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Results from the June 2017 Scottish Agricultural Census

Statistics on farming in Scotland.

Final Results of the June 2017 Agricultural Census together with June results for the years 2008 to 2016 for comparison

	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	Percentage change between 2016 & 2017
	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	b More accurate tenancy data available					Percentage change between 2016 & 2017
1. Holdings with rented land	17,996	17,875	16,645	16,627	16,483	17,257	16,760	16,691	16,500	16,123	-3.4%
2. Holdings with rented land and no croft	6,770	6,655	6,376	6,277	6,144	6,516	6,636	6,524	6,498	6,341	-2.8%
3. Holdings with rented land and with croft	11,226	11,220	10,269	10,350	10,339	10,741	10,124	10,167	10,002	9,782	-3.8%
Of which : Holdings providing rented area split on census form	5,633	5,974	6,880	7,886	7,940	8,218	7,550	7,767	7,824	8,085	4.1%
Holdings not providing rented area split on census form	5,593	5,246	3,389	2,464	2,399	2,523	2,574	2,400	2,178	1,697	-29.3%
Rented holdings with croft, also with 91Act , SLDT , LDTs etc.	641	793	958	1,036	1,003	63	66	65	70	75	15.4%
4. Hence % of crofts with other tenancies	11.4%	13.3%	13.9%	13.1%	12.6%	0.8%	0.9%	0.8%	0.9%	0.9%	10.8%
5. Estimated number of crofts with other tenancies (line 3 * line 4)	1,277	1,489	1,430	1,360	1,306	82	89	85	89	91	7.1%
6. Estimated number of holdings with non-croft tenancies (line 2 + line 5)	8,047	8,144	7,806	7,637	7,450	6,598	6,725	6,609	6,587	6,432	-2.7%

(1) rented land refers to any tenancy lasting one year or longer, including rented crofts but excluding seasonally let land

b break in time series

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