Scottish Agricultural Census Summary Sheets by Geographic Area: June 2007

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Grassland

June Census 2007
Summary for Local Authority sub-groups, Regions and Scotland

Grass for mowing

Grass for grazing

Under 5 years old

5 years old and over

Under 5 years old

5 years old and over

Holdings

Hectares

Holdings

Hectares

Holdings

Hectares

Holdings

Hectares

North West:

3,963

25,395.44

4,463

25,776.13

6,620

22,011.56

11,263

151,694.32

Shetland

395

951.22

732

1,776.57

497

1,032.64

1,251

19,832.29

Orkney

707

6,524.18

779

9,076.68

851

4,262.35

1,359

29,381.37

Eileanan an Iar

737

810.10

847

1,062.02

2,183

1,732.44

3,296

16,271.64

Highland

2,124

17,109.94

2,105

13,860.85

3,089

14,984.14

5,357

86,209.01

North East:

3,079

40,447.78

2,205

19,233.05

4,119

45,279.68

5,408

93,797.39

South East:

2,572

36,999.44

2,065

26,762.83

3,513

45,628.88

5,845

173,567.37

Tayside

1,117

14,877.44

695

6,915.81

1,372

14,878.91

2,154

55,265.48

Fife

433

5,119.82

361

3,586.95

502

4,513.03

882

16,951.15

Lothian

351

4,783.86

324

3,770.04

524

6,084.12

952

23,359.71

Scottish Borders

671

12,218.32

685

12,490.02

1,115

20,152.83

1,857

77,991.02

South West:

3,829

57,774.78

4,846

85,096.57

4,905

42,488.81

9,568

343,195.33

East Central

370

5,058.82

402

5,814.36

517

3,825.62

1,032

31,961.48

Argyll & Bute

438

5,501.80

562

6,596.37

484

3,966.86

1,096

33,942.76

Clyde Valley

808

10,673.37

1,037

17,490.14

1,191

8,222.37

2,321

66,394.36

Ayrshire

789

10,034.61

1,151

21,285.94

1,013

7,529.29

2,061

75,944.81

Dumfries & Galloway

1,424

26,506.18

1,694

33,909.75

1,700

18,944.66

3,058

134,951.92

Scotland

13,443

160,617.45

13,579

156,868.58

19,157

155,408.94

32,084

762,254.39

Grassland (continued)
June Census 2007
Summary for Local Authority sub-groups, Regions and Scotland

Total grass
for mowing

Total grass
for grazing

Total grass

Holdings

Hectares

Holdings

Hectares

Holdings

Hectares

North West:

5,456

51,171.57

11,638

173,705.88

13,107

224,877.45

Shetland

804

2,727.80

1,275

20,864.93

1,427

23,592.73

Orkney

884

15,600.86

1,400

33,643.72

1,514

49,244.58

Eileanan an Iar

976

1,872.12

3,355

18,004.08

3,704

19,876.20

Highland

2,792

30,970.80

5,608

101,193.15

6,462

132,163.94

North East:

3,747

59,680.83

6,210

139,077.07

7,099

198,757.90

South East:

3,332

63,762.27

6,245

219,196.25

6,972

282,958.52

Tayside

1,351

21,793.25

2,376

70,144.39

2,734

91,937.64

Fife

553

8,706.77

943

21,464.18

1,077

30,170.95

Lothian

482

8,553.90

1,001

29,443.83

1,129

37,997.73

Scottish Borders

946

24,708.34

1,925

98,143.85

2,032

122,852.19

South West:

5,621

142,871.35

9,847

385,684.13

10,577

528,555.49

East Central

523

10,873.18

1,064

35,787.10

1,168

46,660.28

Argyll & Bute

676

12,098.17

1,123

37,909.62

1,258

50,007.79

Clyde Valley

1,186

28,163.51

2,375

74,616.73

2,524

102,780.24

Ayrshire

1,254

31,320.55

2,111

83,474.10

2,282

114,794.66

Dumfries & Galloway

1,982

60,415.94

3,174

153,896.58

3,345

214,312.52

Scotland

18,156

317,486.03

33,940

917,663.33

37,755

1,235,149.36

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