Scottish Agricultural Census Summary Sheets by Geographic Area: June 2008

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Total area breakdown
June Census 2008
Summary for Local Authority sub-groups, Regions and Scotland

Tillage (1)
1

Grass under 5 years old
+ 2

Arable
= 3

Grass over 5 years old
+ 4

Total crops and grass
= 5

Sole right rough grazing (2)
+ 6

Holdings

Hectares

Holdings

Hectares

Holdings

Hectares

Holdings

Hectares

Holdings

Hectares

Holdings

Hectares

North West:

3,991

48,807.95

8,701

45,645.44

10,397

94,453.39

12,649

178,530.10

14,146

272,983.49

10,718

1,724,640.45

Shetland

278

377.14

704

1,992.41

812

2,369.55

1,403

21,927.97

1,451

24,297.52

1,226

55,897.41

Orkney

673

5,489.34

1,197

10,700.32

1,360

16,189.67

1,485

38,861.39

1,605

55,051.06

913

38,450.66

Eileanan an Iar

1,115

2,498.16

2,592

2,409.51

3,210

4,907.67

3,662

18,304.32

4,153

23,211.98

2,948

72,144.30

Highland

1,925

40,443.31

4,208

30,543.19

5,015

70,986.50

6,099

99,436.43

6,937

170,422.93

5,631

1,558,148.08

North East:

3,943

186,640.86

5,352

82,044.43

6,642

268,685.29

6,144

111,606.99

7,729

380,292.28

2,973

258,828.17

South East:

3,937

305,301.56

4,696

78,012.55

6,394

383,314.10

6,355

199,843.93

7,752

583,158.03

2,973

575,710.89

Tayside

1,789

128,562.08

1,923

28,327.55

2,695

156,889.63

2,387

62,020.71

3,134

218,910.34

1,246

378,055.42

Fife

657

53,285.62

705

9,150.48

1,010

62,436.10

959

19,866.87

1,196

82,302.97

491

7,163.43

Lothian

616

49,372.81

715

9,773.07

1,045

59,145.87

1,040

27,766.24

1,286

86,912.12

400

33,295.85

Scottish Borders

875

74,081.05

1,353

30,761.45

1,644

104,842.50

1,969

90,190.11

2,136

195,032.60

836

157,196.19

South West:

2,862

61,636.07

6,758

95,136.06

7,614

156,772.13

10,241

427,756.98

10,925

584,529.11

5,575

874,836.79

East Central

372

13,039.54

737

8,287.41

864

21,326.95

1,112

36,464.33

1,209

57,791.28

525

116,644.73

Argyll & Bute

283

2,600.44

726

8,722.14

828

11,322.58

1,217

42,156.61

1,312

53,479.18

1,332

393,449.07

Clyde Valley

631

11,249.10

1,615

18,081.34

1,848

29,330.43

2,475

82,562.98

2,651

111,893.42

1,148

86,954.84

Ayrshire

570

11,383.74

1,405

17,393.21

1,588

28,776.95

2,216

97,822.97

2,347

126,599.92

973

93,885.69

Dumfries & Galloway

1,006

23,363.25

2,275

42,651.96

2,486

66,015.22

3,221

168,750.09

3,406

234,765.31

1,597

183,902.46

Scotland

14,733

602,386.44

25,507

300,838.48

31,047

903,224.92

35,389

917,738.00

40,552

1,820,962.92

22,239

3,434,016.30

(1) Includes total crops, bare fallow land and set-aside land.
(2) Includes deer forests.

Total area breakdown (continued)
June Census 2008
Summary for Local Authority sub-groups, Regions and Scotland

Sole right agricultural area (1)
= 7

Woodland (2)
+ 8

Roads, yards and buildings
+ 9

Total area in sole occupation (3)
= 10

Common grazings
+ 11

Total area
= 12

Holdings

Hectares

Holdings

Hectares

Holdings

Hectares

Holdings

Hectares

Holdings

Hectares

Hectares

North West:

20,208

1,997,623.95

2,010

126,694.67

5,443

22,861.34

20,489

2,147,179.96

1,029

578,040.77

2,725,220.73

Shetland

1,873

80,194.93

86

55.30

551

590.65

1,876

80,840.88

159

66,788.40

147,629.28

Orkney

1,970

93,501.71

79

127.71

857

1,330.85

1,993

94,960.27

19

2,197.52

97,157.79

Eileanan an Iar

6,360

95,356.29

134

816.20

1,080

591.31

6,409

96,763.80

303

214,714.92

311,478.72

Highland

10,005

1,728,571.02

1,711

125,695.46

2,955

20,348.54

10,211

1,874,615.01

548

294,339.93

2,168,954.94

North East:

8,538

639,120.45

2,284

41,532.24

4,509

10,911.97

8,726

691,564.66

*

*

*

South East:

8,647

1,158,868.92

3,132

61,955.21

4,810

20,217.12

8,929

1,241,041.25

*

*

*

Tayside

3,484

596,965.76

1,146

26,615.55

1,998

10,002.24

3,582

633,583.54

*

*

*

Fife

1,396

89,466.40

430

4,715.38

722

2,339.86

1,449

96,521.63

0

0.00

96,521.63

Lothian

1,444

120,207.97

491

7,631.24

779

3,431.40

1,511

131,270.61

0

0.00

131,270.61

Scottish Borders

2,323

352,228.79

1,065

22,993.04

1,311

4,443.63

2,387

379,665.46

0

0.00

379,665.46

South West:

13,024

1,459,365.90

3,729

87,159.25

6,089

20,594.53

13,343

1,567,119.68

69

10,372.72

1,577,492.40

East Central

1,426

174,436.01

424

9,583.25

691

2,326.75

1,470

186,346.01

0

0.00

186,346.01

Argyll & Bute

1,896

446,928.26

511

33,292.95

847

4,527.91

1,913

484,749.12

60

9,034.62

493,783.74

Clyde Valley

3,092

198,848.26

800

13,927.79

1,370

3,735.62

3,218

216,511.66

*

*

*

Ayrshire

2,706

220,485.61

723

11,857.26

1,181

4,275.40

2,776

236,618.28

*

*

*

Dumfries & Galloway

3,904

418,667.77

1,271

18,498.00

2,000

5,728.85

3,966

442,894.62

0

0.00

442,894.62

Scotland

50,417

5,254,979.22

11,155

317,341.36

20,851

74,584.96

51,487

5,646,905.55

1,106

593,503.73

6,240,409.28

(1) Equates with the EU measure of Utilised Agricultural Area ( UAA) for holdings. For Scotland in total, the measure is column 7 plus column 11.
(2) Woodland contained within the agricultural holding.
(3) Includes 41 holdings with no area in sole occupation; these are Sheep Stock Clubs.

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