Farm Incomes in Scotland 2004/05

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Table 3(a)

Output, inputs and net farm income by type of farming and size of business
Type of farming : All Types
Years: 2003/04 and 2004/05

£ per farm

Size of Business

Small

Medium

Large

All Sizes

2003/04

2004/05

2003/04

2004/05

2003/04

2004/05

2003/04

2004/05

Number of farms

184

178

102

100

183

182

469

460

Average size of business ( SLR)

1.3

1.3

2.5

2.5

5.1

5.2

2.7

2.7

Average size of farm (hectares)

129

131

209

219

562

568

279

283

Area of cereals (hectares)

26

26

40

40

39

40

32

33

Area of potatoes (hectares)

1

1

2

2

3

3

2

2

Area of oilseed rape (hectares)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Number of ewes

94

94

216

201

558

510

261

243

Number of suckler cows

23

23

41

43

66

70

40

41

Number of dairy cows

2

2

12

12

32

33

13

13

Number of other cattle

53

54

98

97

196

199

105

107

Outputs

Cereals

19,725

16,458

31,789

28,848

30,618

27,478

25,180

22,007

Potatoes

961

1,035

2,424

3,176

10,851

9,269

4,321

3,987

Other crops

5,584

4,969

8,461

7,264

11,419

7,607

7,904

6,185

Total Crops

26,270

22,461

42,674

39,288

52,888

44,354

37,405

32,179

(of which subsidies)

(7,548)

(6,750)

(11,533)

(10,838)

(11,539)

(10,978)

(9,474)

(8,768)

Cattle

22,062

22,854

40,100

38,043

68,247

68,648

39,634

39,824

(of which subsidies)

(8,433)

(9,166)

(14,502)

(14,392)

(24,199)

(26,625)

(14,417)

(15,541)

Sheep

7,528

7,322

15,876

13,841

36,479

36,732

18,046

17,677

(of which subsidies)

(2,000)

(2,095)

(4,317)

(4,508)

(11,152)

(12,303)

(5,271)

(,715)

Pigs

0

0

0

0

0

11

0

5

Poultry & eggs

49

56

93

89

0

8

40

46

Milk

1,460

1,412

14,568

14,160

38,520

40,330

15,330

15,807

Other livestock

18

21

130

31

38

0

44

15

Total livestock

31,117

31,664

70,767

66,163

143,284

145,729

73,094

73,374

Miscellaneous

5,410

6,149

6,516

7,226

8,046

8,861

6,426

7,184

Other grants & subsidies

3,419

3,546

6,605

6,941

13,719

15,201

7,198

7,786

(of which LFASS)

(2,281)

(2,238)

(4,305)

(4,457)

(9,462)

(9,549)

(4,882)

(4,913)

Total Output

66,216

63,820

126,563

119,617

217,938

214,146

124,123

120,524

Inputs

Feed

6,464

6,759

15,888

15,225

32,042

32,448

16,101

16,270

(of which home produced)

(1,125)

(1,331)

(2,146)

(2,077)

(3,724)

(3,975)

(2,115)

(2,289)

Other livestock expenses

3,386

3,550

7,650

7,377

13,563

14,509

7,306

7,643

Seeds

1,594

1,598

2,350

2,539

3,823

3,980

2,423

2,506

(of which home grown)

(202)

(241)

(373)

(440)

(987)

(1117)

(478)

(550)

Fertilisers

4,449

4,776

8,152

9,002

11,914

12,399

7,422

7,886

Other crop expenses

2,817

2,829

5,220

5,447

8,171

7,258

4,907

4,663

Labour

5,266

4,810

11,499

12,477

28,891

29,866

13,752

13,987

Machinery (excl. depreciation)

9,426

9,960

14,337

15,204

22,391

23,982

14,333

15,256

Machinery depreciation

7,566

8,291

12,461

12,530

17,192

18,213

11,419

12,127

Land & building costs

11,118

10,989

19,473

18,723

29,652

30,790

18,357

18,523

Miscellaneous

6,016

6,150

8,729

9,087

11,608

11,876

8,232

8,446

Total Input

58,103

59,713

105,758

107,610

179,248

185,320

104,251

107,306

Net Farm Income (excl. BLSA)

8,113

4,108

20,805

12,007

38,690

28,825

19,872

13,217

BLSA

495

-236

2,056

-779

2,892

-2,349

1,512

-993

Net farm income (incl. BLSA)

8,608

3,872

22,861

11,228

41,581

26,477

21,384

12,225

Total Valuation Change (incl. BLSA)

2,515

-52

7,760

-637

12,803

-103

6,635

-166

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