Area, Yield and Production of Crops 2022

Introduction

This release presents final estimates of the area, yield and production of the main arable crops in 2022 together with the comparable estimates for 2020 and 2021. The June 2020 – June 2022 estimates for the area under crops shown in Table 1 have been obtained from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) Basic Payment Scheme.      

The yield estimates are obtained from a joint survey conducted by Teagasc and the CSO.

Methodology

The yield figures are given on a “green” (as harvested) basis. The winter wheat yield refers to feed wheat. Similarly, the spring barley yield refers to feed barley. The oilseed rape yield is a weighted average of the winter and spring yield.

The bean and pea yield is the weighted average of bean yield and pea yield.

For potatoes, the early crop yield was applied to a proportion of the area under potatoes based on an estimate of the area sown under early potato varieties in each county. The main crop yield was applied to the remaining area. 

The State production figure is calculated by multiplying the county area figures by the average county yield figures to produce county production figures that are aggregated to State production figures. The State yield figure is then calculated by dividing the State production figure by the State area figure, as per the Basic Payment areas from DAFM.

As a result of rounding 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.