CSO

Domestic milk intake in the year to August was 6.2bn litres. This equates to a 4.7% drop in milk intake by processors and co-ops from January to August 2024.

The national sheep kill was back more than 7% in the first eight months of this year compared to the same period last year.

The tillage and egg sectors did not see the rise in farmgate prices witnessed across other sectors in the year up to July.

Co-ops processed an estimated 980.7m litres of milk in July 2024, a decrease of 33.9m litres (3.3%) when compared with July 2023.

The CSO's final figures for 2023 show that the value generated on dairy and tillage farms fell significantly.

The Central Statistics Office has certainly provided excellent service to the State over the last three generations.

Straw imports into the country have risen dramatically while the cereal area has declined.

The cattle and pig kills are holding steady, with little overall change for the first seven months compared with 2023.