Written answers
Thursday, 14 February 2013
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Farm Statistics
Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers in County Meath; if he will provide a breakdown of same by size of holding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7941/13]
Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The Central Statistics Office’s Census of Agriculture 2010 showed that there was a total of 4,569 farms in Co Meath. The breakdown by size of holding is in the table.
Farms in Meath - Census of Agriculture 2010 | |||||||
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Farm size (AAU) - hectares | |||||||
< 5 | 5 - < 10 | 10 - < 20 | 20 - < 30 | 30 - < 50 | 50 - < 100 | >= 100 | Total |
71 | 731 | 978 | 651 | 890 | 881 | 367 | 4,569 |
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