National statistics announcement

Economic Report on Scottish Agriculture

Economic Report on Scottish Agriculture presents an overall picture of Scottish agriculture using data from various agricultural surveys . The various sections bring together the information on related subjects from three sets of data. - 2016 June Census and December survey of farms. Farm Accounts survey 2015 - 16 which collects statistics from the business accounts of around 500 farms in Scotland. Total Income from Farming 2014 to 2016, estimates of the output values and associated input costs of Scottish agriculture which underpins the Scottish Agricultural Account which is submitted to the EC every year.

These statistics will be released in June 2017