Scottish Government

AGRICULTURAL LAND USE IN SCOTLAND

Agricultural holdings in Scotland cover an area of over 6.2 million hectares. This represents about 80 per cent of the total land area of Scotland (7.8 million ha).

The map of Scotland by farm type reflects the fact that most of the agricultural land in Scotland is mainly suitable for the grazing of livestock with 5.2million hectares used for this purpose. Around 0.6 million hectares mostly in the east of Scotland is farmed for the production of crops and the remaining agricultural land is used for farm woodlands, roads , yards and buildings.

• Commentary on agricultural land use in Scotland , June 2011

- Crops, fallow and set-aside land

- Cereals

- Potatoes

- Vegetables for human consumption

• Chart : Distribution of total agricultural area by region , 2010
• Chart : Agricultural area by region and holding size , 2010
• Table : Scottish agricultural land use area statistics 1982 to 2011
• Table : Number and area of holdings with crops and grass by crop and region, 2010
• Table : Number and area of holdings by region and size of holding , 2010
• Table : Number and area of holdings with crops and grass by size group , 2010

Less Favoured Area and Non-Less Favoured Area

• Commentary on land use by LFA and non-LFA holdings
• Table : Agricultural area by Less Favoured Area category , 2010
• Map : Less Favoured Areas and Non-Less Favoured Areas, 2010

• Chart : Agricultural area by country , 2010
• Table : Crops, grass and rough grazings on agricultural holdings by country, 2010

• Table : Agricultural area by land tenure and agricultural region (last published in 2009)
• Table : Number and area of owned/mainly owned holdings by region and size , 2009

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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