

(25)

(29)

(25)

(31)

(364)

(115)

Labour

6,663

6,824

9,426

8,985

14,497

13,864

3,384

2,661

Fertilisers

1,415

1,605

6,034

6,226

4,875

4,861

6,241

5,383

Machinery (excl depreciation)

5,244

5,686

10,885

10,610

10,372

10,078

8,947

8,989

Miscellaneous

4,570

4,916

6,813

7,045

6,542

7,124

4,688

4,790

Land and building costs

7,186

8,298

14,655

14,591

14,244

14,966

11,548

11,770

Machinery depreciation(4)

5,005

5,073

9,591

9,384

7,929

8,560

6,948

5,982

Other livestock expenses

5,023

5,623

8,130

7,864

8,573

8,838

6,432

7,042

Other crop expenses

269

241

1,367

1,418

1,051

989

1,112

957

Total average inputs

42,122

45,751

82,063

81,360

85,957

87,925

64,004

63,278

Average net farm income(2)

8,855

9,894

20,735

20,860

13,994

20,912

19,376

18,539

Breeding livestock appreciation

2,118

2,048

517

1,698

1,167

2,391

316

1,608

Total valuation change (incl. BLSA)

1,418

3,897

5,362

5,033

3,244

8,160

13,472

6,332

(1) Including the value of home-grown non-fodder crops used on the farm for feed or seed, and of milk from the dairy cows fed to stock.
(2) Excluding breeding livestock appreciation ( BLSA).
(3) Excluding cattle and sheep subsidies, which are in the appropriate output.
(4) On a replacement cost basis.

Table B1 Average cropping and stocking, output, inputs, and net farm income by type of farm, 2002-03 and 2003-04 (continued)

Type of farm

Cereals

General cropping

Dairy

Mixed

Number of farms in sample

50

45

46

41

67

63

69

67

2002- 03

2003- 04

2002- 03

2003- 04

2002- 03

2003- 04

2002- 03

2003- 04

Average size of business ( SLR)

1.6

1.6

2.7

2.6

3.8

3.6

2.6

2.5

Average size of farm (hectares)

152

162

94

91

134

123

190

191

Number of Ewes

24

24

48

47

85

64

162

147

Number of suckler cows

4

4

17

16

112

107

51

53

Number of other cattle

31

35

46

45

175

173

128

133

Average output £ per farm(1)

Crops: Cereals

62,224

85,401

53,957

68,000

4,435

6,081

29,914

35,430

Potatoes

1,856

1,897

37,966

40,786

0

91

1,188

504

Other crops

19,099

22,428

26,471

31,446

2,128

3,145

6,565

8,430

Total crop output

83,179

109,726

118,393

140,233

6,563

9,317

37,667

44,364

Livestock: Cattle

10,983

13,127

18,246

22,172

41,044

42,321

53,521

60,656

(of which subsidies)

(5,468)

(6,592)

(7,017)

(7,171)

(7,754)

(7,350)

(21,320)

(23,388)

Sheep

2,495

2,417

4,448

4,224

6,612

5,802

14,199

14,484

(of which subsidies)

(393)

(383)

(711)

(681)

(1,676)

(1,333)

(3,092)

(3,030)

Pigs

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Poultry

0

0

87

97

182

180

0

0

Milk

409

96

0

0

119,920

127,642

3,636

3,620

Other livestock

3

0

11

1

1

18

80

181

Total livestock output(2)

13,890

15,640

22,792

26,493

167,758

175,963

71,436

78,941

Miscellaneous

8,813

8,476

15,138

18,268

4,683

4,384

6,583

5,822

Other grants and Subsidies:(3)

479

1,038

1,241

1,350

2,550

2,096

5,086

6,465

(of which LFASS)

(97)

(119)

(208)

(345)

(1,643)

(1,408)

(3,944)

(3,843)

Total average output

106,361

134,879

157,565

186,344

181,554

191,759

120,772

135,592

Average inputs - £ per farm

Feed

3,147

3,648

5,610

6,903

49,994

47,526

16,050

17,919

(of which home-produced)

(1,351)

(1,290)

(1,833)

(1,845)

(2,807)

(3,037)

(5,354)

(5,736)

Seed

4,673

5,519

9,038

8,375

1,196

1,319

3,300

3,267

(of which home-grown)

(719)

(970)

(3,430)

(3,699)

(39)

(19)

(437)

(415)

Labour

11,280

13,526

24,692

23,265

26,046

24,979

15,073

14,017

Fertilisers

10,604

11,438

10,208

11,623

9,563

9,560

8,707

9,122

Machinery (excl depreciation)

17,303

19,038

26,516

26,274

19,090

18,862

15,496

15,881

Miscellaneous

8,174

9,159

9,891

11,908

9,418

10,042

8,787

9,584

Land and building costs

23,171

23,735

29,188

28,872

27,052

25,991

18,821

19,439

Machinery depreciation(4)

15,418

17,033

20,640

18,829

13,080

12,838

12,679

13,055

Other livestock expenses

1,788

1,953

2,320

2,608

15,038

14,917

7,822

7,876

Other crop expenses

10,318

12,560

20,826

20,116

2,045

2,218

4,887

5,142

Total average inputs

105,877

117,608

158,929

158,773

172,521

168,252

111,622

115,302

Average net farm income(2)

484

17,271

-1,364

27,571

8,762

23,507

9,150

20,290

Breeding livestock appreciation

65

138

237.3

210.3

4780.2

2373.5

795.5

972.6

Total valuation change (incl. BLSA)

757

6,558

-3,064.1

9,194.4

4,974.2

8,150.2

3,643.4

8,430.6

(1) Including the value of home-grown non-fodder crops used on the farm for feed or seed, and of milk from the dairy cows fed to stock.
(2) Excluding breeding livestock appreciation ( BLSA).
(3) Excluding cattle and sheep subsidies, which are in the appropriate output.
(4) On a replacement cost basis.

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