Table C40 Number of cultivation, sowing and harvesting machinery items on main holdings, December 2001, 2003 and 2005
| December
2001 | December
2003 | December
2005 |
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Cultivation: | number | number | number |
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PTO driven: |
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Power harrows | 4,237 | 4,081 | 4,318 |
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Rotary diggers and cultivators | 2,861 | 2,577 | 2,393 |
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Disc driven: |
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Mounted and semi-mounted | 4,022 | 3,600 | 3,099 |
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Trailed | 2,170 | 2,061 | 1,655 |
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Other cultivators, harrows and hoes: |
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Mounted | 10,403 | 9,604 | 9,363 |
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Trailed | 4,357 | 3,686 | 3,227 |
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Stone separators | 715 | 732 | 637 |
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Sowing: |
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Precision drills for root and vegetable seeds | 2,202 | 2,059 | 1,953 |
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Grain drills: |
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Seed only | 3,043 | 2,667 | 2,690 |
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Combined seed and fertiliser | 3,119 | 2,781 | 2,483 |
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Seedling transplanters | 248 | 227 | 210 |
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Potato planters | 1,908 | 1,510 | 1,392 |
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Harvesting: |
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Mower conditioners | 3,464 | 3,450 | 3,725 |
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Mowers: |
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Cutter bar types | 1,867 | 1,686 | 1,460 |
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Drum disc and flail types | 7,915 | 7,108 | 6,458 |
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Tedders, turners and siderakes | 13,639 | 12,131 | 11,669 |
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Buckrakes | 6,826 | 5,717 | 5,320 |
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Potato harvesters: |
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Spinners, elevator and shaker diggers | 1,909 | 1,741 | 1,408 |
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Complete harvesters | 953 | 833 | 715 |
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Potato graders | 981 | 818 | 864 |
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