Farm Incomes in Scotland 2006/07

TABLE 8(a): NET FARM INCOME,OUTPUT AND INPUTS PERFORMANCE BANDS BY QUARTILE: 2006/07

£ per farm	LFA:Special Sheep			LFA:Specialist Beef
£ per farm	Lower 25%	Upper 25%	All	Lower 25%	Upper 25%	All
Number of farms	11	11	41	30	30	119
Average size of business ( SLR)	2	3	2	2	3	2
Average size of farm (hectares)	427	601	593	182	222	176
Area of cereals (hectares)	0	0	0	1	9	7
Area of oilseed rape (hectares)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Number of ewes	565	616	513	243	172	179
Number of suckler cows	4	9	6	77	100	90
Number of Dairy Cows	0	0	0	0	0	0
Number of other cattle	16	23	15	168	272	226
OUTPUT
Cereals	17	0	72	446	4,113	3,136
Potatoes	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oilseed Rape	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other crops	796	757	840	824	793	1,161
Total Crops	813	757	912	1,269	4,906	4,297
Cattle	2,682	4,784	2,637	29,285	60,977	46,218
Sheep	20,727	16,062	16,762	12,605	9,618	10,384
Pigs	0	0	0	0	0	0
Poultry & eggs	0	0	0	0	0	0
Milk	0	0	0	8	0	2
Other livestock	-73	10	-27	135	11	47
Total livestock	23,336	20,857	19,372	42,033	70,606	56,650
Miscellaneous	2,717	2,769	5,394	4,003	5,040	3,643
Subsidy and Payments	19,894	34,344	22,744	34,601	52,937	43,854
(of which LFASS)	(3,705)	(6,545)	(4,167)	(4,975)	(6,560)	(5,344)
(of which SFP)	(14,295)	(18,797)	(14,323)	(29,218)	(42,055)	(35,739)
Total Output	46,760	58,725	48,421	81,906	133,489	108,444
INPUTS
Feed	8,566	4,883	6,540	17,001	18,812	17,614
(of which home produced)	(19)	(0)	(72)	(320)	(2,622)	(2,239)
Other livestock expenses	6,033	5,115	5,242	9,163	9,685	9,734
Seeds	356	42	217	350	1,048	884
(of which home grown)	(0)	(0)	(0)	(10)	(70)	(26)
Fertilisers	2,003	1,393	1,511	6,085	8,456	7,412
Other crop expenses	228	100	300	1,126	2,184	1,591
Labour	14,017	4,438	7,386	13,563	8,343	10,201
Machinery (excl. depreciation)	10,192	4,498	6,557	12,212	13,483	13,356
Machinery depreciation	6,200	5,904	6,505	11,052	9,977	10,324
Land & building costs	9,157	8,159	7,856	13,478	16,301	15,335
Miscellaneous	5,556	4,583	4,830	8,098	7,557	7,572
Total Inputs	62,307	39,114	46,944	92,129	95,845	94,023
NET FARM INCOME (excl. BLSA)	-15,547	19,612	1,478	-10,222	37,644	14,421
BLSA	-32	231	55	4,291	4,617	4,810
Net farm income (inc. BLSA)	-15,579	19,842	1,532	-5,931	42,261	19,230
Total Valuation Change (inc. BLSA)	-2,981	13	-1,026	4,384	5,418	6,034
Net Cash Income	4,580	27,777	14,967	11,933	48,992	29,101

TABLE 8(b): NET FARM INCOME,OUTPUT AND INPUTS PERFORMANCE BANDS BY QUARTILE: 2006/07

£ per farm	LFA:Cattle and Sheep			Cereals
£ per farm	Lower 25%	Upper 25%	All	Lower 25%	Upper 25%	All
Number of farms	16	16	62	14	14	56
Average size of business ( SLR)	3	5	4	1	2	2
Average size of farm (hectares)	491	594	680	129	212	149
Area of cereals (hectares)	5	21	7	76	133	90
Area of oilseed rape (hectares)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Number of ewes	580	613	639	34	5	23
Number of suckler cows	53	85	61	3	4	5
Number of Dairy Cows	0	5	2	0	0	0
Number of other cattle	121	236	149	60	68	55
OUTPUT
Cereals	1,666	9,897	2,841	42,481	80,014	59,973
Potatoes	0	239	85	377	3,877	2,616
Oilseed Rape	0	0	0	4,099	4,806	4,311
Other crops	997	549	287	11,907	11,090	13,836
Total Crops	2,663	10,685	3,213	58,863	99,787	80,737
Cattle	23,501	51,361	29,400	11,021	21,121	12,788
Sheep	21,623	31,017	26,030	1,919	1,014	2,320
Pigs	117	0	28	0	0	0
Poultry & eggs	0	0	191	0	0	0
Milk	0	6,547	2,338	0	0	0
Other livestock	175	32	60	0	-11	-9
Total livestock	45,416	88,958	58,047	12,940	22,124	15,099
Miscellaneous	5,837	4,372	5,314	12,259	7,935	10,723
Subsidy and Payments	39,449	67,129	48,883	27,959	51,789	34,662
(of which LFASS)	(6,482)	(8,921)	(7,644)	(41)	(47)	(49)
(of which SFP)	(27,653)	(53,579)	(35,227)	(26,445)	(48,938)	(31,705)
Total Output	93,365	171,143	115,456	112,022	181,635	141,220
INPUTS
Feed	17,534	18,879	18,909	6,492	7,116	5,335
(of which home produced)	(940)	(3,760)	(1,979)	(3,570)	(3,115)	(2,378)
Other livestock expenses	9,952	14,277	10,992	2,749	4,219	2,703
Seeds	836	2,599	1,070	4,363	7,009	5,160
(of which home grown)	(28)	(9)	(26)	(515)	(1877)	(633)
Fertilisers	4,946	9,908	5,900	11,978	16,520	13,392
Other crop expenses	1,120	2,161	1,368	8,912	14,111	11,585
Labour	21,819	15,635	15,554	13,153	12,520	12,558
Machinery (excl. depreciation)	12,968	18,141	14,103	20,298	21,363	22,091
Machinery depreciation	11,880	13,880	10,872	15,311	16,300	14,314
Land & building costs	16,046	22,599	16,953	21,923	26,294	22,225
Miscellaneous	8,539	11,388	8,389	10,134	9,006	9,577
Total Inputs	105,638	129,467	104,110	115,312	134,456	118,940
NET FARM INCOME (excl. BLSA)	-12,273	41,677	11,347	-3,291	47,179	22,280
BLSA	2,057	4,071	2,925	107	137	144
Net farm income (inc. BLSA)	-10,215	45,748	14,271	-3,183	47,316	22,424
Total Valuation Change (inc. BLSA)	-1,166	4,255	3,919	3,396	6,149	5,775
Net Cash Income	14,089	65,487	28,337	16,080	60,861	40,393

TABLE 8(c): NET FARM INCOME,OUTPUT AND INPUTS PERFORMANCE BANDS BY QUARTILE: 2006/07

£ per farm	General Cropping			Dairy
£ per farm	Lower 25%	Upper 25%	All	Lower 25%	Upper 25%	All
Number of farms	11	11	43	16	16	63
Average size of business ( SLR)	3	3	3	4	6	4
Average size of farm (hectares)	158	170	165	116	174	122
Area of cereals (hectares)	80	88	78	9	14	8
Area of oilseed rape (hectares)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Number of ewes	76	19	49	46	46	50
Number of suckler cows	14	12	16	2	5	4
Number of Dairy Cows	0	0	0	112	183	119
Number of other cattle	109	68	70	173	249	177
OUTPUT
Cereals	58,640	58,230	49,850	4,733	6,985	3,962
Potatoes	64,019	88,882	65,316	115	0	114
Oilseed Rape	0	4,245	4,806	0	0	0
Other crops	32,636	11,394	12,369	2,468	4,139	2,651
Total Crops	155,295	162,751	132,342	7,316	11,124	6,726
Cattle	26,846	20,392	16,130	25,437	58,186	37,035
Sheep	5,476	4,441	3,978	3,462	3,485	3,441
Pigs	0	0	0	0	0	0
Poultry & eggs	0	0	0	0	0	224
Milk	0	0	0	121,651	253,756	145,271
Other livestock	0	37	65	-26	-1	2
Total livestock	32,321	24,870	20,174	150,524	315,426	185,973
Miscellaneous	21,044	45,086	45,086	3,364	8,603	4,072
Subsidy and Payments	32,481	38,124	38,124	25,011	49,502	30,813
(of which LFASS)	(0)	(129)	(158)	(387)	(341)	(704)
(of which SFP)	(31,048)	(33,787)	(31,507)	(23,696)	(48,109)	(29,525)
Total Output	241,141	270,831	203,007	186,215	384,655	227,584
INPUTS
Feed	16,870	10,433	7,174	55,059	85,833	56,821
(of which home produced)	(897)	(3,329)	(1,800)	(5,439)	(3,059)	(2,772)
Other livestock expenses	5,427	4,268	3,340	15,738	28,446	18,693
Seeds	6,625	11,780	9,309	1,862	1,844	1,309
(of which home grown)	(42)	(5,552)	(3,669)	(12)	(30)	(17)
Fertilisers	13,395	16,276	14,145	10,606	17,446	11,674
Other crop expenses	22,119	19,938	16,338	3,314	4,539	2,683
Labour	38,610	22,842	19,981	30,098	47,311	28,290
Machinery (excl. depreciation)	60,408	39,965	33,015	24,513	36,311	24,552
Machinery depreciation	29,972	29,137	20,528	12,075	20,803	13,427
Land & building costs	35,330	33,524	31,067	30,679	36,762	26,150
Miscellaneous	16,934	10,588	11,612	10,581	13,220	10,526
Total Inputs	245,689	198,752	166,509	194,526	292,513	194,125
NET FARM INCOME (excl. BLSA)	-4,549	72,079	36,499	-8,311	92,142	33,459
BLSA	22	131	259	6,787	11,215	6,870
Net farm income (inc. BLSA)	-4,527	72,210	36,758	-1,523	103,357	40,329
Total Valuation Change (inc. BLSA)	-3,314	31,690	17,451	9,864	26,671	14,455
Net Cash Income	32,051	80,069	46,992	20,215	118,118	54,490

TABLE 8(d): NET FARM INCOME,OUTPUT AND INPUTS PERFORMANCE BANDS BY QUARTILE: 2006/07

£ per farm	Lowground Cattle and Sheep			Mixed
£ per farm	Lower 25%	Upper 25%	All	Lower 25%	Upper 25%	All
Number of farms			11	16	16	63
Average size of business ( SLR)	"	"	3	2	3	3
Average size of farm (hectares)	"	"	171	176	214	192
Area of cereals (hectares)	"	"	8	50	54	49
Area of oilseed rape (hectares)	"	"	0	0	0	0
Number of ewes	"	"	262	121	115	129
Number of suckler cows	"	"	85	45	57	55
Number of Dairy Cows	"	"	0	6	4	3
Number of other cattle	"	"	233	167	211	196
OUTPUT
Cereals	"	"	4,814	28,165	29,854	25,801
Potatoes	"	"	0	63	1,293	860
Oilseed Rape	"	"	0	2,343	588	758
Other crops	"	"	2,523	3,283	10,023	4,203
Total Crops	"	"	7,337	33,855	41,758	31,622
Cattle	"	"	54,730	44,809	53,663	48,871
Sheep	"	"	15,043	7,519	9,223	10,108
Pigs	"	"	0	0	0	0
Poultry & eggs	"	"	0	188	0	63
Milk	"	"	0	4,899	6,281	4,229
Other livestock	"	"	-50	0	0	14
Total livestock	"	"	69,723	57,415	69,167	63,286
Miscellaneous	"	"	2,361	3,207	7,559	5,944
Subsidy and Payments	"	"	40,048	44,652	53,606	46,529
(of which LFASS)	"	"	(3,474)	(1,806)	(2,570)	(2,300)
(of which SFP)			(35,392)	(40,223)	(45,721)	(40,502)
Total Output	"	"	119,470	139,129	172,089	147,381
INPUTS
Feed	"	"	23,194	21,709	17,514	19,664
(of which home produced)	"	"	(2,695)	(7,671)	(6,753)	(6,929)
Other livestock expenses	"	"	11,463	9,879	7,845	9,116
Seeds	"	"	1,120	3,514	3,135	3,198
(of which home grown)	"	"	(95)	(490)	(644)	(469)
Fertilisers	"	"	7,593	12,090	9,151	10,434
Other crop expenses	"	"	1,597	5,359	5,426	5,443
Labour	"	"	7,443	25,871	13,620	17,579
Machinery (excl. depreciation)	"	"	14,648	24,342	17,347	18,969
Machinery depreciation	"	"	8,593	11,307	15,239	12,650
Land & building costs	"	"	15,921	21,879	19,662	20,041
Miscellaneous	"	"	6,677	12,763	7,843	9,766
Total Inputs	"	"	98,250	148,714	116,783	126,859
NET FARM INCOME (excl. BLSA)	"	"	21,220	-9,585	55,306	20,521
BLSA	"	"	5,661	841	1,454	1,330
Net farm income (inc. BLSA)	"	"	26,881	-8,744	56,760	21,851
Total Valuation Change (inc. BLSA)	"	"	17,887	-5,979	8,070	4,563
Net Cash Income	"	"	19,647	20,797	71,419	39,715

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