Economic Report on Scottish Agriculture 2006 Edition

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Table A7 Estimated yield(1)and production(2)of cereals, root crops and horticultural crops, 2000 to 2005

Wheat

Winter barley

Spring barley

Total barley

Year

Area '000 ha

Yield

Production

Area '000 ha

Yield

Production

Area '000 ha

Yield

Production

Area '000 ha

Yield

Production

2000

108.9

8.79

956.4

61.7

7.38

455.3

254.7

5.15

1311.1

316.4

5.58

1766.5

2001

79.7

7.74

617.0

55.3

6.24

345.0

280.8

5.59

1570.6

336.1

5.70

1915.7

2002

96.6

7.65

739.0

61.2

6.70

410.3

263.9

4.85

1280.0

325.1

5.20

1690.3

2003

88.3

8.25

728.4

56.1

7.00

392.9

265.9

5.97

1586.7

322.1

6.15

1979.5

2004

101.7

8.62

876.9

56.8

7.20

408.9

259.7

5.56

1443.7

316.5

5.85

1851.2

Average

2000-04

8.21

6.90

5.42

5.70

2005

96.6

8.60

831.6

52.2

7.43

387.7

5.57

1374.7

298.9

5.90

1762.5

Oats

Triticale

Oilseed rape

Forage peas

Year

Area '000 ha

Yield

Production

Area '000 ha

Yield

Production

Area '000 ha

Yield

Production

Area '000 ha

Yield

Production

2000

21.9

5.28

115.9

1.5

5.30

8.2

36.4

3.05

111.0

1.6

3.11

5.1

2001

21.3

5.37

114.6

1.5

6.17

9.3

34.9

3.04

105.9

1.9

3.94

7.5

2002

21.4

4.91

104.9

1.2

5.30

6.5

30.6

3.38

103.7

1.4

3.26

4.6

2003

22.4

5.93

133.1

1.3

5.16

6.8

35.2

3.43

120.8

1.7

3.42

5.7

2004

22.0

5.20

114.5

1.3

4.72

6.1

39.4

3.32

130.7

1.6

3.97

6.3

Average

2000-04

5.34

5.33

3.24

3.54

2005

20.3

5.67

114.9

1.2

4.76

5.5

35.8

3.47

124.0

1.4

2.93

4.0

Forage beans

Potato - early ware(3)

Potato - maincrop ware(3)

Potato - seed(3)

Year

Area '000 ha

Yield

Production

Area '000 ha

Yield

Production

Area '000 ha

Yield

Production

Area '000 ha

Yield

Production

2000

-

-

-

0.4

29.80

12.2

14.7

48.67

734.7

14.3

28.06

400.6

2001

-

-

-

0.4

21.50

9.0

15.7

48.23

774.4

13.2

26.50

348.5

2002

-

-

-

0.3

20.00

5.9

15.8

51.91

836.0

13.8

26.07

359.4

2003

1.9

3.88

7.4

0.5

20.60

9.9

15.1

61.14

954.2

12.3

29.26

361.2

2004

2.8

3.67

10.3

0.3

20.70

5.7

16.7

49.11

836.7

12.0

26.79

315.5

Average

2000-04

3.78

22.52

51.57

27.06

2005

3.4

4.14

14.2

0.5

18.50

8.9

15.8

53.45

881.1

11.3

25.08

312.5

Vining Peas

Tomatoes

Raspberries

Strawberries

Year

Area '000 ha

Yield

Production

Area '000 ha

Yield

Production

Area '000 ha

Yield

Production

Area '000 ha

Yield

Production

2000

3.7

6.66

24.6

8.1

244.60

2.0

0.88

4.73

4.1

0.62

11.92

7.4

2001

3.2

5.00

16.2

8.5

185.70

1.6

0.67

4.91

3.3

0.63

11.82

7.4

2002

3.2

4.00

12.8

7.2

254.10

1.8

0.57

3.69

2.1

0.67

11.27

7.6

2003

3.3

5.30

17.5

4.7

81.90

0.4

0.52

5.55

2.9

0.63

15.77

9.9

2004

3.4

3.90

13.3

3.3

154.30

0.5

0.52

6.44

3.3

0.68

16.19

11.0

Average

2000-04

4.97

184.12

5.06

13.39

2005

3.2

3.90

12.4

3.3

154.30

0.5

0.47

5.23

2.4

0.68

14.41

9.8

(1) Yields are in tonnes per ha.

(2) Production is in thousand tonnes.

(3) The yield and production figures are partly based on Scottish Agricultural College and the British Potato Council estimates.

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