The land area of Ireland is 6.9 million hectares, of which almost 5 million hectares is used for agriculture and forestry.
Land prices continue to increase.
There are 143,900 farm holdings in Ireland, almost all of which are family farms. The average farm size is 29.3 hectares. Poultrymeat 52.2 66.3 Based on first results of the Census of Agriculture, 2000. Details relating to other land use are not included in this issue as they relate to earlier surveys. Milk Prices Direct Payments 2000 Direct payments are non-capital payments made directly to farmers.