asked the Taoiseach the increase or decrease in the cash income of farmers in each year from 1951 to date, and the estimated cash income in each year.
Written Answers. - Cash Income of Farmers.
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The information requested by the Deputy is shown in the following table. The estimates of the cash income of farmers and their relatives exclude the value of changes in livestock numbers and of the agricultural produce consumed by them without process of sale.
|
Year |
Estimated cash income of farmers and their relatives |
Increase (+) or decrease (–) each year |
|
£ million |
||
|
1951 |
51.8 |
+5.1 |
|
1952 |
61.8 |
+10.0 |
|
1953 |
69.4 |
+7.6 |
|
1954 |
70.6 |
+1.2 |
|
1955 |
69.2 |
–1.4 |
|
1956 |
64.7 |
–4.5 |
|
1957 |
76.5 |
+11.8 |
|
1958 |
62.5 |
–14.0 |
|
1959 |
63.4 |
+0.9 |
|
1960 |
78 |
+15 |
|
1961 |
88 |
+10 |