Written answers

Tuesday, 23 October 2012

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Farm Size

Photo of Martin FerrisMartin Ferris (Kerry North-West Limerick, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown of all farms in the State according to size; that is below 10 ha; between 10ha and 20 ha; 20 and 30 ha and so on up to the largest holdings. [45650/12]

Photo of Simon CoveneySimon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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he following table gives a breakdown of farm size drawn from the data in the CSO’s 2007 Farm Structures Survey, the most recent such survey. This data will be updated in full when detailed results from the 2010 Census of Agriculture are released later this year.

Farm Size (ha)
Number of Farms
% of Farms
< 5
8,400
6.55%
5 to <10
16,200
12.64%
10 to <20
30,500
23.79%
20 to <30
24,100
18.80%
30 to <50
26,300
20.51%
50 to <100
18,200
14.20%
≥ 100
4,500
3.51%
Total
128,200
100.00%

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