Survey Information
Survey Name:
June Crops and Livestock/Farm Structure Survey
Business Area:
Agriculture Surveys, Agriculture Division.
Survey Purpose:
To compile data on crops and livestock
Legislative Basis:
Regulation (EC) No 543/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009 concerning crop statistics and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 837/90 and (EEC) No 959/93
Regulation (EC) No 1165/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 concerning livestock and meat statistics and repealing Council Directives 93/23/EEC, 93/24/EEC and 93/25/EEC
Regulation (EC) No 1166/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on farm structure surveys and the survey on agricultural production methods and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 571/88
Periodicity:
Annual (1st of June)
Target Population:
Farms
Sampling Frame:
A stand-alone register is used, which holds all identified specialised farms in the state. This register is updated from registers from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
Survey Size:
10,000 normally. 55,000 in a farm structures year.
Principal Variables Collected:
Area farmed, pasture, principal crops, principal livestock categories.
Principal External Users:
Government, Eurostat, Agriculturalists, Researchers.
Contact Points
Business Area Specialists:
Hilda McCarthy
Kathryn Foskin
The business specialists above can be contacted by e-mail using their firstname.lastname@cso.ie
Methodology Documents
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