Welsh Regions

Actions

Chart

None

Year

Measure1

Region

Region 1

Estimates

Estimates 1

Estimates 2

Wales

Wales

North West Wales

North East Wales

Powys

Ceredigion

Pembrokeshire

Carmarthenshire

South Wales

Farms

3,397

3,495

4,766

2,559

2,216

3,999

4,118

24,550

Responses

729

814

1,212

592

515

1,002

899

5,763

Size - Turnover (€000s) Standard Output (SO) - a proxy measure to reflect turnover

241,233

299,748

390,553

144,704

233,751

238,682

195,351

1,744,022

Size - Profit (€000s) Standard Gross Margins (SGM) - a proxy measure to reflect profit

96,751

140,333

174,373

73,972

127,050

121,144

97,963

831,585

Size - FTE Labour Standard Labour Requirement (SLR) - a proxy measure to reflect labour

4,874

5,691

9,890

3,228

3,440

4,347

4,426

35,895

All Land (ha) All land on the farm

275,665

244,195

426,520

162,468

149,914

210,021

217,951

1,686,733

All Land (ha) All land on the farm

New Grass

Grassland which has been sown within the last 5 years

21,948

24,970

32,985

15,740

22,079

19,203

16,798

153,723

Permanent Grass Land covered by grass and which has been so for at least the last 5 years. The distinction between permanent grass and rough grazing is determined by the farmer.

Land covered by grass and which has been so for at least the last 5 years. The distinction between permanent grass and rough grazing is determined by the farmer.

154,972

153,448

281,247

105,565

90,871

156,731

140,754

1,083,587

Rough Grazing Grazing land of a lower quality upon which one farm has the sole rights to graze their animals. (ie excluding grazing on Common Land). The distinction between permanent grass and rough grazing is determined by the farmer.

Grazing land of a lower quality upon which one farm has the sole rights to graze their animals. (ie excluding grazing on Common Land). The distinction between permanent grass and rough grazing is determined by the farmer.

79,944

36,148

68,153

26,527

6,076

10,735

21,094

248,678

Woods and Others Farm woodland plus all other land not included elsewhere (mainly non-agricultural land)

12,450

12,311

28,261

9,735

10,553

19,487

16,101

108,899

All Crops

Sum of cereals, stockfeed and other crops

6,351

17,317

15,874

4,901

20,335

3,865

23,204

91,846

All Crops

Cereals

3,162

9,052

8,382

2,634

11,816

1,001

13,510

49,556

Stockfeed

All arable crops that are used to produce feed for grazing animals. (Note this does not include grass grown for the same purpose)

2,135

6,234

5,814

1,694

3,713

2,251

5,225

27,066

Other Crops All arable crops other than cereals and stockfeed. (In Wales the main crops are potatoes and oilseed rape)

1,054

2,032

1,678

572

4,807

612

4,469

15,224

All Cattle All cattle and calves on the farm

146,262

179,795

194,070

109,673

191,008

192,957

123,634

1,137,399

All Cattle All cattle and calves on the farm

Dairy Cows Females aged 2+ years that have calved and used for dairy production

17,133

45,119

20,568

28,077

61,280

60,632

18,367

251,176

Beef Cows

Females aged 2+ years that have calved and used for producing beef sucklers

29,105

19,239

50,796

14,478

11,759

19,548

22,903

167,828

Other Cattle All other cattle (uncalved females, males and cattle under 2 years old)

100,024

115,437

122,706

67,118

117,969

112,777

82,364

718,395

Total Sheep Breeding ewes, rams, lambs under 1 year and other sheep. Most of the animals (95 per cent) are breeding ewes and lambs (roughly in a 50/50 split)

Breeding ewes, rams, lambs under 1 year and other sheep. Most of the animals (95 per cent) are breeding ewes and lambs (roughly in a 50/50 split)

1,574,558

1,547,207

3,928,913

893,251

354,472

817,968

921,105

10,037,474

Total Pigs Pigs used for breeding purposes plus those raised for producing meat (approximately 15 per cent used for breeding)

5,834

2,534

6,273

1,219

1,029

1,520

6,094

24,503

Total Poultry Most of these (usually around 90 per cent) are chickens used for meat or egg production. Most of the remainder are turkeys, the rest being ducks, geese and other fowl.

Most of these (usually around 90 per cent) are chickens used for meat or egg production. Most of the remainder are turkeys, the rest being ducks, geese and other fowl.

1,002,647

930,910

3,856,435

63,606

309,730

108,986

1,469,641

7,741,955

Metadata

Weblinks
High level information
Statistical quality information
Summary information
Keywords
Open Data

Weblinks

https://gov.wales/disaggregated-welsh-agricultural-statistics-2014

Title

Welsh regions

Last update

March 2019

Next update

September 2019

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

June Census of Agriculture and Horticulture, Welsh Government

Contact email

stats.agric@gov.wales

Designation

National Statistics

Lowest level of geographical disaggregation

Local authorities

Geographical coverage

Wales

Languages covered

English and Welsh

Data licensing

You may use and re-use this data free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government License - see http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence

Statistical quality

Please find this information in the related statistical release, as per the given weblink.

General description

The survey estimates are based on the responses that we receive, which are then used to represent all farms. For further information, please refer to the methodology from the statistical release in the weblink

Data reference periods

2007 - 2017

Keywords

agriculture; farming; region

Name

AGRI0218