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Cattle

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X-axis label	All Cattle	Dairy Cows	Other Cows	Other Cattle
1991	46	27	9	34
2000	57	37	14	38
2010	60	58	14	40
2020	70	90	15	46

The number of farms with cattle has fallen consistently between each Census of Agriculture since 1991. This trend was also observed for each category of animal (dairy cows, other cows and other cattle) as shown in Table 4.1.
The actual number of animals has fluctuated for total cattle and all the cattle categories between 1991 and 2020.
Between 2010 and 2020, there was a 46.4% increase in the dairy cow herd, a 15.1% decrease in the other cow herd and an 8.8% increase in all other cattle. This combined to establish a 10.7% increase in total cattle.
There were 1,567,681 dairy cows in 2020, the highest dairy herd total recorded in a Census of Agriculture. There are fewer farms now with dairy cows (17,495) in 2020 compared with 31,809 in 2000. The average size of herd is now 90 dairy cows, which is 53 greater than in 2000.

1.6m

Dairy cows in 2020

Table 4.1 Number of farms with cattle, number of cattle and average per farm (1991 - 2020)

Map 4.1 Number of farms with dairy cows per county

Map 4.2 Number of dairy cows per county

Map 4.3 Average number of dairy cows per county

The distribution by county of number of farms with dairy cows and number of dairy cows broadly coincide (Maps 4.1 and 4.2).
County Cork contained 4,094 farms with dairy cows and 389,123 dairy cows. This was 123% more farms with dairy cows and 116% more dairy cows than Tipperary, the county with the second most of each.
Counties in the Southern NUTS 2 region excluding Clare and Carlow accounted for two thirds of farms with dairy cows and two thirds of the number of dairy cows (11,479 farms and 1,071,897 cows) in 2020.
Farms in the Eastern and Midland NUTS 2 region on average had larger dairy cow herd size than in the Southern NUTS 2 region (Map 4.3). The average dairy cow herd size in the Eastern and Midland NUTS 2 region was 101 dairy cows.
Waterford, Meath and Louth had the largest average dairy cow herd size, 113 dairy cows, 112 dairy cows and 110 dairy cows respectively.

Table 4.2 Cattle by region and county, 2020

Table 4.2 Cattle by region and county, 2020
Region and County	Total cattle			Cows						Other cattle
	Total cattle			Dairy cows			Other cows			Other cattle
	farms	animals	average	farms	animals	average	farms	animals	average	farms	animals	average
State	103,985	7,314,543	70	17,495	1,567,681	90	66,615	983,280	15	103,013	4,763,582	46

Northern and Western	43,021	1,765,115	41	2,630	177,184	67	31,147	395,751	13	42,529	1,192,180	28
Border	19,038	815,995	43	1,696	109,870	65	13,843	167,985	12	18,812	538,140	29
Cavan	4,426	231,843	52	632	39,316	62	3,044	42,756	14	4,396	149,771	34
Donegal	4,874	187,133	38	227	22,156	98	3,728	39,740	11	4,801	125,237	26
Leitrim	2,593	65,311	25	37	1,844	50	2,299	23,785	10	2,540	39,682	16
Monaghan	3,930	218,190	56	663	38,303	58	2,314	31,304	14	3,896	148,583	38
Sligo	3,215	113,518	35	137	8,251	60	2,458	30,400	12	3,179	74,867	24

West	23,983	949,120	40	934	67,314	72	17,304	227,766	13	23,717	654,040	28
Galway	10,393	449,083	43	504	39,369	78	7,344	100,062	14	10,270	309,652	30
Mayo	8,436	283,210	34	309	19,009	62	6,362	74,152	12	8,326	190,049	23
Roscommon	5,154	216,827	42	121	8,936	74	3,598	53,552	15	5,121	154,339	30

Southern	42,553	3,960,546	93	12,244	1,124,842	92	24,348	373,035	15	42,145	2,462,669	58
Mid-West	16,987	1,452,826	86	3,922	340,666	87	10,135	160,211	16	16,863	951,949	56
Clare	5,766	296,194	51	583	34,903	60	4,303	70,856	16	5,708	190,435	33
Limerick	5,041	456,291	91	1,507	125,411	83	2,692	36,123	13	4,998	294,757	59
Tipperary	6,180	700,341	113	1,832	180,352	98	3,140	53,232	17	6,157	466,757	76

South-East	8,686	1,052,996	121	2,758	292,671	106	4,955	94,023	19	8,644	666,302	77
Carlow	1,139	106,861	94	182	18,042	99	720	14,955	21	1,135	73,864	65
Kilkenny	2,802	373,951	133	947	100,988	107	1,576	30,826	20	2,795	242,137	87
Waterford	1,987	270,583	136	793	89,900	113	1,046	18,513	18	1,969	162,170	82
Wexford	2,758	301,601	109	836	83,741	100	1,613	29,729	18	2,745	188,131	69

South-West	16,880	1,454,724	86	5,564	491,505	88	9,258	118,801	13	16,638	844,418	51
Cork	10,725	1,104,794	103	4,094	389,123	95	5,500	72,242	13	10,602	643,429	61
Kerry	6,155	349,930	57	1,470	102,382	70	3,758	46,559	12	6,036	200,989	33

Eastern and Midland	18,411	1,588,882	86	2,621	265,655	101	11,120	214,494	19	18,339	1,108,733	60
Mid-East and Dublin	7,857	718,866	91	1,246	136,314	109	4,728	89,887	19	7,824	492,665	63
Dublin	317	24,704	78	32	2,960	93	206	3,656	18	314	18,088	58
Kildare	1,644	143,493	87	190	20,544	108	908	17,706	20	1,638	105,243	64
Louth	1,065	94,924	89	173	18,963	110	618	11,725	19	1,063	64,236	60
Meath	3,356	324,363	97	598	67,246	112	1,911	35,714	19	3,344	221,403	66
Wicklow	1,475	131,382	89	253	26,601	105	1,085	21,086	19	1,465	83,695	57

Midland	10,554	870,016	82	1,375	129,341	94	6,392	124,607	19	10,515	616,068	59
Laois	2,593	263,543	102	504	50,262	100	1,526	30,945	20	2,586	182,336	71
Longford	2,241	119,830	53	159	11,817	74	1,517	25,551	17	2,230	82,462	37
Offaly	2,800	254,688	91	392	35,738	91	1,529	30,154	20	2,794	188,796	68
Westmeath	2,920	231,955	79	320	31,524	99	1,820	37,957	21	2,905	162,474	56

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Sheep

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X-axis label	Farms with sheep	Total sheep	Total Ewes	Total other sheep
1991	54842	8888.2	4626.1	4262.1
2000	32758	7555	4106.9	3448.2
2010	32111	4745.4	2449.5	2295.9
2020	35505	5520.2	2753.1	2767.1

There was a downward trend in the number of farms with sheep between 1991 and 2010, but in 2020 the number increased from 32,111 in 2010 to 35,505, a 10.6% increase.
Similarly, the national flock decreased in the years from 1991 to 2010, before showing an increase in the 2020 results. In 1991, there were 8,888,200 sheep. This fell to 7,555,000 sheep in 2000 and 4,745,400 in 2010. There was an increase of 774,800, to 5,520,200 between 2010 and 2020.
Ewes and other sheep also followed this downward trend from 1991 to 2010 with increases between 2010 and 2020.

5.5m

16% increase in national flock since 2010

35,500

11% increase in the number of farms with sheep since 2010

Table 4.3 Number of farms with sheep and number of sheep (1991 - 2020)

Map 4.4 Number of farms with sheep per county

Map 4.5 Number of sheep per county

Map 4.6 Average number of sheep per county

The distribution by county of number of farms with sheep and number of sheep broadly coincide (Maps 4.4 and 4.5).
County Donegal contained the largest number of sheep with just over 6,000 farms and 750,000 Sheep in 2020. Mayo had just below 5,000 farms and Galway had just above 4,000 farms in 2020, with 630,000 and 600,000 sheep respectively.
Kerry and Wicklow were the only other counties with over 300,000 sheep in 2020, Kerry had over 470,000 on just below 2,500 farms and Wicklow had just over 320,000 on 1,300 farms.
Larger average sheep flocks were observed in the Eastern and Midland NUTS 2 region, and some Southern NUTS 2 region counties (Kerry and the South-East) than in the Northern and Western NUTS 2 region (Map 4.6).
Wicklow (243), Waterford (241), Kildare (237) and Meath (226) had average sheep flocks of over 220 sheep.

Table 4.4 Sheep by region and county, 2020

Table 4.4 Sheep by region and county, 2020
Region and County	Total sheep			Ewes			Other sheep
	Total sheep			Ewes			Other sheep
	farms	animals	average	farms	animals	average	farms	animals	average
State	35,505	5,520,208	155	33,339	2,753,086	83	35,311	2,767,122	78

Northern and Western	21,041	2,810,771	134	19,817	1,410,507	71	20,943	1,400,264	67
Border	10,237	1,300,434	127	9,718	650,823	67	10,181	649,611	64
Cavan	963	113,614	118	904	55,979	62	956	57,635	60
Donegal	6,017	751,609	125	5,764	375,380	65	5,984	376,229	63
Leitrim	1,105	154,326	140	1,054	81,677	77	1,099	72,649	66
Monaghan	536	73,391	137	467	31,669	68	533	41,722	78
Sligo	1,616	207,494	128	1,529	106,118	69	1,609	101,376	63

West	10,804	1,510,337	140	10,099	759,684	75	10,762	750,653	70
Galway	4,081	602,087	148	3,756	292,530	78	4,071	309,557	76
Mayo	4,906	632,121	129	4,662	333,977	72	4,880	298,144	61
Roscommon	1,817	276,129	152	1,681	133,177	79	1,811	142,952	79

Southern	8,555	1,493,832	175	8,019	757,623	94	8,488	736,209	87
Mid-West	1,720	236,070	137	1,577	113,679	72	1,703	122,391	72
Clare	605	41,810	69	556	19,726	35	598	22,084	37
Limerick	247	34,151	138	221	16,736	76	244	17,415	71
Tipperary	868	160,109	184	800	77,217	97	861	82,892	96

South-East	2,647	540,723	204	2,468	260,092	105	2,633	280,631	107
Carlow	709	153,237	216	674	76,492	113	704	76,745	109
Kilkenny	507	98,026	193	461	46,806	102	505	51,220	101
Waterford	383	92,146	241	370	46,805	127	380	45,341	119
Wexford	1,048	197,314	188	963	89,989	93	1,044	107,325	103

South-West	4,188	717,039	171	3,974	383,852	97	4,152	333,187	80
Cork	1,691	238,836	141	1,586	121,831	77	1,674	117,005	70
Kerry	2,497	478,203	192	2,388	262,021	110	2,478	216,182	87

Eastern and Midland	5,909	1,215,605	206	5,503	584,956	106	5,880	630,649	107
Mid-East and Dublin	3,662	841,750	230	3,444	413,605	120	3,649	428,145	117
Dublin	202	35,098	174	199	19,085	96	199	16,013	80
Kildare	674	160,034	237	628	77,617	124	673	82,417	122
Louth	363	76,722	211	347	37,877	109	361	38,845	108
Meath	1,093	246,529	226	1,003	114,820	114	1,090	131,709	121
Wicklow	1,330	323,367	243	1,267	164,206	130	1,326	159,161	120

Midland	2,247	373,855	166	2,059	171,351	83	2,231	202,504	91
Laois	443	65,345	148	412	30,592	74	439	34,753	79
Longford	436	57,926	133	398	26,545	67	434	31,381	72
Offaly	573	103,701	181	526	47,076	89	571	56,625	99
Westmeath	795	146,883	185	723	67,138	93	787	79,745	101

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Poultry

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X-axis label	Laying Stock	Table Birds	Breeding Birds	Other Poultry
1991	2788838	7618904	445878	1199219
2000	1929514	10109680	685687	1235890
2010	2127423	7839530	570435	387419
2020	3049732	11144799	981956	1294099

There was an increase in the number of poultry between 1991 and 2020 despite a decrease between 2000 and 2010.
The total number of table birds in 2020 was 11,144,799, this was a 42% increase on the total in 2010.
Also, the number of laying stock in 2020 has increased at a similar rate of 43%, to 3,049,732 laying stock in 2020.

16.5m

Heads of poultry in 2020

Table 4.5 Number of farms with poultry and number of poultry (1991 - 2020)

X-axis label	Laying Stock	Table Birds
Border	2233747	8080908
Mid-West	44910	1193622
South-West	203475	847859
Mid-East & Dublin	338385	254357
South-East	54851	540821
West	77903	226590
Midland	96461	642

X-axis label	Laying Stock	Table Birds
Monaghan	1938026	6995772
Cavan	264275	1082945
Donegal / Sligo / Leitrim	31446	2191

Table birds and laying stock accounted for 86% of the 16.5 million heads of poultry in 2020.
The Border region accounted for 72.5% of the 11.1 million table birds in 2020.
There were just over three million laying stock in 2020 and 73.2% of these were in the Border region.
Monaghan and Cavan accounted for close to 100% of laying stock and table birds in the Border region and over 70% of the laying stock and table bird flock in the state.
Monaghan accounted for 62.8% (or 6,995,772) of table birds and 63.5% (or 1,938,026) of laying stock in the state in 2020.
Cavan accounted for 9.7% (or 1,082,945) of table birds and 8.7% (or 264,275) of laying stock in the state in 2020.

Table 4.6 Poultry by region and county, 2020

Table 4.6 Poultry by region and county, 2020
Region and County	Total poultry			Ordinary fowl									Other poultry
	Total poultry			Laying stock			Breeding birds			Table birds			Other poultry
	farms	poultry ('000)	average	farms	poultry ('000)	average	farms	poultry ('000)	average	farms	poultry ('000)	average	farms	poultry ('000)	average
State	6,049	16,470.6	2,723	5,186	3,049.7	588	350	982.0	2,806	407	11,144.8	27,383	2,181	1,294.1	593

Northern and Western	2,256	11,969.7	5,306	1,839	2,311.6	1,257	137	370.3	2,703	213	8,307.5	39,002	775	980.3	1,265
Border	1,102	11,632.0	10,555	792	2,233.7	2,820	64	343.3	5,364	172	8,080.9	46,982	355	974.0	2,744
Cavan	184	1,423.5	7,736	139	264.3	1,901	9	55.0	6,113	25	1,082.9	43,318	54	21.3	394
Donegal	273	34.5	126	246	14.6	59	..	..	..	..	..	..	108	17.6	163
Leitrim	89	3.3	37	83	0.9	11	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Monaghan	355	10,153.7	28,602	142	1,938.0	13,648	28	287.9	10,284	133	6,995.8	52,600	78	932.0	11,948
Sligo	201	17.0	84	182	15.9	87	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..

West	1,154	337.7	293	1,047	77.9	74	73	27.0	369	41	226.6	5,527	420	6.2	15
Galway	..	..	..	454	56.7	125	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Mayo	484	161.5	334	..	..	..	..	..	..	11	128.1	11,643	..	..	..
Roscommon	..	..	..	..	..	..	15	0.1	9	..	..	..	62	2.0	33

Southern	2,435	3,471.4	1,426	2,140	303.2	142	132	466.6	3,535	145	2,582.3	17,809	890	119.3	134
Mid-West	853	1,587.1	1,861	736	44.9	61	42	277.1	6,598	68	1,193.6	17,553	282	71.4	253
Clare	250	4.7	19	231	3.0	13	..	..	..	8	0.1	11	..	..	..
Limerick	306	1,551.0	5,069	232	34.7	149	..	..	..	45	1,193.0	26,512	..	..	..
Tipperary	297	31.4	106	273	7.2	26	..	..	..	15	0.5	33	..	..	..

South-East	651	704.7	1,082	576	54.9	95	33	90.4	2,740	29	540.8	18,649	248	18.6	75
Carlow	104	4.3	41	96	3.8	39	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Kilkenny	191	29.4	154	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	53	1.8	35
Waterford	137	660.9	4,824	112	35.3	315	..	..	..	13	523.3	40,251	..	..	..
Wexford	219	10.1	46	..	..	..	..	..	..	5	3.4	675	95	4.2	44

South-West	931	1,179.6	1,267	828	203.5	246	57	99.1	1,738	48	847.9	17,664	360	29.2	81
Cork	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Kerry	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..

Eastern and Midland	1,358	1,029.5	758	1,207	434.8	360	81	145.1	1,791	49	255.0	5,204	516	194.6	377
Mid-East and Dublin	727	783.7	1,078	646	338.4	524	46	129.5	2,816	27	254.4	9,421	278	61.4	221
Dublin	75	3.8	50	67	2.9	43	..	..	..	..	..	..	35	0.8	22
Kildare	196	47.1	240	175	2.6	15	..	..	..	..	..	..	74	8.7	118
Louth	59	322.6	5,467	52	243.1	4,675	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Meath	224	373.3	1,667	192	78.6	409	..	..	..	8	207.0	25,880	..	..	..
Wicklow	173	36.9	214	160	11.2	70	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..

Midland	631	245.8	390	561	96.5	172	35	15.5	444	22	0.6	29	238	133.2	560
Laois	218	92.1	422	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	87	81.6	938
Longford	82	27.2	332	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	23	0.2	7
Offaly	160	55.1	344	..	..	..	11	0.3	24	..	..	..	62	31.7	511
Westmeath	171	71.4	418	..	..	..	11	15.1	1,375	..	..	..	66	19.8	300
.. Data suppressed for confidentiality reasons

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Pigs

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X-axis label	Number of Farms	All Pigs	Female Breeding	Pigs < 20kg	Other Pigs
1991	2873	1303695	140745	350950	812000
2000	1280	1722108	176851	526478	1018779
2010	1209	1516291	159739	393392	963160
2020	1431	1582548	149168	457282	976098

The number of farms with pigs has reduced from close to 3,000 farms in 1991 to between 1,200 and 1,400 in the years since 1991.
Total number of pigs was at its largest in 2000 with 1.7 million heads, numbers reduced to 1.5 million in 2010 and there was a 4.4% increase to just below 1.6 million pigs in 2020.
The overall 4.4% total pig increase was due to a 16.2% increase in the < 20Kg pigs (up 63,900) between 2010 and 2020.

1.6m

Pigs in 2020

Table 4.7 Number of farms with pigs and number of pigs (1991 - 2020)

X-axis label	Number of Pigs
Cavan	298115
Cork	285580
Offaly	109872
Tipperary	108670
Waterford	104530
Longford	84865
Wexford	82316
Laois	65499
Westmeath	62765
Meath	57290
Kilkenny	53530
Donegal	52149
Limerick	36423
All Other	145940

Cork had the largest number of farms (193) with pigs in 2020 (Table 4.8).
Cork (285,580) and Cavan (298,115) had the most pigs in the state (Figure 4.7). When combined, these counties accounted for 36.9% of the total pigs in 2020.
Tipperary in the Mid-West, Offaly in the Midland and Waterford in the South-East each had over 100,000 pigs in 2020.
Cavan, Offaly, Longford and Waterford had the largest average number of pigs (Table 4.8), all approximately 3,000 or above.

Table 4.8 Pigs by region and county, 2020

Table 4.8 Pigs by region and county, 2020
Region and County	Total pigs			Pigs kept for breeding purposes						Other pigs classified by liveweight
	Total pigs			Boars			Female breeding pigs			20 kg and over			Under 20 kg
	Farms	Animals ('000)	Average	Farms	Animals ('000)	Average	Farms	Animals ('000)	Average	Farms	Animals ('000)	Average	Farms	Animals ('000)	Average
State	1,431	1,582.5	1,106	450	1.0	2	612	149.2	244	1,057	975.1	922	568	457.3	805

Northern and Western	473	409.6	866	141	0.3	2	201	37.5	187	333	260.8	783	200	111.0	555
Border	268	379.9	1,418	113	0.2	2	128	35.2	275	189	241.5	1,278	122	103.0	845
Cavan	97	298.1	3,073	59	0.1	2	46	27.7	602	77	192.4	2,498	45	77.9	1,732
Donegal	88	52.1	593	30	0.1	2	50	4.1	81	59	30.6	518	42	17.4	415
Leitrim	..	..	..	..	..	..	10	0.2	16	..	..	..	..	..	..
Monaghan	40	28.0	699	16	0.0	2	15	3.2	215	26	17.5	672	19	7.2	381
Sligo	..	..	..	..	..	..	7	0.0	2	..	..	..	..	..	..

West	205	29.7	145	28	0.0	2	73	2.4	32	144	19.3	134	78	8.0	102
Galway	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Mayo	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Roscommon	43	12.9	301	6	0.0	2	19	1.2	62	33	7.8	236	18	4.0	219

Southern	624	738.4	1,183	210	0.5	2	269	65.3	243	481	436.0	907	241	236.6	982
Mid-West	167	153.7	921	42	0.1	2	60	13.9	231	127	89.3	703	63	50.5	801
Clare	40	8.7	216	..	..	..	..	..	..	35	5.6	161	..	..	..
Limerick	44	36.4	828	..	..	..	..	..	..	27	21.7	802	..	..	..
Tipperary	83	108.7	1,309	27	0.1	3	28	9.9	352	65	62.0	954	32	36.7	1,148

South-East	191	264.1	1,383	69	0.2	2	85	22.3	262	147	163.5	1,112	72	78.2	1,086
Carlow	31	23.7	765	10	0.0	2	13	1.9	145	24	17.0	709	13	4.8	369
Kilkenny	48	53.5	1,115	16	0.0	2	23	4.3	186	34	30.2	887	20	19.1	953
Waterford	33	104.5	3,168	13	0.0	2	19	9.3	489	25	65.2	2,608	16	30.0	1,876
Wexford	79	82.3	1,042	30	0.1	3	30	6.8	227	64	51.1	798	23	24.3	1,057

South-West	266	320.6	1,205	99	0.2	2	124	29.2	235	207	183.2	885	106	107.9	1,018
Cork	193	285.6	1,480	81	0.2	2	96	26.0	271	158	161.1	1,019	77	98.3	1,277
Kerry	73	35.0	480	18	0.0	2	28	3.2	114	49	22.2	453	29	9.6	330

Eastern and Midland	334	434.5	1,301	99	0.3	3	142	46.3	326	243	278.3	1,145	127	109.7	864
Mid-East and Dublin	169	111.5	660	45	0.1	2	64	10.1	159	126	75.4	598	54	25.9	480
Dublin	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Kildare	34	28.7	844	10	0.0	2	14	3.5	251	24	22.6	940	13	2.6	199
Louth	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Meath	61	57.3	939	20	0.1	3	26	5.3	205	43	33.0	767	23	18.9	822
Wicklow	44	16.0	363	10	0.0	2	16	0.2	14	34	15.3	451	12	0.4	30

Midland	165	323.0	1,958	54	0.2	3	78	36.2	464	117	202.9	1,734	73	83.8	1,148
Laois	56	65.5	1,170	17	0.0	2	25	5.6	223	36	47.1	1,308	25	12.8	512
Longford	28	84.9	3,031	8	0.0	5	15	8.4	559	20	60.3	3,015	13	16.1	1,241
Offaly	37	109.9	2,970	11	0.1	5	16	15.9	991	27	52.6	1,949	17	41.3	2,432
Westmeath	44	62.8	1,426	18	0.0	2	22	6.3	288	34	42.9	1,262	18	13.5	750
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Table 4.7 Number of farms with pigs and number of pigs (1991 - 2020)
	1991		2000		2010		2020
	farms	animals ('000)	farms	animals ('000)	farms	animals ('000)	farms	animals ('000)
Total Pigs	2,873	1,303.7	1,280	1,722.1	1,209	1,516.3	1,431	1,582.5
Female Breeding Pigs	1,964	140.7	913	176.9	505	159.7	612	149.2
Boars	900	6.7	607	4.0	442	1.7	450	1.0
Other Pigs > 20kg	1,602	805.3	899	1,014.8	1,182	961.5	1,057	975.1
Other Pigs < 20kg	1,460	351.0	722	526.5	986	393.4	568	457.3

Census of Agriculture 2020 - Preliminary Results

Livestock

Cattle

Map 4.1 Number of farms with dairy cows per county

Map 4.2 Number of dairy cows per county

Map 4.3 Average number of dairy cows per county

Sheep

Map 4.4 Number of farms with sheep per county

Map 4.5 Number of sheep per county

Map 4.6 Average number of sheep per county

Poultry

Pigs

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