The number of new tractors licensed for the first time in 2021 increased by almost 14% compared to the previous...
January 13, 2022
The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA), reacting to the Central Statistics Office (CSO) Agricultural Price Indices for October 2021,...
December 14, 2021
Fertiliser prices have increased by 52% in a year, according to the Central Statistics Office (CSO). The agricultural input price...
The Census of Agriculture 2020 preliminary results published by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) this week show that Co. Cork...
December 11, 2021
Over 74,000 farms were classified as beef specialists last year, according to the Central Statistics Office (CSO). As part of...
December 9, 2021
The increase in prices paid to farmers in 2021 should be seen in the context of “historically low” prices paid...
Dairy farms were almost 10ha larger in 2020 compared to 2010, according to the Central Statistics Office’s (CSO’s) Census of...
The total operating surplus for farmers in Ireland in 2021 is set to be 18.1% higher this year compared to...
December 8, 2021
In 2018, grasslands accounted for almost 56% of land cover in Ireland compared to a European average of just over...
November 15, 2021
So far this year, there have been 2,274 new tractors licenced in Ireland. New figures published by the Central Statistics...
November 8, 2021
Around 16% of households compost food waste, while 13% feed it to animals, according to new data from the Central...
Around 31% of households visit fields, farmland or the countryside most weeks for recreational purposes, according to new data from...
November 7, 2021
2021 will end with agriculture output prices for the year up 10.3% compared to 2020, according to the Central Statistics...
November 4, 2021
Over 69% of rural households have no alternative transport option if road fuel taxes went up 10%, according to new...
November 1, 2021
Almost 1,000 more used imported tractors have been licenced for the first time in Ireland in the year to the...
October 12, 2021
The South-West region saw the highest operating surplus in agriculture in 2020, according to figures released by the Central Statistics...
October 7, 2021
The number of suckler cows in the country was over 40,000 lower in June 2021 compared to June 2020, according...
September 29, 2021
Imports from Great Britain in July 2021 decreased by over 30% to €983 million compared with July 2020, with the...
September 21, 2021
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