Written answers
Wednesday, 28 February 2024
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Departmental Data
Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail)
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96. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of dairy farmers and suckler farmers per county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9668/24]
Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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The table below provides data, extracted from the AIM system, on the breakdown by county of herds with dairy cows and herds with suckler cows. A suckler cow is defined for this purpose as a female bovine who is named as the dam of at least one registered calf and is of a recognised beef breed.
County | Number of Herds with dairy cows | Number of Herds with suckler cows |
---|---|---|
Carlow | 256 | 628 |
Cavan | 894 | 2701 |
Clare | 841 | 3857 |
Cork | 4401 | 4743 |
Donegal | 452 | 3431 |
Dublin | 55 | 177 |
Galway | 922 | 6531 |
Kerry | 1703 | 3136 |
Kildare | 290 | 796 |
Kilkenny | 1055 | 1352 |
Laois | 698 | 1304 |
Leitrim | 129 | 2238 |
Limerick | 1708 | 2159 |
Longford | 279 | 1332 |
Louth | 238 | 533 |
Mayo | 564 | 5609 |
Meath | 723 | 1539 |
Monaghan | 940 | 2020 |
Offaly | 639 | 1297 |
Roscommon | 354 | 3099 |
Sligo | 258 | 2148 |
Tipperary | 2117 | 2666 |
Waterford | 865 | 913 |
Westmeath | 497 | 1507 |
Wexford | 991 | 1355 |
Wicklow | 327 | 897 |
Total | 22,196 | 57,968 |
Individual herds may contain both dairy and suckler animals.
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