Winter Crop Areas Up But Livestock Down

SCOTLAND, UK - A first look towards this year’s harvest shows an increase in winter crop areas but livestock numbers have continued to fall.


Scotland's Chief Statistician has released the latest results from the December Agricultural Survey.


The area of winter-sown crops in December 2013 was up 12 per cent on the previous December, with 20,000 hectares more wheat and a thousand hectares more oilseed rape and oats. The area of winter barley remained fairly similar to 2012, but most barley is sown in the spring. These increases bring the total winter crop area back to levels last seen in 2010.