The border, midland and western region (BMW) had the highest level, with net subsidies accounting for 78.1% of agricultural income in these areas. This was followed by the southern and eastern region (SE), where net subsidies accounted for 49.9% of agricultural income.

Basing its calculations on the Census of Agriculture 2010, an analysis of the figures by the CSO shows that, in 2014, the SE region produced 58.7% of national cattle output, while 80% of milk output came from this region. Still in the SE, just over 80% of national cereal output came from this region.

Meanwhile, just over half (54%) of national sheep output and just under half (47.8%) of national pig output came from the BMW region (see graph below).

The overall figure of 59.6% for 2014 is 7.2% lower than the figure for 2013, which stood at 66.8% for net subsidies. The BMW region also accounted for the highest number of net subsidies in that year, at 108.8% of agricultural income, while in the SE region net subsidies accounted for 51% of agricultural income.