Scottish Government

This page provides statistics on cereal and other combinable crop areas , yields and production and farm income

Cereal areas increased by 20,826 hectares (4.9 per cent) to 447,104 hectares in 2011. This included an increase in wheat of 3,994 hectares (3.6 per cent) and an increase in barley of 18,126 hectares (6.2 per cent).

CHART : CEREAL AREAS 1982 to 2011 , SCOTLAND

The links below provide more detailed cereal statistics including areas of cereal over the last 25 years and cereals by agricultural region. To return to this page use the BACK button on your browser.

• Tables : Agricultural land use area statistics 1982 to 2011 (Table 3)
• Table : Area of cereals , 2006 to 2010
• Table : Cereal areas by agricultural region, 2010
• Chart : Cereal areas by agricultural region , 2010
• Commentary on area of oilseed rape , 2011
• Commentary on area of peas and beans for combining , 2011
• Table : Area of crops sown at December 2010

After a 35 percent fall in 2009 the value of cereals output increased by 32 per cent to £332.9 million in 2010 mainly due to increased prices for cereal commodities.

• Table : Estimated cereal and other crop yields , 2006 to 2010
• Table : Estimated cereal and other crop production , 2006 to 2010
• Commentary on the Farm Business Income of Cereal farms 2008-09 and 2009-10

FURTHER INFORMATION

• Economic Report on Scottish Agriculture (including geographic and time series summaries)
• Agricultural census results
• Farm incomes, subsidies and borrowing statistics

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