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FARM INCOMES IN SCOTLAND 2000/01

TABLE 3(a)
CHANGES IN OUPUT, INPUTS AND NET FARM INCOME BY TYPE OF FARMING AND SIZE OF BUSINESS
TYPE OF FARMING : ALL TYPES
IDENTICAL SAMPLE 1999/00 AND 2000/01

per farm

Size of Business

Small

Medium

Large

All Sizes

1999/00

2000/01

1999/00

2000/01

1999/00

2000/01

1999/00

2000/01

Number of farms

150

206

94

450

Average size of business (ESU)

28

25

67

66

154

153

65

63

Average size of farm (hectares)

182

182

260

260

375

379

245

246

Area of cereals (hectares)

13

14

36

36

84

89

35

35

Area of potatoes (hectares)

0

0

1

1

9

9

2

2

Area of oilseed rape (hectares)

1

0

2

2

13

10

3

3

Number of ewes

157

148

241

234

252

251

205

198

Number of suckler cows

21

20

43

43

46

45

33

33

Number of dairy cows

1

1

12

12

34

34

11

11

Number of other cattle

42

40

94

96

135

137

77

78

OUTPUTS

Cereals

7,901

7,713

23,678

22,941

63,204

63,022

23,758

23,376

Potatoes

361

139

1,287

1,235

21,625

30,049

4,626

6,064

Oilseed rape

431

328

1,349

1,858

11,085

7,604

2,730

2,219

Other crops

2,958

3,048

5,220

3,674

16,868

16,445

6,339

5,750

Total Crops

11,651

11,228

31,535

29,708

112,782

117,120

37,453

37,410

(of which subsidies)

(3,281)

(3,130)

(9,838)

(9,495)

(27,571)

(26,183)

(10,113)

(9,665)

Cattle

16,130

15,188

34,479

33,472

48,480

45,366

28,657

27,290

(of which subsidies)

(6,447)

(5,470)

(12,897)

(11,268)

(15,164)

(13,262)

(10,359)

(8,979)

Sheep

7,554

7,010

12,770

12,401

14,821

15,229

10,758

10,453

(of which subsidies)

(4,068)

(2,754)

(6,195)

(4,416)

(6,575)

(4,785)

(5,290)

(3,722)

Pigs

22

24

3

3

584

0

119

12

Poultry & eggs

48

62

34

75

0

0

34

55

Milk

1,138

648

12,311

11,856

38,051

37,687

11,951

11,497

Other livestock

32

76

8

15

3

6

18

41

Total livestock

24,924

23,007

59,604

57,821

101,940

98,286

51,538

49,348

Miscellaneous

5,202

5,845

6,699

6,612

10,369

10,441

6,692

6,969

Other grants & subsidies

830

3,319

1,333

5,788

931

5,694

1,028

4,639

Total Output

42,607

43,399

99,171

99,928

226,022

231,540

96,710

98,365

INPUTS

Feed

5,520

5,048

15,145

14,547

23,720

22,869

12,308

11,732

(of which home produced)

(970)

(938)

(2,222)

(1,961)

(3,956)

(3,409)

(1,969)

(1,760)

Other livestock expenses

2,860

2,698

6,486

6,551

9,252

9,222

5,336

5,278

Seeds

1,053

935

2,404

2,213

10,493

8,772

3,281

2,841

(of which home grown)

(72)

(95)

(264)

(326)

(3,636)

(3,030)

(800)

(720)

Fertilisers

2,994

2,881

7,326

7,054

15,388

15,499

6,832

6,703

Other crop expenses

1,367

1,521

3,530

3,547

17,694

17,123

5,159

5,131

Labour

3,825

3,930

13,249

12,882

39,272

39,291

13,744

13,664

Machinery (excl. depreciation)

6,247

6,284

12,759

13,651

29,617

30,128

12,893

13,323

Machinery depreciation

5,811

5,607

11,009

10,297

23,907

24,122

11,012

10,705

Land & building costs

7,706

7,549

18,295

17,896

37,545

37,748

17,002

16,826

Miscellaneous

4,154

4,119

6,659

6,307

10,736

10,893

6,265

6,152

Total Input

41,537

40,571

96,830

94,945

217,624

215,665

93,832

92,354

NET FARM INCOME (excl. BLSA)

1,070

2,828

2,341

4,983

8,398

15,875

2,879

6,011

BLSA

-889

-591

-1,943

-1,317

-2,516

347

-1,566

-676

Net farm income (inc. BLSA)

181

2,237

397

3,667

5,882

16,222

1,313

5,335

Total Valuation Change (inc. BLSA)

-1,969

-2,488

-2,372

-2,422

-6,935

2,583

-3,032

-1,526

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