These are the ‘Statistical Review of Northern Ireland Agriculture 2007’, ‘Farm Incomes in Northern Ireland 2006/07’ and the ‘EU Farm Structure Survey 2007’.
The Statistical Review, which has been the main source of statistics on local agriculture for the last four decades, is the primary reference document for those involved in the agri-food sector. It contains a wide range of economic and physical data, which presents a comprehensive picture of 2007, and enables comparisons to be made with earlier years. Details of the components of the 2007 aggregate agricultural income figures, released in summary form on 31 January 2008, are included.
The ‘Farm Incomes’ report, the fifteenth in the series, is based on data collected from 349 farms in the annual Farm Business Survey. This report contains information on returns, costs, subsidies, borrowings, investments, and financial position for the main types of farm business here. There is also a section within the report devoted to the performance of individual farm enterprises. The figures in the report refer mainly to the 2006/07 account year which has an average year end of mid-February 2007.
The ‘Farm Structure Survey’ contains details on the age profile of farmers and the time spent working on and off the farm. Details of spouses and other labour are also presented along with breakdowns of other gainful activity and farm diversification.
Copies of all these reports are available to download from the Department's 
.
Notes to Editors:
1. The ‘Statistical Review’ contains statistics on the quantities and values of outputs and inputs, on aggregate gross margins, receipts from subsidies, expenditure on capital investment, sizes of quotas and other subsidy ceilings and average incomes at farm level. Other tables give information on land use, crop areas, livestock numbers, the size and type of farms, and employment on-farm and in the food processing sector.
2. The ‘Statistical Review of Northern Ireland Agriculture, 2007’ is available, free of charge, on the DARD website Alternatively, hardcopies may be obtained, price £16.00, from Policy and Economics Division, Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Room 810, Dundonald House, Belfast, BT4 3SB.
3. The ‘Statistical Review’ is the Northern Ireland equivalent of 'Agriculture in the United Kingdom 2007', which will be published on 27 March 2008 and will be available, free of charge, on the DEFRA website or, alternatively, can be obtained from HMSO.
4. 'Farm Incomes in Northern Ireland 2006/07' is available, free of charge, on the DARD website . This report is no longer available in hardcopy format.
6. The EU Structure Survey report is based on data collected from 8,500 farms in Northern Ireland as part of a European wide survey on the structure and associated labour of the agricultural sector. The data were collected during March 2007 and refer to the previous 12 month period.
7. The EU Structure Survey report is available, free of charge, on the DARD website .
8. These statistics are part of a National Statistics publication.
9. All media enquiries to DARD press office Tel: 028 9052 4619. Out of hours please contact the Duty Press Officer via pager number 076 9971 5440 and your call will be returned.
