EU farm payments (subsidies) accounted for 38.9% of farm incomes in Ireland in 2025, the lowest proportion of farm incomes in the past 25 years.
The figure is down from 47.7% in 2024.
Total farm incomes in 2025 amounted to €4,584.8m, with €2,048.9m of that figure coming from EU subsidies.
The total state farm income in 2025 was up by 30.9% compared to 2024.
Farm-output prices did rise by 12% (€1.4b) in 2025, with cattle accounting for a large share of this growth at €1.1b.
Reliance on subsidies
The west was the region most reliant on subsidies in 2025, with EU payments accounting for 68.3% of farm income, as seen in figure one.
Dublin and the mideast (27.5%) and the eastern and midland areas (28.4%) were least reliant on subsidies.
Farming output
The southwest and midwest regions made the largest contributions to agricultural output, accounting for 19.3% and 15% of the national total income, respectively.
Milk prices were up 3% in 2025 and volumes also jumped; the value of milk, therefore, grew by 8% to €4.5bn.
The southwest produced the largest proportion of national milk output in 2025 at 30.5%.
Given the large increase in cattle prices in 2025, areas with a high concentration of cattle experienced some of the largest increases in the value of their output.
The midwest region was the largest producer of cattle, while the west was the region most dependent on cattle for income.
The Dublin and mideast region produced the largest proportion of value from crops in 2025, accounting for almost a quarter of all crop output. The southeast was the second-largest contributor, accounting for a further 17.1%.
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