Pesticide Usage in Scotland: Grassland and Fodder Crops 2017

This publication presents information from a survey of pesticide use on grassland and fodder crops in Scotland during 2017.


Table 17: Fodder crops, comparison with previous years

Pesticide usage in 2009, 2013 and 2017, area treated with formulations, active substances (a.s.) and weight (kg) applied

2009 2013 2017
Formulations a.s. Weight Formulations a.s. Weight Formulations a.s. Weight
ha ha kg ha ha kg ha ha kg
Insecticides 2,591 2,591 261 1,796 1,796 413 897 897 9
Molluscicides 373 373 42 126 126 25 140 140 26
Fungicides 3,512 5,819 894 6,030 10,312 1,553 885 1,800 208
Sulphur 183 183 440 49 49 197 0 0 0
Herbicides 18,835 26,550 15,871 17,574 23,658 11,769 11,074 15,631 7,647
Growth Regulators 608 832 71 658 658 228 0 0 0
Seed treatments 17,025 25,648 785 15,703 19,907 557 11,265 14,020 222
All pesticides 43,127 61,996 18,364 41,935 56,505 14,740 24,262 32,488 8,111
Area grown 22,838 19,524 16,304

Note: Unspecified treatments have been included in the formulation and active substance areas, however as their weights are unknown they cannot be included in the weight applied

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