Economic Report on Scottish Agriculture: 2008 Edition

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Table B5 Average opening and closing balance sheets by tenure and type of farm 2006-07: mixed tenure

Type of farm

LFA: Specialist sheep

LFA: Specialist beef

LFA: Cattle and sheep

Lowground cattle and sheep

Number of farms in sample

11

32

18

3

Valuation

Valuation

Valuation

Valuation

Opening

Closing

Opening

Closing

Opening

Closing

Opening

Closing

Assets

£/farm

£/farm

£/farm

£/farm

£/farm

£/farm

£/farm

£/farm

Land and buildings etc (1)

192,739

215,421

291,460

331,962

391,685

399,662

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Other fixed assets (2)

42,461

43,590

110,437

117,566

119,573

124,634

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Current assets (3)

73,210

70,717

189,615

189,208

167,796

169,131

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Total assets

302,438

329,729

593,575

638,736

676,471

693,427

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Liabilities

Bank loans

766

6,493

7,267

11,386

5,018

10,544

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"

Other long and medium term loans (4)

4,344

3,485

10,516

5,159

19,392

18,507

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"

Bank overdraft

8,213

3,363

21,785

27,091

20,033

21,690

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"

Other short term loans (5)

3,582

4,157

15,992

16,703

21,981

14,764

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Total external liabilities

16,905

17,497

55,560

60,340

66,425

65,504

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"

(of which total bank borrowing)

(8,979)

(9,856)

(29,052)

(38,477)

(25,051)

(32,233)

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Net worth

285,532

312,232

538,015

578,396

610,046

627,923

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"

Total external liabilities as a percentage of total assets

6

5

9

9

10

9

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Type of farm

Cereals

General cropping

Dairy

Mixed

Number of farms in sample

12

16

17

25

Valuation

Valuation

Valuation

Valuation

Opening

Closing

Opening

Closing

Opening

Closing

Opening

Closing

Assets

£/farm

£/farm

£/farm

£/farm

£/farm

£/farm

£/farm

£/farm

Land and buildings etc (1)

507,343

522,104

771,024

813,255

348,464

398,568

435,438

451,339

Other fixed assets (2)

93,714

94,673

128,940

138,149

124,657

135,089

105,235

104,825

Current assets (3)

171,376

183,917

201,033

229,124

197,414

204,455

266,068

267,988

Total assets

773,789

800,694

1,101,987

1,180,529

678,036

738,111

809,637

824,152

Liabilities

Bank loans

14,159

14,720

27,289

40,267

33,917

48,064

34,702

33,248

Other long and medium term loans (4)

17,667

17,408

15,776

15,565

19,609

21,927

42,128

39,796

Bank overdraft

47,491

41,387

91,090

77,718

47,376

38,443

33,425

32,451

Other short term loans (5)

30,119

25,984

48,676

42,177

23,969

25,004

18,900

21,421

Total external liabilities

109,436

99,499

182,831

175,726

124,871

133,438

129,155

126,915

(of which total bank borrowing)

(61,649)

(56,108)

(118,379)

(117,984)

(81,293)

(86,506)

(68,127)

(65,698)

Net worth

664,353

701,195

919,155

1,004,803

553,165

604,674

680,482

697,237

Total external liabilities as a percentage of total assets

14

12

17

15

18

18

16

15

(1) Land and buildings, improvements and fixed equipment.
(2) Machinery, equipment and vehicles, and breeding livestock.
(3) Physical working assets such as trading livestock, harvested and growing crops, purchased stores and liquid assets such as sundry debtors.
(4) Loans by the Scottish Agricultural Securities Corporation, insurance companies and building societies and also family loans.
(5) Outstanding capital debt for machinery and equipment being acquired under hire purchase or finance leasing arrangements, and also sundry creditors and receipts in advance.

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