This release presents final estimates of land utilisation and livestock numbers in June of the reference year at State and Regional level. The estimates for sheep and pigs are based on returns from the June sample survey of agricultural holdings and the June Pig Survey conducted by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) for the reference year. The estimates for cattle and for crops are obtained from administrative data from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM).
Coverage Farms where the agricultural area used was at least one hectare (2.47 acres) are included in the June Agricultural Sample Survey. Farms with less than one hectare may also be included if they were engaged in intensive production.
Results
Crops The results for crops are based on data obtained from the DAFM Basic Payment Scheme.
Cattle The results for cattle are obtained from DAFM’s Animal Identification and Movement (AIM) system, formerly known as the Cattle Movement Monitoring System (CMMS). This system was introduced at the beginning of 2000 and involves electronically recording data on animal movements.
Goats The goat results are obtained from DAFM’s December Sheep and Goat Census for the preceding year.
Sheep The June results for sheep are based on the trends between the referenece year and the preceding year, obtained by comparing the returns for the same matched sample of farms.
Pigs A specialist pig survey was conducted by the CSO due to the intensive nature of this activity.
As the 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 total shown. Percentage changes have been calculated on actual figures.
Composition of Regions
Northern and Western NUTS 2 Region
Border Cavan, Donegal, Leitrim, Monaghan and Sligo
West Galway City, Galway County, Mayo and Roscommon
Southern NUTS 2 Region
Mid-West Limerick City, Limerick County, Clare and Tipperary
South-East Waterford City, Waterford County, Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford
South-West Cork City, Cork County and Kerry
Eastern & Midland NUTS Region
Dublin Dublin City, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin
Mid-East Kildare, Meath, Wicklow and Louth
Midland Laois, Longford, Offaly and Westmeath