HC Deb 13 February 1991 vol 185 cc528-9W
Mr. John D. Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many farms produce cereals; and how many of these farms produce less than 75 acres of cereals per annum.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

The June 1990 main agricultural census recorded that 13,208 farms in Scotland were growing cereals. Of those 8,273 were growing less than 30.3 hectares (75 acres) of cereals.