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Agricultural Census results

The report, published by Scotland’s Chief Statistician, includes estimates from the June Agricultural Census.
 
Livestock estimates show that cattle numbers stood at 1.68 million, a decline of three per cent compared to the five year average. Over this period, dairy cattle breeding herds have increased by three per cent to 178,800 cows whilst beef cattle breeding herds have fallen six per cent compared to the five year average to 394,700 in 2023.
 
Dairy cows numbers are pretty much in line with the SDCA herd stats which were 178,460 at 1 July 2023.
 
Read the full report here 👇
 

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