The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has estimated that there were 201,260 tractors owned on Irish farms in 2023.
According to the Farm Structure Survey 2023 report 47% (94,416) of those tractors had an engine power ranging from 81 to 134 horsepower (hp).
30,918 of the tractors were 134hp or higher, while 29,845 tractors had an engine power of up to 53hp.
CSO
The report also outlines the other machinery used and owned on farms across the country last year.
68,441 farms owned at least one spreader, pulveriser, or sprayer for applying manure or fertilisers.
There were 4,969 farms that owned at least one combine harvester and 1,554 farms reported owning tillage machinery.
10,339 farms reported owning at least one seeder or planter, including seed drills, planters, and seed sowers.
9,734 farms operated GPS-guided machinery for applying plant protection products, while 1,507 farms incorporated robotics for precision farming.
8,207 farms reported using grinder mixers for animal feeding, 9,073 used automatic feeding systems and 1,150 had milking robots.
The survey indicated that 3,281 farms employed variable rate techniques for one or more of the following activities: fertilisation, plant protection, weeding, sowing, planting, and others.
4,153 farms engaged in band-spraying for plant protection products. 53,107 farms conducted soil sampling for analysis.
In 2023, a total of 6,323 holdings in Ireland reported having at least one form of renewable energy source present on their farm, representing 4.7% of all farms.
The most prevalent renewable energy source was photovoltaic (PV) solar energy, with 2,833 farms having solar panels on their land.
1,899 farms reported the presence of thermal solar panels on their land, while wind turbines were present on 1,374 farms.