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Thursday, 14 February 2013

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Farm Statistics

Photo of Peadar TóibínPeadar 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]

Photo of Simon CoveneySimon 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
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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