Scottish Government: Rural & Environment Science & Analytical Services. Statistics, science, economics and research on farming, food, environment & rural issues
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Milk production statistics updated today to include data up to June 2026.
Scottish milk production statistics - 2025 onwards - Quarterly update:
gov.scot/publications/scotti…
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Scottish agriculture greenhouse gas emissions and nitrogen use statistics for 2024-25 have been added to our Agricultural Statistics Hub!
bit.ly/4oeCNtE
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Scottish agriculture greenhouse gas emissions and nitrogen use statistics were released today for the year 2024-2025:
bit.ly/4ajLBZq
Suckler beef remained the largest source of agriculture emissions in 2024, accounting for 3.1 MtCO2e or 41.2% of total emissions.
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Total income from farming estimates: 2025 were published today gov.scot/publications/total-….
This is the official measure of profit gained by the agricultural industry in Scotland and a breakdown of the value of farm production, support payments and costs.
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New Farm Business Income estimates for 2024-25 have been added to our Agricultural Statistics Hub today!
scotland.shinyapps.io/sg-agr…
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Annual estimates of Farm Business Income for 2024-2025 have been published today:
gov.scot/publications/scotti…
This release also provides corrected 2023-24 results for general cropping and “all farms”.
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James Hutton Institute and Moredun Research Institute maintain nationally important collections of pests and pathogens samples supported by Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture programme that can inform farmers of control measure for disease: tinyurl.com/vabbaej2
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The Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture research provides critical scientific evidence for policy and practice. Read about their how their Sheep Scab project on Lewis and Harris enhanced animal productivity and contributed to lower emissions: ruralpayments.org/news-event…
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Nature underpins our economic prosperity. In Scotland natural capital supports around £40bn output and 260,000 jobs. Research explored the reliance by marine/terrestrial ecosystems, highlighting largest value to aquaculture, electricity and agriculture. bit.ly/40nsacZ
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You can listen to the RESAS analysis highlighting nature's economic importance across Scotland’s regions and how benefits from nature are difficult to be substituted discussed in the latest @FASScot podcast on Natural Capital.
The infographics: bit.ly/3OYglaK
🌿 New Natural Capital episode! Harry Fisher & Iain Boyd from SAC Consulting look at the the latest Scottish Government report on Natural Capital and the Scottish economy, and explore which sectors rely most on nature.
Listen here: player.captivate.fm/episode/…
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Infographics summarise research on the economic importance of nature across Scotland’s regions, from a national total of £40bn output and 260,000 jobs. For example, Highlands & Islands value of natural capital is estimated at £8bn output and 21,700 jobs bit.ly/3OYglaK
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The 2024 Wildlife Crime Report has been published.
Recorded wildlife crime offences increased by 15% between 22/23 and 23/24 from 220 to 254 offences, before falling by 27% between 23/24 and 24/25 to 186 offences.
gov.scot/publications/wildli…
#wildlifecrimereport #wildlifecrime
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New statistics from the Scottish Agricultural Census: June 2025 on crops, livestock, employees, and main farm types in each 2026 Scottish Parliamentary Constituency can be found here:
gov.scot/publications/june-a…
scotland.shinyapps.io/sg-agr…
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Scottish milk production statistics was published today: gov.scot/publications/scotti…
This quarterly statistics notice includes monthly estimates of total volumes of raw milk purchased by dairies operating in Scotland.
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The 2025 final estimates for Scotland's cereal & oilseed rape harvest are out now.
🌾Total production from the 2025 cereal harvest is around 3.14 million tonnes.
Read the report: gov.scot/publications/cereal…
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Most community owned assets are in rural areas.
tinyurl.com/comowned2024
#communityownership #scottishlandfund #communitylandscotland
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213,803 hectares of land were in community ownership as at December 2024, four times the area in 2000.
tinyurl.com/comowned2024
#communityownership #scottishlandfund #communitylandscotland
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There were 853 assets in community ownership as of December 2024, with a steady upward trend seen since 2000.
tinyurl.com/comowned2024
#communityownership #scottishlandfund #communitylandscotland
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Community Ownership in Scotland 2024 Official Statistics report published today 25 November 2025: tinyurl.com/comowned2024
#communityownership #scottishlandfund #communitylandscotland
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