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Niall Hurson on 26 Mar 2021
Cattle kill down almost 18% in 2021
In February alone, cattle slaughterings decreased by 17.2%.
Amii McKeever on 03 Mar 2021
Playing the numbers game
The Central Statistics Office busily records the actions of the Irish people, from death and divorce to jobs and obesity rates. This data is used to create policies to serve us, writes Amii McKeever
Amy Forde on 25 Feb 2021
Cattle, sheep and pig kills fall in January
Some 135,700 cattle were processed in factories in January 2021, down from the 165,400 in throughput on the same time last year – a drop of nearly 30,000 head, CSO figures show.
Jack Kennedy on 24 Feb 2021
Playing the milk league games in January
Playing field games in January is difficult but milk league games are always interesting writes Jack Kennedy
Lorcan Allen on 19 Feb 2021
Size of national cattle herd falls for third consecutive year
A 2% increase in dairy cow numbers to 1.45m head was more than offset by a 4% decline in the number of beef cows in Ireland to just 923,000 head.
Siobhán Walsh on 27 Jan 2021
Maize imports hit records in November, going over 200,000t
Overall maize imports are currently over 300,000t behind 2018 and over 200,000t behind 2019.
Tommy Moyles on 30 Dec 2020
Farmer Writes: water quality a driver of what farmers can do in the future
Tommy Moyles thinks water quality will be a driver of what agriculture can do in future and takes a look at the national herd.
Gerald Potterton on 09 Dec 2020
Farmer Writes: food has become too cheap
The average consumer is clearly ambivalent to the amount of food they are wasting, writes Gerald Potterton.
Niall Hurson on 09 Dec 2020
Agricultural operating surplus up 14% in 2020
The value of milk production for 2020 is projected to rise by €98.1m to €2.699bn, mainly due to a 3.1% increase in milk volumes.
Barry Cassidy on 28 Oct 2020
Over 33,000ac sell for an average of €6,500 in 2019
There was a sharp contrast in the average price achieved by land in different areas of the country.
Darren Carty on 21 Oct 2020
Farm schemes in-brief: census forms, young farmers webinar andpeatland rewetting
The closing date for an open call for applications under the rewetting of farmed peatlands scheme has been extended by two weeks until 6 November.
Barry Cassidy on 19 Oct 2020
Farmers urged to submit overdue census of agriculture forms
More than 90,000 farmers have already completed and returned their census of agriculture forms which is completed every 10 years.
Amy Forde on 12 Oct 2020
Burglaries down 52.8% due to COVID-19 measures
The number of crimes recorded in the category burglary and related offences fell by 2,025 in the second quarter of the year.
Amy Forde on 08 Oct 2020
Value of pig production in the border area up by €32m in 2019
The CSO defines the border region as counties Cavan, Donegal, Leitrim, Monaghan and Sligo and it was pig production that drove an overall recovery in incomes here last year.
Niall Hurson on 02 Oct 2020
Farmers reminded to return census forms
The survey form had been reduced from eight to four pages.
Jack Kennedy on 30 Sep 2020
September milk collection rises
Milk supply from dairy farmers lifted for September above 2019 levels as good grazing, weather and more cows helped production
Phelim O'Neill on 21 Sep 2020
Poultry meat expansion looks set to continue
Sustained global demand driving poultry meat production particularly in Northern Ireland and border counties
Jack Kennedy on 02 Sep 2020
Is COVID-19 curing crime in 2020?
The rise of online and deception fraud has increased and isolated rural dwellers are often targetted writes Jack Kennedy
Niall Hurson on 31 Aug 2020
July milk intake up on 2019
Good grass growth and favourable weather helped to maintain yields.
Lorcan Allen on 27 Aug 2020
Agriculture census to begin next week
The Central Statistics Office has announced that its 2020 census of agriculture will begin on 1 September.