Transcript Statistics for a Modern Ireland

Census of Agriculture 2010
Summary & Current Position
Fiona O’Callaghan
24th April 2012
• Extensive use made of administrative records
• DAFM’s Corporate Client System used in
conjunction with existing CSO Register to produce
a comprehensive Register of Agricultural holdings
• AIM and SFP used to eliminate 25 questions from the
COA questionnaire
Key Numbers in 2010
Number of Farm Holdings
Utilised Agricultural Area (hectares)
Average size of holding (hectares)
139,800
4,569,400
32.7
Cattle
6,606,600
Sheep
5,079,000
Pigs
1,518,300
Poultry
Crops (hectares)
11,025,400
273,900
Since Preliminary Results
• Imputation of Eurostat microfile
Crops, horticulture, grassland, organics, etc.
 Workforce details, time spent on farmwork etc.
• Preparation of National Methodological Report
• Ongoing work on Data Visualisation
Revisions resulting out of COA2010
• Farm Structure Survey 2005, 2007, 2009
Aggregate level only
Number of farms, UAA, livestock etc.
• No timeline on this yet as priority is to publish
COA Final results and prepare for FSS 2013
Future work
• Analysis of SAPM results
• COA 2010 Final Results – last quarter of 2012
• Considering the publication of a module on
Labour earlier than this