202300340057 · FOI/EIR · released
Cattle and sheep numbers across farms in the North Highlands by age and gender: EIR release
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Cattle and sheep numbers across farms in the North Highlands (Caithness, Sutherland, Wester Ross) by age and gender.
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We have provided the information you have requested in the tables below. Table 1 provides sheep numbers in the North Highlands. Table 2 provides cattle numbers in the North Highlands. At the end of your email you enquired about further regional data on farms and farmers. While we collect data at holding level, this data is treated as personal and disclosive data, therefore we do not provide information on individual farms or any aggregated data which could pose a disclosure risk. We have a number of regional breakdowns from 2021, which can be sourced from https://www.gov.scot/publications/results-scottish-agricultural-census-june-2021/documents/. If you require additional data that’s not published here, please request this by emailing the Agriculture Analysis unit at agric.stats@gov.scot.
Please find on the following page the tables you require.
Table 1 - Sheep numbers in the North Highlands
Source: Sheep and Goat Inventory December 2021
Sheep Categories Caithness Sutherland Ross & Cromarty North Highlands Sheep 1 year old and over - ewes for breeding 72,472 55,795 51,185 179,452 Other sheep 1 year old and over - for breeding 7,977 7,857 7,436 23,270 Sheep under 1 year old - lambs put to ram 1,645 1,036 2,599 5,280 Sheep under 1 year old - lambs not put to ram 42,555 24,405 31,017 97,977 Total Sheep 124,649 89,093 92,237 305,979
Table 2 - Cattle numbers in the North Highlands
Source: Cattle Tracking Scheme December 2021
Cattle Categories Caithness Sutherland Ross & Cromarty North Highlands Female beef cattle under 1 7,358 1,246 3,485 12,089 Female dairy cattle under 1 7 12 28 47 Female beef cattle aged 1-2 4,596 716 2,066 7,378 Female dairy cattle aged 1-2 32 5 7 44 Female beef cattle with offspring aged 2 and over 15,002 3,325 7,758 26,085 Female dairy cattle with offspring aged 2 and over 164 110 139 413 Female beef cattle without offspring aged 2 and over 1,852 500 1,047 3,399 Female dairy cattle without offspring aged 2 and over 45 7 13 65 Male cattle under 1 7,444 1,276 3,531 12,251 Male cattle aged 1-2 2,951 178 1,830 4,959 Male cattle aged 2 and over 971 196 576 1,743 Total Cattle 40,422 7,571 20,480 68,473
Statistics prepared by Scottish Government RESAS Statistics(Agriculture)
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