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Agriculture has played a central role in the prosperity of Angus for generations past; it's fertile soil and temperate climate are ideal for growing top quality Soft Fruit, Vegetables, Grain and Potatoes, particularly Seed Potatoes. In fact Angus is home to 40% of Scotland's Class 1 agricultural land and produces 28% of the country's potatoes.
The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Angus is estimated at £1,116 million with agriculture output at £99.2 million (8.9% of Angus GDP). Agriculture, therefore, makes a significant contribution to the region's economy.
Angus covers some 189,812 hectares of agricultural land, equivalent to 3% of the total Scottish agricultural land area. The presence of good quality arable land in Angus allows a high proportion (37%) of its agricultural area to be in arable crops. 10% of Scotland's cereal crops are grown in Angus with barley (winter and spring sown) wheat and oilseeds. Potatoes are of particular importance to the region with 28% of the Scottish potato crop located in Angus. See the diagram, left, for a breakdown of how land in Angus is farmed.
Arable cropping is particularly important to Angus, with cropping farms making up 75% of the farms in Angus.
With the legacy of the world renowned Angus Beef, its also not surprising that the breeding of Livestock for beef and lamb production is another feature of Angus' agricultural economy, particularly in the hill and upland areas of the county where the close proximity of arable land provides the necessary animal feeding which is so important to stock rearing.
Soft fruit farms are also important to the region and to Scotland as a whole. As is Grass, with 59% of the total agricultural land area in grass or rough grazing. A breakdown of Farm Types is shown in the chart, right.
Even in these challenging times for agriculture specialised sectors have benefited through the introduction of new varieties of crops with higher yields and advancements in the automated gathering of soft fruit are helping to keep Angus Farmers at the forefront of the agricultural scene.
