Scottish Government

GRASSLAND AND FODDER CROPS

Introduction

There are 6.2 million hectares of agricultural land including common grazings in Scotland. The vast majority of agricultural land is most suitable for the grazing of livestock or for the production of fodder crops and silage.

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• Commentary on agricultural land use , June 2011
• Tables : Agricultural land use areas in Scotland 1982 to 2011
• Table : Crops, grass and rough grazing land for each UK country , 2010
• Table : Crops and grass by agricultural region in Scotland , 2010
• Chart : Crops (including fodder) by agricultural region , 2010
• Table : Crops and grass area, hay and silage production December 2000 to 2010

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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