Written answers

Tuesday, 19 June 2012

Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food

Farm Household Incomes

8:00 pm

Photo of Dara CallearyDara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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Question 533: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form the average farm income per farmer for 2011 on a county basis [28984/12]

Photo of Simon CoveneySimon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Statistics on farm income are published annually in the Teagasc National Farm Survey but these are not available on a county basis and the full 2011 survey is not yet released. However, the most recent national figures from the survey are as follows:

Average Family Farm Income
200920102011
Full-time farms24,21441,62456,413
Part-Time farms6,6117,55410,666
All Farms12,19017,77124,861
Source: Teagasc, National Farm Survey (originally published figures).

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