1. Introduction
This publication contains final results from the 2011 June Agricultural Census on land use, crop areas, livestock and number of people working on agricultural holdings.
These statistics are used by government and stakeholders to assess agricultural activity by different sectors of the industry and to inform related debate and policies. The government also uses these results to meet the requirements of Statistical Regulations of the European Commission.
This Statistical Publication provides commentary and graphics on the latest annual changes and trends over the past 10 years. Minor revisions have been made to some of the 2009 and 2010 results and further details of these changes can be found in section 4.9.
Accompanying this release is an annex containing the Abstract of Scottish Agricultural Statistics1, which presents trends going back to 1982.
We are happy to receive comments on the content or format of this publication at:
e-mail: agric.stats@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
Contact: Gilly Diggins
Tel: 0300 244 9707