Economic Report on Scottish Agriculture: 2008 Edition

Listen

Table B1 Average cropping and stocking, output, inputs, and net farm income by type of farm, 2005-06 and 2006-07

Type of farm

LFA: Specialist sheep

LFA: Specialist beef

LFA: Cattle and sheep

Lowground cattle and sheep

Number of farms in sample

46

41

125

119

69

62

11

11

2005- '06

2006- '07

2005- '06

2006- '07

2005- '06

2006- '07

2005- '06

2006- '07

Average size of business ( SLR)

2.5

2.4

2.3

2.3

4.0

3.9

2.0

2.7

Average size of farm (hectares)

600

593

193

176

722

680

84

171

Number of Ewes

539

513

194

179

655

639

181

262

Number of suckler cows

6

6

90

90

63

61

67

85

Number of dairy cows

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Number of other cattle

10

10

133

136

90

90

134

148

Average output £ per farm(1)

Crops: Cereals

58

72

2,130

3,136

2,446

2,841

2,110

4,814

Potatoes

0

0

0

0

122

85

0

0

Other crops

431

840

511

1,161

795

287

2,005

2,523

Total crop output

488

912

2,641

4,297

3,363

3,213

4,116

7,337

Livestock: Cattle

1,949

2,637

41,087

46,218

26,889

29,400

33,151

54,730

Sheep

17,728

16,762

10,471

10,384

25,060

26,030

10,970

15,043

Pigs

0

0

0

0

4

28

0

0

Poultry

0

0

0

0

141

191

0

0

Milk

0

0

6

2

2,251

2,338

0

0

Other livestock

112

-27

20

47

78

60

-1

-50

Total livestock output(2)

19,787

19,372

51,584

56,650

54,423

58,047

44,120

69,723

Miscellaneous

6,250

5,394

4,212

3,643

5,044

5,314

2,600

2,361

Other grants and subsidies

24,435

22,744

44,858

43,854

51,643

48,883

32,439

40,049

(of which LFASS)

(6,320)

(4,167)

(8,206)

(5,344)

(11,757)

(7,645)

(3,132)

(3,474)

(of which SFP)

(14,353)

(14,323)

(33,944)

(35,739)

(35,805)

(35,227)

(28,431)

(35,392)

Total Output

50,961

48,421

103,294

108,444

114,473

115,456

83,274

119,470

Average inputs - £ per farm

Feed

6,753

6,540

16,584

17,614

18,111

18,909

19,327

23,195

(of which home produced)

(62)

(72)

(1,784)

(2,239)

(1,941)

(1,979)

(1,895)

(2,696)

Other livestock expenses

5,155

5,242

9,176

9,734

10,724

10,992

9,198

11,463

Seeds

124

217

843

884

1,078

1,070

1,131

1,120

(of which home grown)

(0)

(0)

(34)

(26)

(42)

(26)

(77)

(95)

Fertilisers

1,561

1,511

7,038

7,412

6,498

5,900

5,192

7,593

Other crop expenses

262

300

1,509

1,591

1,384

1,368

1,558

1,597

Labour

7,992

7,386

9,616

10,201

15,209

15,554

2,265

7,443

Machinery (excl. depreciation)

5,915

6,557

12,800

13,356

13,274

14,103

10,485

14,649

Machinery depreciation

5,520

6,505

10,516

10,324

10,994

10,872

7,556

8,593

Land & building costs

8,120

7,856

14,773

15,335

17,214

16,953

11,352

15,921

Miscellaneous

4,800

4,830

7,862

7,572

8,303

8,389

5,419

6,677

Total average inputs

46,201

46,944

90,718

94,023

102,788

104,110

73,483

98,250

Average net farm income(2)

4,759

1,478

12,576

14,421

11,685

11,347

9,791

21,220

Breeding livestock appreciation

-210

55

- 129

4,810

-125

2,925

-181

5,661

Total valuation change (incl. BLSA)

-2,270

-1,026

- 1,758

6,034

-2,546

3,919

-624

17,887

(1) Including the value of home-grown non-fodder crops used on the farm for feed or seed, and of milk from the dairy cows fed to stock.
(2) Excluding breeding livestock appreciation ( BLSA).
(3) Excluding cattle and sheep subsidies, which are in the appropriate output.
(4) On a replacement cost basis.

Table B1 -Average cropping and stocking, output, inputs, and net farm income by type of farm, 2005-06 and 2006-07 (continued)

Type of farm

Cereals

General cropping

Dairy

Mixed

Number of farms in sample

57

56

46

43

63

63

68

63

2005- '06

2006- '07

2005- '06

2006- '07

2005- '06

2006- '07

2005- '06

2006- '07

Average size of business ( SLR)

1.6

1.6

2.7

3.2

3.8

3.9

2.5

2.5

Average size of farm (hectares)

150

149

165

165

122

122

190

192

Number of Ewes

21

23

37

49

52

50

126

129

Number of suckler cows

5

6

15

16

4

4

54

55

Number of dairy cows

0

0

0

0

117

119

6

4

Number of other cattle

43

50

48

54

291

292

144

145

Average output £ per farm(1)

Crops: Cereals

45,505

59,973

44,079

49,850

3,088

3,962

22,634

25,801

Potatoes

2,490

2,616

38,547

65,316

142

114

701

860

Other crops

15,714

18,147

15,572

17,175

1,858

2,651

3,712

4,961

Total crop output

63,709

80,737

98,197

132,342

5,088

6,726

27,046

31,623

Livestock: Cattle

12,152

12,788

13,717

16,130

30,695

37,035

41,727

48,871

Sheep

1,958

2,320

3,787

3,978

3,588

3,441

9,277

10,108

Pigs

0

0

0

0

7

0

-1

0

Poultry

28

0

0

0

183

224

55

63

Milk

0

0

0

0

141,340

145,271

7,643

4,229

Other livestock

44

-9

37

65

8

2

28

14

Total livestock output(2)

14,181

15,099

17,540

20,174

175,819

185,973

58,727

63,286

Miscellaneous

15,441

10,723

14,620

15,321

3,867

4,072

7,513

5,944

Other grants and subsidies

33,513

34,662

33,722

35,171

24,585

30,813

46,483

46,529

(of which LFASS)

(41)

(49)

(179)

(158)

(1,026)

(704)

(3,534)

(2,300)

(of which SFP)

(32,345)

(31,705)

(31,506)

(31,507)

(23,178)

(29,525)

(40,813)

(40,502)

Total Output

126,844

141,220

164,078

203,007

210,649

227,584

139,769

147,381

Average inputs - £ per farm

Feed

4,314

5,335

5,943

7,174

52,400

56,821

17,309

19,664

(of which home produced)

(1,770)

(2,378)

(1,907)

(1,800)

(2,298)

(2,772)

(5,641)

(6,930)

Other livestock expenses

2,568

2,703

3,097

3,340

17,210

18,693

9,010

9,116

Seeds

5,155

5,160

8,211

9,309

1,281

1,309

3,294

3,198

(of which home grown)

(729)

(633)

(3,364)

(3,669)

(15)

(17)

(463)

(469)

Fertilisers

13,355

13,392

13,266

14,145

11,715

11,674

10,317

10,434

Other crop expenses

11,583

11,585

15,686

16,338

2,521

2,683

5,728

5,443

Labour

14,521

12,558

19,923

19,981

28,120

28,290

17,747

17,580

Machinery (excl. depreciation)

22,539

22,091

30,104

33,015

22,530

24,552

18,777

18,969

Machinery depreciation

16,694

14,314

19,048

20,528

14,124

13,427

14,291

12,650

Land & building costs

23,479

22,225

28,942

31,067

27,441

26,150

19,783

20,041

Miscellaneous

9,585

9,577

11,671

11,612

10,700

10,526

9,142

9,766

Total average inputs

123,792

118,940

155,889

166,509

188,041

194,125

125,398

126,859

Average net farm income(2)

3,052

22,280

8,189

36,499

21,318

33,459

14,372

20,521

Breeding livestock appreciation

62

144

316

259

-3,429

6,870

232

1,330

Total valuation change (incl. BLSA)

-602

5,775

1,814

17,451

-1,871

14,455

-903

4,563

(1) Including the value of home-grown non-fodder crops used on the farm for feed or seed, and of milk from the dairy cows fed to stock.
(2) Excluding breeding livestock appreciation ( BLSA).
(3) Excluding cattle and sheep subsidies, which are in the appropriate output.
(4) On a replacement cost basis.

Page updated: Thursday, May 22, 2008