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Thursday, 8 December 2016

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Cereal Sector

Photo of Kevin O'KeeffeKevin O'Keeffe (Cork East, Fianna Fail)
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213. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the grain tonnage yield for each county for each of the years 2015 and 2016, in tabular form. [39160/16]

Photo of Michael CreedMichael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The table sets out estimates, provided by Teagasc of the number of hectares sown and amount of grain produced by county for the years 2015 and 2016.

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Cereal Output 2015
Cereal Area (Hectares)
Grain Production (tonnes)
CARLOW
15888
137305
CAVAN
166
767
CLARE
92
633
CORK
39397
330709
DONEGAL
5437
38258
DUBLIN
13454
135776
GALWAY
3719
26576
KERRY
1711
15585
KILDARE
26953
271572
KILKENNY
14760
138712
LAOIS
15181
138216
LEITRIM
0
0
LIMERICK
1031
8505
LONGFORD
337
2571
LOUTH
17953
177446
MAYO
239
1569
MEATH
28125
266606
MONAGHAN
264
2265
OFFALY
9256
76308
ROSCOMMON
721
5210
SLIGO
76
617
TIPPERARY
20580
197679
WATERFORD
6917
60330
WESTMEATH
5119
42106
WEXFORD
46028
393193
WICKLOW
9308
81212
TOTALS
282,711
2,549,725
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Cereal Output 2016
Cereal Area (Hectares
Grain Production (tonnes)
CARLOW
14633
123316
CAVAN
368
2692
CLARE
64
413
CORK
36880
292394
DONEGAL
4582
33031
DUBLIN
12741
117012
GALWAY
3193
17479
KERRY
1826
12549
KILDARE
25882
229914
KILKENNY
13493
112227
LAOIS
14507
119154
LEITRIM
30
201
LIMERICK
1103
8001
LONGFORD
341
2171
LOUTH
17524
154771
MAYO
203
1261
MEATH
25956
229590
MONAGHAN
344
2606
OFFALY
8664
67525
ROSCOMMON
726
4622
SLIGO
64
423
TIPPERARY
19680
156524
WATERFORD
5922
47312
WESTMEATH
4695
36076
WEXFORD
42718
338568
WICKLOW
8364
68226
TOTALS
264,503
2,178,056

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