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Tillage
UK cereal supplies tight, exports to decline
Siobhán Walsh
A large amount of cereals are imported from Northern Ireland and Britain into Ireland, but production is down.
30 November 2024 News
Map: 10 houses granted planning in Leitrim from April to June this year
This figure is in contrast to 1,062 houses that were granted planning permission in Dublin during the same time period.
27 November 2024 Viewpoints
Policy pointing in the wrong direction
The problem is the attribution of emissions in accordance with the system of the UN Convention, which allocates emissions on a territorial basis, by production.
Agriculture output price index up almost 20% in 12 months to September - CSO
Over the same period, the agricultural input price index dropped by 7.4%, according to the Central Statistics Office (CSO).
14 November 2024 News
Fertiliser prices projected to be down 24.3% in 2024 - CSO
The CSO has projected that, overall, the agricultural price input index will fall by 9.8% this year, when compared with 2023.
5 November 2024 News
Land sold for €9,000/ac on average in 2023 - CSO
Arable land sold at a much higher price than grassland last year, the CSO found.
31 October 2024 News
The west sees smallest reduction in agricultural income last year – CSO
The CSO has released regional data on agricultural income in 2023 compared to 2022.
23 October 2024 News
Poultry and pork dominate Irish meat consumption
Meat consumption is increasing in Ireland but it isn't for beef and lamb with the poultry meat the big winner.
16 October 2024 News
Opinion: CSO figures a stark indicator of farming's demographic-driven decline
There has been a reduction in suckler cow numbers again this year, which is concerning in itself. Viewed in the wider context of CSO figures, it becomes close to terrifying for farming's future.
12 October 2024 Opinion
Milk intake back over 300m litres - CSO
Domestic milk intake in the year to August was 6.2bn litres. This equates to a 4.7% drop in milk intake by processors and co-ops from January to August 2024.
5 October 2024 News
Sheep kill back 150,000 head in August 2024 on previous year
The national sheep kill was back more than 7% in the first eight months of this year compared to the same period last year.
27 September 2024 News
Farmgate prices up 8.8% in year to July, but with tillage and egg exceptions
The tillage and egg sectors did not see the rise in farmgate prices witnessed across other sectors in the year up to July.
13 September 2024 News