Economic Data

Property

25: HOUSING 26: HOUSE PRICES 27: HOUSE BUYER ORIGINS / DESTINATIONS 28: NON-DOMESTIC PROPERTY 29: RETAILING 30: OFFICES 31: LICENSED PREMISES 32: GENERAL DEVELOPMENT PRESSURES 47: LAND USE, NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, RESOURCES AND HERITAGE 48: AGRICULTURE (EDINBURGH & LOTHIANS) 49: VACANT AND DERELICT LAND

48: AGRICULTURE (EDINBURGH & LOTHIANS)

EDINBURGH | LOTHIAN | SCOTLAND

LOTHIAN	sources / notes	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Total no. of agricultural holdings	(*1)		1,478	1,479	1,476	1,489	1,505	1,508
Agricultural land use :	(*2)		1,291.90	1,284.80	1,286.10	1,289.30	1,295.60	1,302.50		sq. km.
.. arable			636.6	627	628.9	627.7	619.8	614.6		sq. km.
.. grassland over 5 yrs. old			261.9	267.3	274.7	264.3	282.1	269		sq. km.
.. sole right rough grazing			307.5	307.1	293.3	305.9	302	326.1		sq. km.
.. woodland within agricultural holdings			54.3	51.9	56.6	58.1	57.6	59.2		sq. km.
.. roads, yards & buildings			31.6	31.6	32.7	33.3	34.2	33.6		sq. km.
.. common grazings			0	0	0	0	0	0		sq. km.
Selected crops :	(*3)
.. wheat			144.7	171	150.4	169.1	164.9	167		sq. km.
.. barley			232	211.6	231.4	215	201.1	182.3		sq. km.
.. oats			7.6	4.8	n/a	4.8	3.3	3.4		sq. km.
.. oilseed rape			23.7	23.1	24	29	27.5	28.1		sq. km.
.. potatoes			23	19.8	19.4	20.4	19.3	19.7		sq. km.
.. crops for stock feeding			9.7	9.1	8.7	8.3	10.3	9.5		sq. km.
.. vegetables for human consumption			6.4	6.2	6.9	6.6	5.5	8.4		sq. km.
.. set-aside land			67.3	66	70.8	56.9	55.3	57.8		sq. km.
Selected stock :	(*4)
.. dairy cattle			6,545	5,860	5,740	5,877	6,256	5,821
.. beef cattle			30,716	30,916	30,044	30,248	30,296	30,341
.. total cattle			53,971	53,039	52,357	53,143	53,256	51,901
.. sheep			241,687	235,408	235,569	242,287	235,560	232,428
.. pigs			63,777	56,836	43,516	42,257	29,514	28,953
.. poultry			2,475,666	2,457,836	1,920,449	2,324,742	1,822,399	2,869,176
.. horses			1,496	1,531	1,674	1,708	2,128	2,188
Agricultural workers	(*5)		1,800	1,764	1,699	1,666	1,583	1,648
.. full-time			1,339	1,275	1,155	1,201	1,144	1,195
.. part-time			357	337	317	307	308	315

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SCOTLAND	sources / notes	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Total no. of agricultural holdings	(*1)		49,764	50,144	50,365	50,761	51,094	51,361
Agricultural land use :	(*2)		60,959.10	61,207.30	61,132.00	61,161.60	61,151.60	62,100.80		sq.km.
.. arable			9,742.50	9,713.00	9,625.50	9,654.70	9,453.60	9,218.30		sq.km.
.. grassland over 5 yrs. old			8,948.30	9,298.20	9,335.90	9,025.10	9,104.00	9,221.00		sq.km.
.. sole right rough grazing			33,758.40	33,597.10	33,134.90	33,294.90	33,423.10	34,411.30		sq.km.
.. woodland within agricultural holdings			2,028.50	2,098.70	2,366.40	2,389.60	2,380.20	2,492.90		sq.km.
.. roads, yards & buildings			649.1	648.5	742.4	806.8	806	804		sq.km.
.. common grazings			5,832.20	5,851.80	5,927.00	5,990.50	5,984.70	5,953.30		sq.km.
Selected crops :	(*3)
.. wheat			797.1	971.9	882.6	1,017.30	966.5	996.8		sq.km.
.. barley			3,368.00	3,251.50	3,220.80	3,164.50	2,989.20	2,744.00		sq.km.
.. oats			215.8	219.1	224.4	220.3	202.8	226.8		sq.km.
.. oilseed rape			348.6	309	351.8	394	357.8	337.4		sq.km.
.. potatoes			296.6	302	284.6	294.1	282.5	281.5		sq.km.
.. crops for stock feeding			243.7	238.8	240.5	252.6	254.1	261.4		sq.km.
.. vegetables for human consumption			106	101.1	105.9	106.8	105.7	113.1		sq.km.
.. set-aside land			900.6	855.8	907.2	756.4	701.4	675.5		sq.km.
Selected stock :	(*4)
.. dairy cattle			295,424	290,375	289,948	290,678	292,326	288,143
.. beef cattle			1,023,784	1,051,959	1,056,976	1,063,329	1,084,834	1,056,675
.. total cattle			1,905,320	1,934,678	1,948,209	1,964,184	1,980,014	1,933,874
.. sheep			8,109,893	8,063,187	8,040,514	8,055,235	7,997,698	7,627,926
.. pigs			596,458	526,276	489,314	471,740	470,672	463,725
.. poultry			16,057	15,544	14,509	15,897	14,723	13,599		thousand
.. horses			24,106	25,058	25,724	27,415	29,546	31,214
Agricultural workers	(*5)		26,360	25,998	25,772	25,402	25,176	24,924
.. full-time			15,785	15,129	14,510	14,253	13,599	13,500
.. part-time			6,986	6,922	7,039	6,922	6,943	6,892

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