Agriculture facts and figures: 2017

An electronic copy of the pocket-sized leaflet providing a range of agriculture statistics.


Farm types 2016

  Number of holdings Area ( ha)
Cereal 2,496 257,832
General cropping 1,738 254,659
Horticulture 720 21,028
Pigs 236 10,594
Poultry 852 11,882
Dairy 768 113,459
Sheep & Cattle LFA 14,517 3,151,601
Sheep & Cattle nLFA 2,475 120,822
Mixed 5,225 284,171
Forage 21,313 1,368,054
Other 1,556 58,050
Total 51,896 5,652,152
Common Grazing   584,225

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