This release presents provisional estimates of the area under the main arable crops in Ireland for the reference year at State level. These estimates have been obtained from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) Basic Income Support for Sustainability Scheme (BISS) which replaced the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) in 2023.
The data in this release was previously published as part of the ‘Crops and Livestock Survey June Provisional’ prior to 2026.
Farms in the Republic of Ireland for which an application for the DAFM Basic Income Support for Sustainability Scheme (BISS) was made in the reference year.
Results for crops are based on data obtained from the DAFM Basic Income Support for Sustainability Scheme (BISS).
The final area for arable crops shall be published in the “Area, Yield and Production of Crops” release.
The category Other Crops is subject to review each year as a result of changes to crop descriptions in the source data.
As figures in the text and tables have been rounded to the nearest 100 units there may be slight discrepancies between the sum (or difference) of the constituent items and the totals shown. Percentage changes have been calculated on actual figures.