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Output, Input & Income in Agriculture provides estimates of major items of agricultural accounts, such as livestock, livestock products and crops output, expenditure on feeding stuffs, fertilizers and other items of intermediate consumption, gross and net value added and operating surplus in a calendar year. The estimates are based on the data from a combination of sources including administrative data, industry sources and several surveys conducted by CSO and Teagasc.

The Regional Accounts for Agriculture provide estimates of major accounting items in each of the NUTS 2 regions of Ireland, Border, Midland & West and Southern & Eastern. The results for each region are derived from the State total by using a specific allocator for each output or intermediate consumption item, e.g. livestock numbers for cattle and sheep, number of dairy cows for milk etc.

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X-axis label201120122013201420152016
Goods Output6.2526.5427.3466.9697.1327.058
Intermediate Consumption4.7075.0545.675.125.0215.103
Net Subsidies1.8321.6821.5581.5261.4161.592
Operating Surplus2.5162.2812.3562.4412.4982.588
24.1 Output, Input and Income in Agriculture

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Agricultural goods output at producer prices in 2016 has amounted to €7,057.9m, and was €74.1m or 1.0% lower than in 2015.  By far the major items, cattle (32.3%) and milk (25.4%) accounted for 57.7% of the total.  The cost of farm inputs (intermediate consumption) increased in 2016 by 1.6% to reach €5,103.4m.  Feeding stuffs (26.5%) and fertilsers (10.0%) accounted for 36.5% of this figure.

24.2 Border, Midland and Western Regional Agricultural Accounts
 
€m
  Estimated Value (at current prices)
Commodity 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Livestock 1,173.9 1,350.7 1,369.3 1,335.0 1,506.1 1,496.5
of which:            
  cattle 756.7 887.6 895.7 831.7 981.6 947.0
  pigs 189.9 211.1 224.9 225.3 227.0 239.9
  sheep 104.2 111.6 110.3 126.2 136.3 142.3
         
Livestock products 386.3 353.3 435.6 451.1 415.5 395.1
of which:        
  milk 350.2 312.1 400.5 417.1 375.2 355.5
         
Crops 600.8 634.3 741.8 613.7 610.0 606.2
of which:        
  cereals 56.1 68.4 56.5 55.2 52.4 45.0
  root crops 20.6 26.3 43.3 23.5 31.1 35.8
  forage plants 386.9 391.1 510.8 392.6 379.3 387.6
         
Goods output at producer prices 2,161.1 2,338.3 2,546.7 2,399.7 2,531.7 2,497.8
Contract work 123.0 110.4 123.2 118.0 116.9 128.1
Subsidies on products less taxes on products 2.8 -1.4 -12.1 -4.3 -10.2 10.6
         
Agricultural output at basic prices 2,286.9 2,447.4 2,657.8 2,513.4 2,638.4 2,636.5
         
Intermediate consumption 1,815.3 1,889.9 2,122.3 1,875.0 1,904.0 1,926.6
of which:        
  feedingstuffs 496.9 604.4 656.0 551.2 564.1 585.3
  fertilisers 161.6 145.8 189.9 166.9 175.4 157.5
  energy and lubricants 171.0 173.5 174.7 174.7 167.5 148.7
  forage plants 384.9 390.4 508.0 390.6 378.0 386.3
  contract work 123.0 110.4 123.2 118.0 116.9 128.1
         
Gross value added at basic prices 471.6 557.5 535.5 638.4 734.4 709.9
Fixed capital consumption 283.1 269.2 268.3 282.7 293.4 268.3
         
Net value added at basic prices 188.5 288.3 267.2 355.7 441.0 441.6
Other subsidies less taxes on production 784.8 737.2 689.9 676.2 632.8 716.5
         
Factor income 973.4 1,025.5 957.1 1,031.9 1,073.8 1,158.1
Compensation of employees 208.3 205.1 212.1 214.0 211.1 219.2
         
Operating surplus 765.0 820.4 744.9 817.9 862.7 938.9
Source: CSO

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In 2016 the Border, Midlands and Western region accounted for 51.3% of the national pig output and for 55.8% of the national sheep output. Net subsidies (subsidies less taxes) comprised 77.4% of operating surplus (farm income). This ratio compares with 72.2% in 2015 and 82.1% in 2014.

24.3 Southern and Eastern Regional Agricultural Accounts
 
€m
 Estimated Value (at current prices)
Commodity 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
         
Livestock 1,470.9 1,714.2 1,778.3 1,735.1 1,944.0 1,936.0
of which:            
  cattle 1,038.3 1,231.9 1,256.1 1,180.6 1,376.4 1,334.9
  pigs 204.3 230.5 250.7 246.0 231.4 228.2
  sheep 85.6 92.9 93.4 105.5 108.0 112.9
             
Livestock products 1,504.8 1,339.0 1,696.6 1,700.2 1,523.0 1,460.7
of which:            
  milk 1,484.6 1,317.7 1,672.9 1,676.0 1,496.2 1,434.7
             
Crops 1,115.1 1,150.2 1,324.6 1,133.8 1,133.3 1,163.5
of which:            
  cereals 234.0 266.5 233.0 225.3 210.3 185.8
  root crops 64.8 77.0 121.0 65.6 92.5 102.5
  forage plants 620.4 616.5 783.5 649.3 624.7 661.9
             
Goods output at producer prices 4,090.8 4,203.5 4,799.6 4,569.1 4,600.3 4,560.1
Contract work 212.4 213.4 242.5 240.8 231.1 233.4
Subsidies on products less taxes on products -13.8 -26.7 -28.3 -29.4 -72.6 -10.5
         
Agricultural output at basic prices 4,289.3 4,390.2 5,013.8 4,780.5 4,758.7 4,783.1
         
Intermediate consumption 2,891.5 3,164.1 3,547.7 3,244.9 3,117.4 3,176.8
of which:        
  feedingstuffs 645.4 824.0 926.5 745.3 753.4 765.7
  fertilisers 332.1 346.2 424.1 398.7 389.7 350.9
  energy and lubricants 254.5 269.7 277.9 280.3 232.8 226.6
  forage plants 617.8 615.7 780.0 646.5 623.0 660.0
  contract work 212.4 213.4 242.5 240.8 231.1 233.4
         
Gross value added at basic prices 1,397.8 1,226.0 1,466.1 1,535.7 1,641.4 1,606.2
Fixed capital consumption 426.8 447.6 443.6 480.3 511.4 544.4
         
Net value added at basic prices 971.0 778.4 1,022.5 1,055.4 1,130.0 1,061.8
Other subsidies less taxes on production 1,046.9 944.8 867.7 849.6 783.1 875.6
         
Factor income 2,017.9 1,723.2 1,890.2 1,905.0 1,913.0 1,937.4
Compensation of employees 267.1 262.9 279.3 281.7 277.9 288.5
         
 Operating surplus  1,750.8 1,460.2 1,610.9 1,623.3 1,635.1 1,648.9
Source: CSO

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In 2016 the Southern and Eastern region accounted for 80.5% of the national cereal output, 80.1% of the national milk output and 58.5% of the national cattle output. Net subsidies (subsidies less taxes) comprised 52.5% of operating surplus (farm income). This ratio compares with 43.4% in 2015 and 50.5% in 2014.

 

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