About Us

The Division provides economic and social information relating to the structure and performance of the Irish agriculture sector and its labour force. This information is used principally to aid formulating and evaluating agricultural policy decisions both at national and EU level.

The Division is organised into the following Sections:

Census of Agriculture

The Census of Agriculture, a survey of every farm in the Republic of Ireland is conducted approximately every ten years. It updates structural information in agriculture and provides benchmark data for the annual sample surveys of crops and twice yearly surveys of livestock.

Farm Surveys

These Sections are responsible for the compilation of the register of farmers and the conduct of the large-scale June and December sample farm surveys. They are also responsible for a number of small-scale surveys: a monthly milk survey of creameries; a specialised survey of pig and poultry producers; the triennial earnings of agricultural workers survey; a crop yield survey and the quarterly agricultural land sales release.

Agriculture Prices

This Section is responsible for surveying the prices paid to farmers for their produce and prices they pay for goods and services purchased. It also handles public queries arising from the Census of Agriculture, agricultural prices and other general agricultural queries. Fishery statistics are published annually.

Agriculture Accounts and Production

These Sections are responsible for estimating income in the Agricultural Sector and preparing statistics on milk production, animal slaughterings and milk, cereals and meat supply balance sheets.