The Central Statistics Office (CSO) is looking to establish the amount of cereal grain, oilseed rape and potatoes in stock on farms at present.
Many readers will have received a crop stock survey in the post recently and this needs to be returned by Friday 20 January.
The CSO states: “The purpose of this survey is to compile a supply balance for cereals, potatoes and oilseeds. The objective of a supply balance is to reconcile the total supplies with the various uses of a product, taking into account changes in stock levels.
"The results are required to meet national and EU annual statistics on cereal, potato and oilseeds.”
Declare stocks
The form takes only a few minutes to complete and can be returned by freepost. An envelope is supplied.
The form asks farmers to declare stocks of harvested crops held on 31 December 2022.
Stocks are declared in tonnes and do not include tonnages sold to merchants or crops that have yet to be harvested. For example, there may be some potato crops yet to be harvested.
They can include stock purchased directly from other landowners.
The CSO urges all farms to take part, irrespective of the size or level of activity on it.
