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Women owned 17.4% of farms less than 10ha and 9.1% of farms that are 50ha to 100ha.
The CSO survey also found that the average age of an Irish farmer in 2023 was just under 60.
First-time registrations of imported used tractors were up a significant 48% when comparing November 2024 with the same month in 2023.
The portion of electricity usage devoted to data centres has already risen to around 20%, compared to 3 or 4% in the typical European country.
Milk volumes in 2024 are projected to fall by 4%. However, prices are up by 7%, the CSO has estimated.
A large amount of cereals are imported from Northern Ireland and Britain into Ireland, but production is down.
This figure is in contrast to 1,062 houses that were granted planning permission in Dublin during the same time period.
The problem is the attribution of emissions in accordance with the system of the UN Convention, which allocates emissions on a territorial basis, by production.
Over the same period, the agricultural input price index dropped by 7.4%, according to the Central Statistics Office (CSO).
