The Abstract of Scottish Agricultural Statistics is a long-term series of the main agriculture census items collected in the June census. It is produced by the Scottish Government and designated as National Statistics. The dataset was last updated on 2026-07-08.
Use Cases
- Analyze long-term trends in agricultural production based on the census series.
- Model the impact of policy on farming practices based on census items.
- Forecast agricultural output for Scotland based on historical census data.
- Benchmark regional agricultural performance within Scotland based on census statistics.
Strengths
- Designated as official National Statistics by the Scottish Government.
- Forms a long-term series, enabling temporal analysis.
- Covers all main agriculture census items, providing broad coverage.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- Scottish Government
- Collection Method
- Collected via the annual June agricultural census.
- Time Range
- Long-term series; specific start date is unknown.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:32.754243; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Scotland