Beef
Ireland was 230% self-sufficient in meat in 2023 - CSO
Ireland’s rate of self-sufficiency in meat was 230% in 2023, a decrease on the 2022 figure, which was 261%, according...
Central Statistics Office
Beef
Cattle slaughterings up 8.5% in July compared to 12 months earlier
The number of cattle slaughtered in Ireland in July 2024 was 8.5% higher than the same month of 2023, according...
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Rural Life
Census 2022: Parts of Mayo, Donegal and Cork record more deaths than births
Belmullet, Co. Mayo, Glenties, Co. Donegal, and Bantry, Co Cork were the only local electoral areas (LEAs) to report higher...
Rural Life
Consumers paid more for potatoes in June but less for full fat milk
Consumers paid 4c less for 2L of full fat milk in June compared to the price they would have paid...
Rural Life
CSO: 18% increase in theft in north-west region
There has been an 18% increase in theft and related offences in the north-west region, according to new data from...
Forestry
CSO: Afforestation payments decreased in 2022
Afforestation programme payments amounted to €61.4 million in 2022, a decrease of 1.4% when compared to 2021 according to the...
Machinery News
CSO: 2,310 new tractors registered in 2023
2,310 new tractors were licensed for the first time in 2023, according to data from the Central Statistics Office (CSO)....
Machinery
Autumn tractor registration figures reveal downward trend
The tractor registration figures for the whole of 2023 are not yet available from the Central Statistics Office (CSO), but...
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Agri-Business
Significant growth in cattle prices - CSO
Cattle prices have risen by 18.8% in a 12-month period according to latest research from the Central Statistics Office (CSO)....
Agri-Business
Price of butter and milk jumped in February
The price of two litres of full fat milk increased by 48 cent while the price of a pound of...
Agri-Business
Agricultural operating surplus soars to €4.6bn in 2022 - CSO
The total agricultural operating surplus in Ireland, the difference between revenue and expenditure for farmers, increased by 25% last year...
Agri-Business
Price of milk soared by 33% in 2022 - CSO
The price of milk soared by 33.3% last year while butter also rose by 23% and the price of bread...
Agri-Business
Cattle, sheep slaughterings rose in November - CSO
The number of cattle and sheep slaughtered during November rose but total pig slaughterings fell according to latest statistics from...
Agri-Business
Food and live animals exports topped €12bn in 2021 - CSO
Ireland’s exports of food and live animals totaled €12 billion last year, according to new figures from the Central Statistics...
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Service of automatic calf feeder is 'top class' - Tipperary farmer
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Agri-Business
Belgium demand drove dairy exports in September - CSO
A significant increase in dairy exports to Belgium helped boost the total value of dairy products and egg exports in...
Agri-Business
CSO: Domestic milk intake up in September 2022
New statistics show domestic milk intake by creameries and pasteurisers was estimated to be 785.4 million litres during September of...
Environment
GHG emissions fell in 2020 because of slump in air travel
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions fell in general in Ireland in 2020 because of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on air...
Agri-Business
CSO: Largest agricultural operating surplus growth in southwest
The southwest region recorded the largest growth in agricultural operating surplus in 2021, according to figures released by the Central...