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Land Utilisation

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  • There was almost 5 million hectares of Agricultural Area Used (AAU) in 2013 in Ireland, including 423,000 hectares of commonage.
  • Almost 3.7 million hectares was Grassland, with the remaining composed of Rough Grazing (450,300 hectares), Cereals (307,800 hectares) and Other Crops, Fruit and Horticulture (83,500 hectares).
  • Almost two thirds (277,100 hectares) of the total commonage was located in the BMW region.
  • Just over one half (54.2%) of the AAU was located in the SE Region.
  • The SE region contained almost 80% of the total land devoted to cereals.
Table 2.1 Area and utilisation of agricultural land in each region 2013

Table 2.2 Grassland: Number of farms with grassland and area of grassland in each region 2013

Table 2.3 Cereals: Number of farms growing cereals and the area of cereals in each region 2013

Table 2.4 Other Crops, Fruit & Horticulture: Number of farms and area in each region 2013

Table 2.4(cont'd) Other Crops, Fruit & Horticulture: Number of farms and area in each region - 2013

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