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  • Agricultural Census historical data

    Topics:
    • Statistics, 
    • Crops, livestock and labour numbers

    Farming statistics have been collected for Ireland since 1847.

    Represented data

    The figures presented in these tables consist of the agricultural output and labour input for the area that is now Northern Ireland.

    • Historical crop data
    • Historical hay and silage data
    • Historical labour data
    • Historical livestock data
    • Historical stocking rate averages
    • Historical County Data
    • District Council Area Statistics: LGD1992 and LGD2014

    Comparable Statistics for the Republic of Ireland have already been published in the "Farming Since the Famine" publication issued by Central Statistics Office (CSO).

    • Farming since the Famine (Central Statistics Office website)

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    • Agricultural Census in NI - agricultural enterprise distribution maps
    • Agricultural Statistics
    • Crop areas, yields and production from 1981 onwards
    • December Agricultural Survey historical data
    • Enterprise, farm numbers and farm labour figures
    • Farm animal populations
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