Tillage
The area sown to cereal crops increased last season (by 2% to over 265,000ha) and booked the trend of recent years.
Agri-Business
The DAFM is investigating the anomaly between crop area figures received by AgriLand from the department and those reported by the CSO.
Figures from the Department of Agriculture regarding cereal area indicate a continued lack of confidence in the sector, according to the IFA.
The area under cereals in this country declined by almost 40,000ha from 2015 to 2018 - from 292,400ha in 2015 to 253,000ha in 2018.
