Statistical report on Northern Ireland Farm Incomes

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) has released the ‘Farm Incomes in Northern Ireland 2008/09’ report.

This ‘Farm Incomes’ report is the seventeenth in the series and is based on data collected from 378 farms in the annual Farm Business Survey. Within the report information is provided on returns, costs, subsidies, incomes, borrowings, investments and financial position for the main types of farm business within Northern Ireland. 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 2008/09 account year which has an average year end of mid-February 2009.

Copies of the report are available free of charge to download from the Department's website.

Notes to editors:

1. 'Farm Incomes in Northern Ireland 2008/09' is available, free of charge, on the DARD website. This report is no longer available in hardcopy format.
2. The farm level income results by farm type for 2008/09 along with forecasts for 2009/10 were published in a statistical press release on the DARD website on 28 January 2010.
3. ‘Farm Incomes in Northern Ireland 2008/09’ is a National Statistics publication.
4. All media enquiries to DARD Press Office, telephone 028 9052 4619. Out of office hours, contact the Duty Press Officer via pager number 07699 715 440, and your call will be returned.