Key Indicators for Agri- Food Sectors % of GNI* (Modified Gross National Income) 7.8%

% of Employment 8.6%

% of Merchandise Exports 10.3%

According to the Census of Industrial Production the Food and Beverages

Sector accounts for:

21% of all Industry Turnover

(23% of all Manufacturing Industry Turnover)

22% of all Industry Gross Output

(24% of all Manufacturing Industry Gross Output)

1. Agri-Food Sector and the Economy

Employment

Employment in the agri-food sector accounted for 173,400 jobs, 8.6% of

total employment, on average in 2016.

Source: CSO, Quarterly National Household Survey, 2016 Average

Fact Sheet on Irish Agriculture

January 2018

Expenditure

Total public expenditure by Department of Agriculture, Food

and the Marine was over €2.5 billion in 2016.

Payments to farmers totalled €1.8 billion including Single

Farm Payment, Rural Development and Forestry Payments.

Further information can be found in the DAFM Annual Review and Outlook,

2016 - 2017

Expenditure on Irish Agriculture, 2016

(Period 1 January to 31 December 2016) €m

EAGGF Guarantee direct expenditure 1,249.0

Voted Expenditure (excluding Administration) 1040.7

Administration 216.1

Total Voted Expenditure 1,256.8

Total DAFM Expenditure 2,505.8

Exchange Rates (EURO/STG)

Source: Central Bank

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

0.7000

0.7500

0.8000

0.8500

0.9000

0.9500

JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC

2015 2016 2017

Fact Sheet on Irish Agriculture

January 2018

The land area of Ireland is 6.9 million hectares (2014), of which 4.4m hectares is used for

agriculture and 0.73m hectares for forestry.

80% of agricultural area is devoted to pasture, hay and grass silage, 12% to rough grazing and

8% to crops (including cereals, and fruit & horticulture production).

Average land price in 2016 was estimated to be €8,771 per acre. (Source: Farmers

Journal Agricultural Land Price Report, 2016).

Output, Input and Income in Agriculture, 2016

Main Aggregates Value

Main Commodities Value

% of G/O €m €m

Goods Output @ Producer Prices (1) 7,961.1 Goods Output (excl forage) 6,911.7 100%

+ Contract Work 361.5 of which

+ Subsidies - Taxes (Products) 1.8 Cattle 2,424.8 35.1%

Agricultural Output @ Basic Prices 8,324.4 Milk 2,492.5 36.1%

- Intermediate Consumption 5,181.8 Pigs 520.3 7.5%

Gross Value Added @ Basic Prices 3,142.6 Sheep 264.5 3.8%

- Fixed Capital Consumption 812.7 Cereals 229.8 3.3%

+ Subsidies - Taxes (Production) 1,645.8 Others 979.8 14.2%

- Compensation of Employees 514.8 Forage Plants 1,049.4

Operating Surplus 3,460.8 Goods Output at Producer Prices (1) 7,961.1

1 Including Forage

2. Farm Income and Structures

The 2016 National Farm Survey (NFS) Results from Teagasc showed that average Family Farm Income (which excludes off-farm income) decreased by 9% in

2016, to €23,848.

The 2016 NFS data indicated that on 49% of farms the holder and/or spouse had an off-farm job and that 74% of farms the farmer and/or spouse had

some source of off-farm income be it from employment, pension or social assistance.

The CSO’s Farm Structures Survey 2013, estimated the average Standard Output of an Irish farm as €35,912. Standard output is the average monetary

value of agricultural output at farm-gate prices.

Area Under Certain Crops 000’s Hectares

Cereals 272.2

of which

Wheat 67.0

Oats 24.4

Barley 180.0

Potatoes 9.1

Source: CSO Crops & Livestock Survey, June 2017

(Provisional)

Estimates of Aggregate Agricultural Ouput, Input and Income.

The CSO’s Advance Estimate of Operating Surplus in Agriculture in 2017 was €3,461 million, increasing 33.7% from €2,588 million in 2016.

Beef and milk production currently account for over 70% of agricultural output at producer prices (excluding forage).

The value of other subsidies less taxes on production is estimated to have increased by 3.4% tob€1,646 million in 2017bfrom €1,592 million in 2016.

Farm Structures Data for Ireland, 2013

Statistic Relevant Data

Farm Holdings 139,600

Average Farm Size 32.5 Hectares

Family Farm Holders by Age

5.9% < 35; 52.7% >

55

Source: CSO Farm Structures Survey 2013

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

3. Agriculture Lending

SBCI: Agri Cashflow Support Loan Scheme

The “Agriculture Cashflow Support Loan Scheme” was developed by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Ma-

rine in co-operation with the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI) during 2016, making €150 million avail-

able to farmers at interest rates of 2.95%.

Over 4,000 loans totalling €132 million were issued by September 2017.

Fact Sheet on Irish Agriculture

January 2018

Agri Cashflow Support Loan Scheme, Loans by Sector

Agri Sector € % of Total No. of Loans % of Total Loans

Dairy 57,920,137 44% 1,518 38%

Beef 54,089,971 41% 1,940 48%

Sheep 2,963,400 2% 141 4%

Pigs 1,765,000 1% 21 1%

Tillage/Horticulture 9,431,965 7% 190 4%

Other 6,453,061 5% 213 5%

Total 132,623,534 4,023

The Primary Agriculture sector was the largest recipient of new lending to SMEs in 2016, totalling €743 million, 16% of total

new lending to SMEs

Source: Central Bank of Ireland, Business Credit and Deposits 2017

0

50

100

150

200

250

Mar

-10

Jun

-10

Sep

-10

De

c-1

0

Mar

-11

Jun

-11

Sep

-11

De

c-1

1

Mar

-12

Jun

-12

Sep

-12

De

c-1

2

Mar

-13

Jun

-13

Sep

-13

De

c-1

3

Mar

-14

Jun

-14

Sep

-14

De

c-1

4

Mar

-15

Jun

-15

Sep

-15

De

c-1

5

Mar

-16

Jun

-16

Sep

-16

De

c-1

6

Agriculture Forestry, Logging, Mining and Quarrying Fishing and Aquaculture

New borrowings by Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries SMEs, 2010 - 2016

Source: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

4. Trade

Agri-food exports are broken down into 24 categories identified and agreed

by Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Central Statis-

tics Office.

The agri-food sector accounted for 10.3% of total exports in 2016, and

11.3% of total imports.

Agri-food exports totalled €12.2 billion in 2016, an increase of 1.8% on 2015

according to the CSO, while agri-food imports for the period were €8.1 bil-

lion.

Between the period 2009 – 2016 agri-food exports increased by 56% from

€7.8 billion to €12.2 billion.

Agri-food exports by type, 2016

Source: CSO Trade Statistics, 2016

Fact Sheet on Irish Agriculture

January 2018

Value and volume of Agri-food sector Exports by Year

Commodity Prices can be found in DAFM weekly Meat Market Report

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Prepared consumer foods (PCF) are value added food and beverage prod-

ucts which sell both domestically and internationally to retail, food service

or other food companies. These goods are categorised into 15 areas iden-

tified and agreed by industry stakeholders, Department of Agriculture,

Food and the Marine and the Central Statistics Office.

PCF exports increased by 2.5% between 2015 and 2016 totalling €2.54

billion.

Between the period 2012—2016 prepared consumer food exports in-

creased by 24% from €2 billion to €2.54 billion.

Prepared Consumer Food exports by type, 2016

PCF exports and imports, 2012—2016

Further information on agri-food trade can be found in

Chapter 4 of the Annual Review and Outlook, 2016 -