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.
| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | |
| Goods Output | 5.51784856988287 | 6.26424883036406 | 6.54242026330915 | 7.39008628315216 | 6.99979243415883 |
| Intermediate Consumption | 4.48486696339451 | 4.73075423101294 | 5.05398115412491 | 5.69677574665372 | 5.13504190739007 |
| Net Subsidies | 1.65088655915933 | 1.83124607382205 | 1.68223251352728 | 1.5569579515477 | 1.52291956543853 |
| Operating Surplus | 1.80730376223234 | 2.51740216185956 | 2.29498975760424 | 2.39018839695466 | 2.49920083720726 |
Interactive table: StatBank link
Agricultural goods output at producer prices in 2014 has amounted to €6,999.8m, and was €390.3m or 5.3% lower than in 2013. By far the major items, cattle (28.7%) and milk (29.9%) accounted for 58.6% of the total. The cost of farm inputs (intermediate consumption) has decreased in 2014 by 9.9% to reach €5,135.0m. Feeding stuffs (25.7%) and fertilsers (11.0%) accounted for 36.8% of this figure.
| Table 22.2 Border, Midland and Western Regional Agricultural Accounts | €m | |||||||
| Estimated Value (at current prices) | ||||||||
| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | ||||
| Livestock | 999.6 | 1,173.9 | 1,350.7 | 1,369.6 | 1335.3 | |||
| of which: | ||||||||
| cattle | 633.9 | 756.7 | 887.6 | 895.7 | 831.7 | |||
| pigs | 161.5 | 189.9 | 211.1 | 225.0 | 225.4 | |||
| sheep | 90.7 | 104.2 | 111.6 | 110.3 | 126.2 | |||
| Livestock products | 322.4 | 386.2 | 353.1 | 435.6 | 451.1 | |||
| of which: | ||||||||
| milk | 295.8 | 350.2 | 312.1 | 400.5 | 417.1 | |||
| Crops | 598.6 | 600.8 | 634.3 | 741.8 | 613.5 | |||
| of which: | ||||||||
| cereals | 37.9 | 56.1 | 68.4 | 56.5 | 55.2 | |||
| root crops | 30.4 | 20.6 | 26.3 | 43.3 | 23.5 | |||
| forage plants | 397.9 | 386.9 | 391.1 | 510.8 | 392.6 | |||
| Goods output at producer prices | 1,920.5 | 2,160.9 | 2,338.2 | 2,547.0 | 2399.8 | |||
| Contract work | 114.5 | 123.0 | 110.4 | 123.2 | 118.0 | |||
| Subsidies on products less taxes on products | 3.0 | 2.8 | -1.4 | -12.1 | -4.3 | |||
| Agricultural output at basic prices | 2,038.0 | 2,286.8 | 2,447.2 | 2,658.1 | 2513.5 | |||
| Intermediate consumption | 1,706.8 | 1,829.9 | 1,895.9 | 2,134.5 | 1886.0 | |||
| of which: | ||||||||
| feedingstuffs | 446.8 | 511.5 | 610.4 | 668.2 | 562.2 | |||
| fertilisers | 152.5 | 161.6 | 145.8 | 189.9 | 166.9 | |||
| energy and lubricants | 145.6 | 171.0 | 173.5 | 174.7 | 174.7 | |||
| forage plants | 396.2 | 384.9 | 390.4 | 508.0 | 390.6 | |||
| contract work | 114.5 | 123.0 | 110.4 | 123.2 | 118.0 | |||
| Gross value added at basic prices | 331.2 | 456.8 | 551.3 | 523.6 | 627.5 | |||
| Fixed capital consumption | 277.2 | 283.1 | 269.2 | 268.3 | 282.7 | |||
| Net value added at basic prices | 54.1 | 173.7 | 282.1 | 255.3 | 344.9 | |||
| Other subsidies less taxes on production | 744.0 | 784.7 | 737.3 | 689.9 | 676.2 | |||
| Factor income | 798.1 | 958.4 | 1,019.4 | 945.2 | 1021.1 | |||
| Compensation of employees | 203.6 | 208.3 | 205.1 | 215.3 | 217.2 | |||
| Operating surplus | 594.4 | 750.1 | 814.4 | 729.9 | 803.9 | |||
Interactive table: StatBank link
In 2014 net subsidies (subsidies less taxes) accounted for 78.1% of operating surplus (farm income) in the Border, Midlands and Western region. This ratio compares with 87.4% in 2013 and 89.1% in 2012.
| 22.3 Southern and Eastern Regional Agricultural Accounts | |||||||||
| €m | |||||||||
| Estimated Value (at current prices) | |||||||||
| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | |||||
| Livestock | 1,260.0 | 1,470.9 | 1,714.2 | 1,778.0 | 1,734.8 | ||||
| of which: | |||||||||
| cattle | 868.4 | 1,038.3 | 1,231.9 | 1,256.1 | 1,180.6 | ||||
| pigs | 172.1 | 204.3 | 230.4 | 250.7 | 245.9 | ||||
| sheep | 74.8 | 85.6 | 92.9 | 93.4 | 105.5 | ||||
| Livestock Products | 1,261.4 | 1,504.6 | 1,338.9 | 1,696.6 | 1,700.1 | ||||
| of which: | |||||||||
| milk | 1,246.1 | 1,484.6 | 1,317.7 | 1,672.9 | 1,676.0 | ||||
| Crops | 1,071.4 | 1,115.1 | 1,150.2 | 1,324.6 | 1,134.0 | ||||
| of which: | |||||||||
| cereals | 155.0 | 234.0 | 266.5 | 233.0 | 225.3 | ||||
| root crops | 87.3 | 64.8 | 77.0 | 121.0 | 65.6 | ||||
| forage plants | 647.3 | 620.4 | 616.5 | 783.5 | 649.3 | ||||
| Goods output at producer prices | 3592.8 | 4090.7 | 4203.3 | 4799.2 | 4,568.9 | ||||
| Contract work | 204.6 | 212.4 | 213.4 | 242.5 | 240.8 | ||||
| Subsidies on products less taxes on products | -13.5 | -13.8 | -26.7 | -28.3 | -29.4 | ||||
| Agricultural output at basic prices | 3,784.0 | 4,289.2 | 4,390.0 | 5,013.4 | 4,780.3 | ||||
| Intermediate consumption | 2,765.8 | 2,909.7 | 3,172.2 | 3,563.6 | 3,259.3 | ||||
| of which: | |||||||||
| feedingstuffs | 594.3 | 663.6 | 832.1 | 942.4 | 759.8 | ||||
| fertilisers | 297.8 | 332.1 | 346.2 | 424.1 | 398.7 | ||||
| energy and lubricants | 225.4 | 254.5 | 269.7 | 277.9 | 280.3 | ||||
| forage plants | 644.8 | 617.8 | 615.7 | 780.0 | 646.5 | ||||
| contract work | 204.6 | 212.4 | 213.4 | 242.5 | 240.8 | ||||
| Gross value added at basic prices | 1,018.2 | 1,379.5 | 1,217.8 | 1,449.7 | 1,521.0 | ||||
| Fixed capital consumption | 456.7 | 426.8 | 447.6 | 443.6 | 480.3 | ||||
| Net value added at basic prices | 561.5 | 952.7 | 770.2 | 1,006.1 | 1,040.7 | ||||
| Other subsidies less taxes on production | 906.9 | 1,046.5 | 944.9 | 867.6 | 849.6 | ||||
| Factor income | 1,468.4 | 1,999.2 | 1,715.0 | 1,873.7 | 1,890.3 | ||||
| Compensation of employees | 261.1 | 267.1 | 262.9 | 276.1 | 278.5 | ||||
| Operating surplus | 1,207.3 | 1,732.1 | 1,452.1 | 1,597.7 | 1,611.8 | ||||
| Source: CSO | |||||||||
Interactive table: StatBank link
In 2014 net subsidies (subsidies less taxes) accounted for 49.9% of operating surplus (farm income) in the Southern and Eastern region. This ratio compares with 51.9% in 2013 and 62.5% in 2012.
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