Written answers
Tuesday, 23 October 2012
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Farm Size
Martin 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]
Simon 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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