Written answers
Tuesday, 28 November 2017
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Stocking Densities
Martin Kenny (Sligo-Leitrim, Sinn Fein)
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488. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the statistics on the average stocking rate of farms located on mountain land here, including those that have qualified for ANC payments for meeting the mountain type criterion in each of the years 2015, 2016 and to date in 2017. [50227/17]
Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Please see below the statistics on the average stocking rate of farms containing land designated as 'mountain land' under the Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme for the years 2015, 2016 and to date in 2017.
Year | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
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Average stocking rate held - l/u per hectare | 0.83 | 0.84 | 0.87 |
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