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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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20102011201220132014
Goods Output5.517848569882876.264248830364066.542420263309157.390086283152166.99979243415883
Intermediate Consumption4.484866963394514.730754231012945.053981154124915.696775746653725.13504190739007
Net Subsidies1.650886559159331.831246073822051.682232513527281.55695795154771.52291956543853
Operating Surplus1.807303762232342.517402161859562.294989757604242.390188396954662.49920083720726
22.1 Output, Input and Income in Agriculture

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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 20132014
        
Livestock999.6 1,173.9 1,350.7 1,369.61335.3
of which:       
  cattle633.9 756.7 887.6 895.7831.7
  pigs161.5 189.9 211.1 225.0225.4
  sheep90.7 104.2 111.6 110.3126.2
        
Livestock products322.4 386.2 353.1 435.6451.1
of which:       
  milk295.8 350.2 312.1 400.5417.1
        
Crops598.6 600.8 634.3 741.8613.5
of which:       
  cereals37.9 56.1 68.4 56.555.2
  root crops30.4 20.6 26.3 43.323.5
  forage plants397.9 386.9 391.1 510.8392.6
        
Goods output at producer prices1,920.5 2,160.9 2,338.2 2,547.02399.8
Contract work114.5 123.0 110.4 123.2118.0
Subsidies on products less taxes on products3.0 2.8 -1.4 -12.1-4.3
        
Agricultural output at basic prices2,038.0 2,286.8 2,447.2 2,658.12513.5
        
Intermediate consumption1,706.8 1,829.9 1,895.9 2,134.51886.0
of which:       
  feedingstuffs446.8 511.5 610.4 668.2562.2
  fertilisers152.5 161.6 145.8 189.9166.9
  energy and lubricants145.6 171.0 173.5 174.7174.7
  forage plants396.2 384.9 390.4 508.0390.6
  contract work114.5 123.0 110.4 123.2118.0
        
Gross value added at basic prices331.2 456.8 551.3 523.6627.5
Fixed capital consumption277.2 283.1 269.2 268.3282.7
        
Net value added at basic prices54.1 173.7 282.1 255.3344.9
Other subsidies less taxes on production744.0 784.7 737.3 689.9676.2
        
Factor income798.1 958.4 1,019.4 945.21021.1
Compensation of employees203.6 208.3 205.1 215.3217.2
        
Operating surplus594.4 750.1 814.4 729.9803.9
         

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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
         
Livestock1,260.0 1,470.9 1,714.2 1,778.0 1,734.8
of which:         
  cattle868.4 1,038.3 1,231.9 1,256.1 1,180.6
  pigs172.1 204.3 230.4 250.7 245.9
  sheep74.8 85.6 92.9 93.4 105.5
          
Livestock Products1,261.4 1,504.6 1,338.9 1,696.6 1,700.1
of which:         
  milk1,246.1 1,484.6 1,317.7 1,672.9 1,676.0
          
Crops1,071.4 1,115.1 1,150.2 1,324.6 1,134.0
of which:         
  cereals155.0 234.0 266.5 233.0 225.3
  root crops87.3 64.8 77.0 121.0 65.6
  forage plants647.3 620.4 616.5 783.5 649.3
          
Goods output at producer prices3592.8 4090.7 4203.3 4799.2 4,568.9
Contract work204.6 212.4 213.4 242.5 240.8
Subsidies on products less taxes on products-13.5 -13.8 -26.7 -28.3 -29.4
         
Agricultural output at basic prices3,784.0 4,289.2 4,390.0 5,013.4 4,780.3
         
Intermediate consumption2,765.8 2,909.7 3,172.2 3,563.6 3,259.3
of which:        
  feedingstuffs594.3 663.6 832.1 942.4 759.8
  fertilisers297.8 332.1 346.2 424.1 398.7
  energy and lubricants225.4 254.5 269.7 277.9 280.3
  forage plants644.8 617.8 615.7 780.0 646.5
  contract work204.6 212.4 213.4 242.5 240.8
         
Gross value added at basic prices1,018.2 1,379.5 1,217.8 1,449.7 1,521.0
Fixed capital consumption456.7 426.8 447.6 443.6 480.3
         
Net value added at basic prices561.5 952.7 770.2 1,006.1 1,040.7
Other subsidies less taxes on production906.9 1,046.5 944.9 867.6 849.6
         
Factor income1,468.4 1,999.2 1,715.0 1,873.7 1,890.3
Compensation of employees261.1 267.1 262.9 276.1 278.5
         
 Operating surplus 1,207.3 1,732.1 1,452.1 1,597.7 1,611.8
Source: CSO

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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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