National Farm Survey 2024 – Preliminary Results

By Emma Dillon, Trevor Donnellan, Brian Moran and John Lennon

NFS Preliminary Report 2024 

View the NFS 2024 Preliminary Results presentation here

What’s in the Report?

Farm Coverage

• Dairy
• Cattle Rearing
• Cattle Other
• Sheep
• Tillage
• Mixed Livestock

Farm Categorisation

Farms typically produce more than one type of agricultural output. In the National Farm Survey farms are categorised into farm types according to their principal output.

In this Preliminary Report for 2024, the survey sample is representative of a population of 88,000 farms in Ireland.

Key Performance Indicators

A broad range of indicators is provided, including information on farm output, production costs, supports, farm income,
labour input, stocking rate and input usage