Appendix D

Revised 2003 results

In 2004 the CSO discontinued the Agricultural Buildings Price Index, used since 1985 by the National Farm Survey, in calculating building depreciation and replaced it with the Capital Goods Price Index, Buildings and Construction. This new index was used in calculating 2004 building depreciation. Also from 2004 onwards buildings and machinery, exceeding 25 and 20 years respectively, have been written off. The 2003 NFS results have been revised to include the above changes and summary tables 8(a) to 8(e) follow with financial, resource and demographic data for all farms, by system of farming. The 2003 published National Farm survey results were based on a sample of 1210 farms, representing a national farming population of 114,457. As a result of the submission of additional farms, following publication, the NFS sample for 2003 was increased to 1249 farms.

On the following pages the revised Tables 8 (a) to 8 (e) for 2003 are detailed.

An updated table detailing the distribution of the sample numbers on which the 2003 results are based is shown in Table D together with the rate of representation for each system/size cell.

Table D: Sample Numbers for 2003 Results (and Representation¹)

Size (ha)	<10	10 - 20	20 - 30	30 - 50	50 - 100	100 +	Total
Dairying	3 (259)	17 (151)	48 (83)	142 (46)	134 (31)	15 (33)	359 (52)
Dairying/ other	0	5 (311)	8 (227)	45 (79)	75 (58)	30 (32)	163 (75)
Cattle rearing	16 (284)	60 (176)	66 (109)	67 (94)	37 (68)	6 (50)	252 (125)
Cattle other	10 (455)	45 (178)	44 (121)	64 (79)	48 (61)	5 (141)	216 (123)
Mainly sheep	1 (2945)	20 (236)	27 (131)	41 (101)	35 (81)	18 (56)	142 (135)
Mainly tillage	0	5 (241)	9 (113)	24 (67)	36 (46)	43 (23)	117 (55)
Total sample	30 (427)	152 (188)	202 (113)	383 (71)	365 (51)	117 (38)	1249 (92)
1Representation is the number of farms in the population represented by one participating farm.

It should be noted that as the representation of some cells is very small this should be taken into consideration in the interpretation of the results.

Table: 8a (2003) Farm financial results by system of farming – All Farm

System	Dairying	Dairying Other	Cattle Rearing	Cattle Other	Mainly Sheep	Mainly Tillage	All /Systems
No. of Farms in Sample	359	163	252	216	142	117	1249
Farms represd.(est.) (%)	16.2	10.7	27.5	23.3	16.8	5.7	100
Gross Output	88147	83239	21319	26481	31758	84781	45270
of which- Land/Quota Let	313	269	191	757	282	1164	421
Direct Payment	8375	17114	10785	14421	15701	24077	13492
- Direct Costs	32607	30774	6513	8705	9290	29229	15581
= Gross Margin	55540	52466	14806	17776	22468	55553	29690
- Overhead Costs	26058	28190	7669	9838	9380	30693	14925
= Family Farm Income	29482	24275	7137	7937	13088	24860	14765
Net Sales & Receipts	86951	83486	21164	27528	32007	86623	45450
- Current Cash Expenditure	51362	50700	11967	15762	15792	52113	26263
= Cash Income (approx)	35589	32786	9197	11766	16215	34511	19187
- Net New Investment	8961	6668	1389	1925	3191	9962	4088
= Cash Flow	26627	26118	7808	9841	13024	24548	15099
Asset values (E)
Machinery	24462	30707	7274	9400	10257	41541	15485
Livestock : Breeding	47755	36825	14201	7996	17607	9806	20920
Trading	18447	33154	8147	23705	11537	21274	17410
Land & Buildings	476444	584252	213572	351682	291341	844155	376435
Gross New Investment (E)	10149	9626	2036	3415	3827	11920	5338
Loans Closing Balance (E)	31719	30071	4323	7212	6891	24464	13741
Economic Size (ESU)	44.6	41	7.1	11.1	13.7	37.6	20.6
Distributions (% of farms)
Gross Output
-< 10000	0.0	5.1	26.4	29.6	4.1	3.7	15.6
10000 -< 20000	4.1	9.5	34.4	26.5	33.2	19.4	24
20000 -< 40000	15.7	17.4	27.8	24.3	39.9	15.6	25.3
40000 -< 60000	18.0	16.7	8.3	9	13.8	15.9	12.3
60000 -< 100000	30.1	18.3	2.6	8	5.5	21.2	11.5
>100000+	32.2	33.1	0.5	2.5	3.6	24.1	11.4
Total	100.0	100	100	100	100	100	100
Soil Group :- (1)	51.7	56.5	23.3	53.1	33.8	89.5	43.8
(2)	39.4	34.1	63.3	39.3	28.8	10.5	42
(3)	9.0	9.4	13.4	7.6	37.4	0	14.2
Total	100.0	100	100	100	100	100	100

Table: 8b (2003) Resources per farm by system of farming – All Farms

System	Dairying	Dairying Other	Cattle Rearing	Cattle Other	Mainly Sheep	Mainly Tillage	All /Systems
No. of Farms in Sample	359	163	252	216	142	117	1249
Farms represd.(est.) (%)	16.2	10.7	27.5	23.3	16.8	5.7	100
LAND (ha)
Area Owned	37.3	46.4	24	29.5	35.8	57	33.7
Total Area(of which)	43.9	57	28.6	32	40.5	68.8	39.2
Set-aside	0	0.5	0	0	0	4.5	0.3
Tillage (of which)	1.1	6.4	0.2	0.8	0.5	35.3	3.2
Wheat	0.1	0.8	0	0	0	10.8	0.7
Barley	0.3	3.8	0	0.4	0.3	16.6	1.5
Oats	0	0.5	0	0	0	1.8	0.2
Total Cereals	0.4	5.1	0	0.5	0.3	29.3	2.4
Sugar Beet	0	0.6	0	0	0	2.6	0.2
Potatoes	0	0	0	0	0	1.7	0.1
Grassland Silage	13.3	12.7	5.6	6.2	4.1	5.3	7.5
Hay	0.5	1.4	0.7	1	0.8	2.3	0.9
Pasture	23.7	28.9	15.9	19.5	21.3	14.6	20.2
Rough Grazing	1.5	3.4	3.9	1.9	10.5	1.4	4
U.A.A.	40.2	53.3	26.2	29.4	37.2	63.4	36
Remainder of Farm	3.8	3.7	2.4	2.6	3.3	5.5	3.1
Forage & Crop Acreage	39.2	51.8	23.8	28.4	38.8	62.5	35
LIVESTOCK
Cattle (avg. no)
Dairy cows	44.8	26.4	0	0	0.2	0.3	10.1
Other cows	1.8	8.5	17.8	8.7	8.7	7.2	10
Hfrs-in-calf	5.8	4.4	1.3	0.7	0.8	0.5	2.1
< 1 y.o.	31	35.1	14.4	14.2	8.6	9.4	18
1 - 2 y.o. Male	7.3	16.6	2.3	16.3	3.9	11.7	8.7
" " Female	8.9	11.2	3.4	4.8	2.2	3.5	5.2
=> 2 y.o. Male	1	4.2	0.3	7.2	1.2	6	2.9
" " Female	1.1	1.9	0.5	0.9	0.4	0.5	0.8
Bulls	0.8	0.8	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.5
Total Cattle	102.4	109	40.4	53.1	26.4	39.3	58.3
Sheep (avg. no)
Ewes	2.3	45.7	4.3	16	141.5	54.1	36.9
Other Sheep	2	40.7	3.5	12	116.2	44.6	30.4
Total Sheep	4.3	86.4	7.8	28	257.6	98.7	67.3
Grazing Livestock Units
Dairy Cows	44.8	26.4	0	0	0.2	0.3	10.1
Other Cattle	29.1	47.8	26.3	36.1	17.2	27.1	29.8
Sheep	0.6	11.2	1	3.8	31.4	13.5	8.5
Horses	0.1	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.6	0.1	0.3
Total Livestock Units	74.6	85.8	27.6	40.2	49.4	41	48.8
LABOUR UNITS
Family	1.31	1.37	0.92	0.94	0.98	0.99	1.05
Total	1.46	1.52	0.94	0.96	1.01	1.23	1.12
Standard (smds)	1.51	1.54	0.42	0.47	0.71	1.35	0.83

Table: 8c (2003) Gross output and direct payments by system of farming - All Farms

System	Dairying	Dairying + Other	Cattle Rearing	Cattle Other	Mainly Sheep	Mainly Tillage	All /Systems
No. of Farms in Sample	359	163	252	216	142	117	1249
Farms represd.(est.) (%)	16.2	10.7	27.5	23.3	16.8	5.7	100
GROSS OUTPUT (€)
LIVESTOCK
Dairying	65076	37337	0	0	263	359	14572
of which - Milk	62976	35898	0	0	261	336	14077
Cattle	19564	28430	15901	19336	10377	14658	17632
of which :- Direct pay.	4019	9616	6896	10485	5018	7768	7290
Sheep & Wool	328	5267	506	2018	13903	6259	3909
of which :- Direct pay.	73	1369	141	457	4758	1357	1178
Pigs	0	545	0	0	0	0	58
Poultry	0	6	5	2	3	134	11
Horses	49	101	143	88	339	30	137
Other	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Sub-Total Livestock	85017	71687	16556	21444	24885	21439	36319
CROPS
Wheat	130	1033	0	26	0	15040	987
Barley,Feeding	228	3162	37	284	275	15351	1364
Barley,Malting	14	837	0	169	61	2995	311
Oats	28	513	4	1	0	2262	189
Potatoes	31	254	3	1	0	7830	476
Sugar Beet	43	1304	0	81	47	5990	511
Set-aside	13	179	1	11	4	1713	122
Other	438	884	247	596	598	6913	863
Sub-Total Crops	929	8165	292	1170	984	58093	4822
TOTAL LIVESTOCK & CROPS	85947	79852	16849	22613	25869	79532	41141
+ Machinery Hire Revenue	153	1268	664	200	162	2023	531
+ Other Current Receipts	509	297	185	65	111	863	247
+ Grants and Subsidies	2917	3411	3440	2908	5448	2259	3499
of which REPS	1023	1043	1349	1211	2485	1438	1427
" " DACAS	1805	2222	2068	1656	2653	573	1960
+ Income from Land let	197	151	178	612	267	1164	350
+ " " Quota let	117	118	13	146	15	0	71
- Inter-Enterprise Trans.	1692	1858	10	63	115	1059	568
TOTAL GROSS OUTPUT	88147	83239	21319	26481	31758	84781	45270
DIRECT PAYMENTS (€)
Crops :- Set-aside	13	179	1	11	4	1713	122
Compensation	256	1966	26	202	162	10674	936
Cattle:- Suckler cow	83	1291	3934	1806	1862	1546	2052
10 mth male	1395	2350	537	2053	624	887	1256
22 mth male	978	2258	341	2521	752	2221	1331
Slaughter premiu	m 1104	2360	565	1808	691	1932	1231
Extensification	462	1324	1519	2298	1090	1182	1417
Headage	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mon. Compen.	1104	2360	565	1808	691	1932	1231
Sheep :- Ewe premium	74	1370	141	457	4758	1357	1178
Dairy subsidies	330	140	0	2	3	2	69
Disease Compensation, & Forestry	766	434	281	355	307	304	399

Table: 8d (2003) Direct and Overhead costs by system of farming -- All Farms

System	Dairying	Dairying + Other	Cattle Rearing	Cattle Other	Mainly Sheep	Mainly Tillage	All /Systems
No. of Farms in Sample	359	163	252	216	142	117	1249
Farms represd.(est.) (%)	16.2	10.7	27.5	23.3	16.8	5.7	100
EXPENSES (€)
DIRECT COSTS (€)
Purchased Concentrates	11897	10620	1617	2776	3446	2651	4875
Purchased Bulky Feed	777	643	366	246	569	84	452
Fertiliser	5924	6112	1247	1824	1502	7898	3075
Crop Protection	299	1207	70	150	110	6754	632
Purchased Seed	327	754	52	126	83	3322	379
Hire of Machinery	4146	3940	1400	1907	1087	4972	2382
Transport	515	389	66	147	123	269	213
Livestock (A.I.vet,etc)	4108	3630	1108	1045	1608	1219	1938
Casual labour	268	77	30	11	126	666	121
Rent of quota	725	398	6	0	0	0	161
Other	3898	2899	620	595	676	1333	1437
Sub-Total	32884	30668	6581	8829	9331	29168	15665
+ Fodder Crop Adjust.	-277	105	-67	-123	-39	60	-83
TOTAL DIRECT COSTS	32607	30774	6513	8705	9290	29229	15581
OVERHEAD COSTS (€)
Rent of Conacre	2035	3227	770	958	883	5161	1548
Car,Electricity,Phone	3242	2863	1140	1266	1365	2041	1782
Current Hired Labour	1935	2230	207	244	288	3380	904
Interest Charges	2047	2012	274	437	517	1635	902
Machinery Depreciation	3158	3845	911	1209	1271	4948	1945
of which Current	2901	3553	826	1128	1161	4448	1783
Backlog	310	331	90	109	107	408	177
Maj.repairs	112	61	15	38	32	54	46
Adj for sales	-52	-38	-3	-27	3	92	-14
Machinery Operating	4690	5139	1526	1828	1676	6813	2817
of which Leasing	148	92	64	33	25	101	69
Buildings Depreciation	3546	3468	978	1317	1025	2175	1813
of which Current	2578	2536	737	941	767	1486	1322
Backlog	968	932	241	376	258	689	492
Maj.repairs	122	140	59	47	6	86	68
" Maintenance	983	975	273	472	300	524	528
Land Impr. Depreciation	409	381	151	111	261	229	231
of which Current	314	288	118	82	185	156	173
Backlog	95	94	33	30	76	73	58
Maj.repairs	6197	6827	2084	3010	3651	3045	3788
" Maintenance	1230	1187	492	611	433	876	725
Lime	189	234	112	96	92	303	141
Other	2594	2629	836	1289	1270	2607	1590
OVERHEAD COSTS	26058	28190	7669	9838	9380	30693	14925
TOTAL NET EXPENSES	58664	58964	14182	18544	18670	59921	30505
Distribution (% of farms)
Costs % Output
< 50	7.8	6.9	22.4	16.7	42.7	5.6	19.5
50 -< 60	21	14.7	18.6	18.4	12.4	23.2	17.7
60 -< 70	36.9	28.1	17.2	15.8	18.4	18.3	21.5
70 -< 80	23.2	20.5	13.4	12.3	12.6	28.9	16.2
80 -< 90	7.9	15.3	11.7	11	6.2	17.4	10.7
90 +	3.2	14.5	16.7	25.9	7.7	6.6	14.3
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Avg %	66.6	70.8	66.5	70	58.8	70.7	67.4

Table: 8e (2003) Demographic data by system of farming -- All Farms

		Dairying	Cattle	Cattle	Mainly	Mainly	All
System	Dairying	+ Other	Rearing	Other	Sheep	Tillage	/Systems
No. of Farms in Sample	359	163	252	216	142	117	1249
Farms represd.(est.) (%)	16.2	10.7	27.5	23.3	16.8	5.7	100
Holder
Age of Holder	48.1	51.7	52.6	55.4	56.9	52.5	53.2
Marital status :- Married	76.60%	77.6	62.6	64.9	58.3	57.3	66
" " " Widowed	2.80%	6	7.5	4.5	21.8	7.7	8.3
" " " Single	19.90%	15.8	26.7	30	19.5	32.5	24.3
Household
Household Size (no.)	4.08	4.41	3.4	3.21	3.05	3.17	3.5
< 24 (no.)	1.75	1.88	1.17	1.08	1.14	1.08	1.31
< 24 % HH	62.0	67.3	47.7	43.3	46.7	44.6	50.7
25-44 (no.)	0.9	0.95	0.7	0.59	0.49	0.83	0.71
25-44 % HH	56.8	56	47.1	39.2	34.3	49.8	45.8
Demograph. viable % HH	92.6	91.2	77.6	71.6	62.3	76.9	77.5
Off-farm sources of income
Holder and/or Spouse
Off-farm Job Hold/Spouse % HH	45.1	41.5	58.2	51.6	47	42.7	50
" " " Holder % HH	12.4	13.5	50.6	41.4	32.2	29.4	34
" " " Spouse % HH	36.5	32.4	25.4	28.6	26.3	21.7	28.6
Pensions (no.)	0.08	0.12	0.22	0.32	0.21	0.27	0.21
" % HH	6.3	11.8	17.1	24.5	19.6	21.3	17.2
Unemploy Etc. (no.)	0.09	0.14	0.16	0.05	0.25	0.02	0.13
" " % HH	7.7	12.4	14.6	5.4	25	1.7	12.1
Distributions (% of farms)
F.F.I.(€) < 3500	3.6	19.6	34.7	41.6	11.3	13.5	24.5
3500 - 6500	5.4	4.4	23.2	18	13.9	14.7	15.1
6500 - 13000	10.4	11.6	25	17.5	40.3	17.3	21.6
13000 - 20000	21.1	16.9	10.1	10.7	18.6	13.6	14.4
20000 - 25000	8.1	9.3	3.4	5.3	4.7	6.3	5.6
25000 - 40000	24.6	18.7	3.4	4.6	7.2	17.3	10.2
> 40000	26.7	19.3	0.3	2.3	4	17.3	8.6