Economic Report on Scottish Agriculture: 2008 Edition
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Table A7 Estimated yield(1)and production(2)of cereals, root crops and horticultural crops, 2003 to 2007
Year | Wheat | Winter barley | Spring barley | Total barley |
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Area '000 ha | Yield | Production | Area '000 ha | Yield | Production | Area '000 ha | Yield | Production | Area '000 ha | Yield | Production |
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2003 | 87.5 | 8.25 | 722.1 | 55.6 | 7.00 | 389.4 | 264.9 | 5.97 | 1580.6 | 320.6 | 6.15 | 1970.0 |
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2004 | 101.1 | 8.62 | 871.3 | 56.3 | 7.20 | 405.8 | 257.5 | 5.56 | 1430.3 | 313.8 | 5.85 | 1836.1 |
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2005 | 95.6 | 8.60 | 822.4 | 51.3 | 7.43 | 381.5 | 243.3 | 5.57 | 1355.5 | 294.6 | 5.90 | 1737.0 |
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2006 | 99.7 | 8.48 | 845.1 | 53.8 | 7.72 | 415.0 | 220.6 | 5.72 | 1263.0 | 274.4 | 6.11 | 1678.0 |
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2007 | 102.7 | 8.10 | 832.1 | 52.6 | 7.31 | 384.5 | 226.0 | 5.63 | 1273.1 | 278.6 | 5.95 | 1657.6 |
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Average 2003-07 | | 8.41 | | | 7.33 | | | 5.69 | | | 5.99 | |
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Year | Oats | Triticale | Oilseed rape | Forage peas |
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Area '000 ha | Yield | Production | Area '000 ha | Yield | Production | Area '000 ha | Yield | Production | Area '000 ha | Yield | Production |
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2003 | 22.3 | 5.93 | 132.5 | 1.3 | 5.16 | 6.8 | 35.2 | 3.43 | 120.8 | 1.7 | 3.42 | 5.7 |
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2004 | 21.8 | 5.22 | 114.0 | 1.3 | 4.72 | 6.0 | 39.3 | 3.32 | 130.4 | 1.6 | 3.97 | 6.3 |
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2005 | 20.0 | 5.67 | 113.1 | 1.1 | 4.76 | 5.4 | 35.6 | 3.47 | 123.5 | 1.4 | 2.93 | 4.0 |
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2006 | 22.7 | 5.99 | 135.9 | 1.3 | 5.97 | 7.7 | 33.4 | 3.66 | 122.4 | 1.2 | 3.40 | 4.1 |
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2007 | 20.9 | 5.92 | 123.6 | 1.2 | 5.70 | 7.1 | 36.3 | 3.77 | 137.1 | 1.8 | 2.90 | 5.2 |
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Average 2003-07 | | 5.75 | | | 5.32 | | | 3.53 | | | 3.29 | |
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Year | Forage beans | Potato - early ware(3) | Potato - maincrop ware(3) | Potato - seed(3) |
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Area '000 ha | Yield | Production | Area '000 ha | Yield | Production | Area '000 ha | Yield | Production | Area '000 ha | Yield | Production |
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2003 | 1.9 | 3.94 | 7.5 | 0.5 | 20.60 | 9.9 | 15.1 | 61.14 | 954.2 | 12.3 | 29.26 | 361.2 |
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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 |
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2005 | 3.4 | 4.14 | 14.2 | 0.5 | 18.70 | 9.3 | 14.9 | 49.09 | 729.7 | 10.6 | 37.60 | 396.2 |
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2006 | 4.5 | 3.53 | 15.8 | 0.3 | 19.25 | 5.7 | 16.8 | 57.20 | 958.3 | 10.8 | 45.80 | 479.9 |
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2007 | 3.5 | 3.28 | 11.5 | 0.3 | 23.59 | 6.9 | 18.3 | 52.12 | 953.3 | 10.5 | 43.50 | 455.5 |
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Average 2003-07 | | 3.68 | | | 20.32 | | | 54.19 | | | 35.71 | |
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Year | Vining Peas | Tomatoes | Raspberries | Strawberries |
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Area'000 ha | Yield | Production | Area ha | Yield | Production | Area '000 ha | Yield | Production | Area '000 ha | Yield | Production |
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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 |
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2004 | 3.4 | 3.90 | 13.2 | 3.3 | 154.30 | 0.5 | 0.52 | 6.44 | 3.3 | 0.68 | 16.19 | 11.0 |
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2005 | 3.2 | 4.10 | 13.0 | 3.2 | 178.58 | 0.6 | 0.47 | 9.06 | 4.2 | 0.68 | 20.56 | 14.0 |
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2006 | 3.8 | 4.56 | 17.5 | 2.9 | 178.58 | 0.5 | 0.43 | 5.30 | 2.3 | 0.77 | 19.40 | 14.9 |
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2007 | 3.8 | 3.87 | 14.7 | 2.7 | 178.58 | 0.5 | 0.48 | 6.93 | 3.3 | 0.81 | 18.72 | 15.2 |
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Average 2003-07 | | 4.33 | | | 145.79 | | | 6.63 | | | 18.22 | |
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(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.
Page updated: Thursday, May 22, 2008