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CSO statistical release, 11 October 2018, 11am

Regional Accounts for Agriculture

2017

Region	Net Subsidies	Operating Surplus	Net Subsidies as a % of Operating Surplus
	€m	€m	%
Border	262.9	452.0	58.2
West	319.2	455.1	70.1
Northern and Western	582.1	907.1	64.2
Mid-West	253.8	612.2	41.5
South-East	196.6	486.1	40.5
South-West	289.2	855.2	33.8
Southern	739.6	1,953.5	37.9
Dublin and Mid-East	160.1	378.7	42.3
Midland	155.0	217.7	71.2
Eastern and Midland	315.0	596.3	52.8
State	1,636.7	3,456.9	47.3

Net Subsidies accounted for 47.3% of Agricultural income

Regional Accounts for Agriculture 2017 Figure 1

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In 2017, net subsidies accounted for 47.3% of agricultural income (operating surplus) at State level. In the Northern and Western region, net subsidies accounted for 64.2% of agricultural income, in the Southern region net subsidies accounted for 37.9% of agricultural income and in the Eastern and Midland region net subsidies amounted to 52.8% of agricultural income. See above table, graph and Table 3.

An analysis of agriculture in the regions in the year 2017 shows that:

The Southern region accounted for 54.5% of goods output by Irish agriculture.
Over 72% of total milk output was produced in the Southern region.
Just over 50% of national sheep output originated from the Northern and Western region.
The Eastern and Midland accounted for 47.7% of cereal and 56.9% of potatoes output of the country.
Over half (51.8%) of all expenses on the items of intermediate consumption were incurred by the farms in the Southern region.

	Northern & Western	Southern	Eastern & Midland
Operating surplus	26.2400826781553	56.5090680623513	17.2508492594933
Net subsidies	35.5634605775357	45.1876197260121	19.2489196964522
Intermediate consumption	24.1515416636272	51.8160897449703	24.0323685914025
Goods output at producer prices	22.1681811231671	54.5076737316643	23.3241451451686
Cereals	2.98960021571188	49.3001550956713	47.7102446886168
Potatoes	9.99842789657189	33.0875382321507	56.9140338712774
Milk	11.2743674125809	72.241820508259	16.4838120791601
Sheep	50.2939066799996	28.2522661841412	21.4538271358592
Pigs	26.6481717380624	50.0918176121537	23.2600106497839
Cattle	27.0188849383331	49.7517624486769	23.22935261299
Number of farms	42.4503074503074	39.7826397826398	17.7670527670528
Agriculture area (excluding commonage)	33.0168848865973	46.0639212000688	20.9191501394854

Show Table 1 Regional Agriculture Accounts at NUTS 2 level 2016-2017

Table 1 Regional Agricultural Accounts at NUTS 2 level 2016-2017
Item	Northern and Western		Southern		Eastern and Midland		State
Item	2016	2017	2016	2017	2016	2017	2016	2017
Livestock	1,028.2	1,077.4	1,602.9	1,663.3	808.5	849.3	3,439.6	3,590.1
of which:
cattle	630.1	638.0	1,137.4	1,174.8	521.5	548.5	2,288.9	2,361.4
pigs	124.1	137.4	223.2	258.3	117.9	119.9	465.2	515.6
sheep	127.4	132.1	72.3	74.2	55.7	56.3	255.4	262.6

Livestock products	242.4	334.7	1,310.9	1,891.4	304.6	440.3	1,857.8	2,666.4
of which:
milk	203.4	292.2	1,294.3	1,872.3	293.1	427.2	1,790.8	2,591.7

Crops	378.4	373.8	817.4	836.6	570.8	589.5	1,766.7	1,799.9
of which:
cereals	6.3	7.1	115.2	117.0	109.3	113.2	230.8	237.2
potatoes	15.9	12.6	43.9	41.8	75.5	72.0	135.3	126.5
forage plants - output	244.9	245.7	535.4	547.8	269.1	287.6	1,049.4	1,081.0

Goods output at producer prices	1,649.0	1,785.9	3,731.2	4,391.3	1,683.9	1,879.1	7,064.1	8,056.3

Contract work - output	83.8	89.6	194.0	199.0	83.7	87.8	361.5	376.4

Subsidies on products less taxes on products	10.7	13.9	-5.2	-5.5	1.6	2.6	7.1	11.0

Agricultural output at basic prices	1,743.5	1,889.4	3,920.0	4,584.9	1,769.2	1,969.5	7,432.7	8,443.7

Intermediate consumption	1,234.4	1,268.6	2,635.0	2,721.7	1,205.5	1,262.3	5,074.8	5,252.7
of which:
feedingstuffs	381.3	396.4	620.1	684.7	227.4	247.5	1,228.7	1,328.6
fertilisers	96.2	106.0	287.0	277.6	127.6	129.4	510.8	513.0
maintenance & repairs	114.8	109.4	231.0	243.8	114.2	112.9	460.0	466.1
veterinary expenses	72.1	68.4	153.1	156.6	60.3	60.9	285.5	286.0
energy and lubricants	96.2	101.8	182.6	186.9	96.5	98.9	375.4	387.7
forage plants - consumption	244.1	244.5	533.9	546.2	268.4	286.5	1,046.3	1,077.2
contract work - expenditure	83.8	89.6	194.0	199.0	83.7	87.8	361.5	376.4

Gross value added at basic prices	509.1	620.8	1,285.0	1,863.1	563.8	707.2	2,357.9	3,191.1

Fixed capital consumption	114.8	128.6	412.4	410.1	281.9	299.3	809.0	837.9

Net value added at basic prices	394.4	492.2	872.7	1,453.1	281.9	407.9	1,548.9	2,353.2

Other subsidies less taxes on production	541.9	568.2	744.4	745.1	314.4	312.4	1,600.7	1,625.7

Factor income	936.2	1,060.4	1,617.0	2,198.1	596.3	720.3	3,149.6	3,978.8

Compensation of employees	149.5	153.3	238.5	244.7	120.9	124.0	508.9	521.9

Operating surplus ¹	786.8	907.1	1,378.5	1,953.5	475.5	596.3	2,640.7	3,456.9
¹ This is calculated before deduction of interest payments on borrowed capital and land rental paid by farmers to landowners.

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Table 2 Regional Agricultural Accounts at NUTS 3 level 2017
Item	Livestock	Livestock Products	Crops	Goods Output at producer prices	Intermediate Consumption	Gross Value Added at basic prices	Net Subsidies¹	Operating Surplus
Region
Border
Value €m	588.2	221.4	218.8	1,028.4	727.0	351.3	262.9	452.0
% of State total	16.4	8.3	12.2	12.8	13.8	11.0	16.1	13.1

West
Value €m	489.3	113.3	155.0	757.5	541.6	269.5	319.2	455.1
% of State total	13.6	4.2	8.6	9.4	10.3	8.4	19.5	13.2

Northern and Western (value €m)	1,077.4	334.7	373.8	1,785.9	1,268.6	620.8	582.1	907.1

Mid-West
Value €m	595.9	546.6	206.4	1,348.9	874.3	539.3	253.8	612.2
% of State total	16.6	20.5	11.5	16.7	16.6	16.9	15.5	17.7

South-East
Value €m	468.2	469.2	336.3	1,273.7	809.0	520.8	196.6	486.1
% of State total	13.0	17.6	18.7	15.8	15.4	16.3	12.0	14.1

South-West
Value €m	599.2	875.6	293.9	1,768.7	1,038.5	803.0	289.2	855.2
% of State total	16.7	32.8	16.3	22.0	19.8	25.2	17.7	24.7

Southern (value €m)	1,663.3	1,891.4	836.6	4,391.3	2,721.7	1,863.1	739.6	1,953.5

Dublin and Mid-East
Value €m	415.3	240.0	423.5	1,078.8	667.4	462.1	160.1	378.7
% of State total	11.6	9.0	23.5	13.4	12.7	14.5	9.8	11.0

Midland
Value €m	434.0	200.3	166.0	800.3	594.9	245.0	155.0	217.7
% of State total	12.1	7.5	9.2	9.9	11.3	7.7	9.5	6.3

Eastern and Midland (value €m)	849.3	440.3	589.5	1,879.1	1,262.3	707.2	315.0	596.3

State (value €m)	3,590.1	2,666.4	1,799.9	8,056.3	5,252.7	3,191.1	1,636.7	3,456.9
¹ Net subsidies: Subsidies on products less taxes on products plus subsidies on production less taxes on production.

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Table 3 Net Subsidies¹ and Operating Surplus by Region			€m
Region	2015	2016	2017
Border
Net subsidies	213.9	250.9	262.9
Operating surplus	389.2	401.4	452.0
Net subsidies as a % of operating surplus	54.9	62.5	58.2

West
Net subsidies	258.6	301.7	319.2
Operating surplus	393.7	385.3	455.1
Net subsidies as a % of operating surplus	65.7	78.3	70.1

Northern and Western (value €m)
Net subsidies	472.4	552.6	582.1
Operating surplus	782.9	786.8	907.1
Net subsidies as a % of operating surplus	60.3	70.2	64.2

Mid-West
Net subsidies	205.4	250.9	253.8
Operating surplus	432.2	449.8	612.2
Net subsidies as a % of operating surplus	47.5	55.8	41.5

South-East
Net subsidies	162.7	202.6	196.6
Operating surplus	327.8	311.4	486.1
Net subsidies as a % of operating surplus	49.6	65.0	40.5

South-West
Net subsidies	227.7	285.7	289.2
Operating surplus	591.4	617.2	855.2
Net subsidies as a % of operating surplus	38.5	46.3	33.8

Southern (value €m)
Net subsidies	595.8	739.2	739.6
Operating surplus	1,351.5	1,378.5	1,953.5
Net subsidies as a % of operating surplus	44.1	53.6	37.9

Dublin and Mid-East
Net subsidies	134.2	160.2	160.1
Operating surplus	293.1	298.3	378.7
Net subsidies as a % of operating surplus	45.8	53.7	42.3

Midland
Net subsidies	130.8	155.8	155.0
Operating surplus	159.9	177.1	217.7
Net subsidies as a % of operating surplus	81.8	88.0	71.2

Eastern and Midland (value €m)
Net subsidies	265.0	316.0	315.0
Operating surplus	453.0	475.5	596.3
Net subsidies as a % of operating surplus	58.5	66.5	52.8

State (value €m)
Net subsidies	1,333.3	1,607.8	1,636.7
Operating surplus	2,587.3	2,640.7	3,456.9
Net subsidies as a % of operating surplus	51.5	60.9	47.3
¹ Net subsidies: Subsidies on products less taxes on products plus subsidies on production less taxes on production.

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About this Release

The Regional Accounts for Agriculture release provides a regional breakdown of figures already published at State level in the Output, Input and Income in Agriculture – Final Estimate release. Both publications are prepared using similar methodology and definitions of the accounts items, which are described in the Background Notes of the Output, Input and Income in Agriculture release.

In the absence of the actual regional value data, the values of output and input accounts items at State level are apportioned to each region using a set of appropriate allocators. Derived variables, such as Gross Value Added at basic prices (GVA) or Operating surplus are then calculated separately for each region. For example:

GVA at basic prices = Agricultural output at basic prices – Intermediate consumption

Operating surplus = GVA at basic prices – Compensation of employees

– Fixed capital consumption

+ Other subsidies less taxes on production

The choice of allocator used to distribute State values to the regions varies for each accounts item. It is, in general, the factor that mainly determines the value of the item. For example, for cattle output the allocator is the total number of cattle less number of dairy cows in each region; for pigs and sheep output it is the number of pigs and sheep in December of the reference year; for milk output it is the number of dairy cows times the average output per cow in the region etc.

Most of the items of intermediate consumption, such as expenditure on fertilisers, crop protection products, energy and lubricants, maintenance and repairs, veterinary expenses and expenditure on other goods and services, are allocated based on the total expenditures in each region as measured by the National Farm Survey conducted annually by Teagasc.

Due to the indirect nature of the methodology described above more reliance should be placed on the changes between years rather than on the absolute value of the figures for any one year.

The regional results presented in this release relate to each region as a whole. Thus, the regional values of the accounts items, including operating surplus, are not necessarily spread uniformly throughout the region.

Regions

The regional classifications in this release are based on the common classification of territorial units for statistics established by the Commission Regulation (EU) No 2066 of 2016 (NUTS - Nomenclature of Territorial Units).

The NUTS 3 regions correspond to the eight Regional Authorities established under the Local Government Act, 1991 (Regional Authorities) (Establishment) Order, 1993, and amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014. The NUTS 2 regions are groupings of the NUTS 3 regions.

The composition of the regions is set out below:

NUTS 2 Region	NUTS 3 Region	Constituting Counties
Northern and Western	Border	Cavan, Donegal, Leitrim, Monaghan, Sligo
Northern and Western	West	Galway, Mayo, Roscommon
Southern	Mid-West	Clare, Limerick, Tipperary
	South-East	Carlow, Kilkenny, Waterford, Wexford
	South-West	Cork, Kerry
Eastern and Midland	Dublin	Dublin
	Mid-East	Kildare, Louth, Meath, Wicklow
	Midland	Laois, Longford, Offaly, Westmeath