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Farm Sizes

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 October 2012

Tuesday, 23 October 2012

Questions (528)

Martin Ferris

Question:

528. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown of all farms in the State according to size; that is below 10 ha; between 10ha and 20 ha; 20 and 30 ha and so on up to the largest holdings. [45650/12]

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The following table gives a breakdown of farm size drawn from the data in the CSO’s 2007 Farm Structures Survey, the most recent such survey. This data will be updated in full when detailed results from the 2010 Census of Agriculture are released later this year.

Farm Size (ha)

Number of Farms

% of Farms

Less than 5

8,400

6.55%

5 or less than10

16,200

12.64%

10 or less than 20

30,500

23.79%

20 or less than30

24,100

18.80%

30 or less than 50

26,300

20.51%

50 or less than100

18,200

14.20%

More than or equal to 100

4,500

3.51%

Total

128,200

100.00%

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