€18,452 in direct payments per farm in 2019
The average farm size included in the Teagasc National Farm Survey in 2019 was 43ha with average income per hectare coming in at €554.
Direct payments averaged €18,452 per farm in 2019, accounting for 77% of family farm income (FFI), according to the preliminary results for the 2019 National Farm Survey - carried out by Teagasc - which were issued in June and referred to in the Annual Review and Outlook for Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
The survey pointed to “noticeable differences” between farm types; estimates for dairy farms show that the direct payments account for only 31% of income, while cattle and sheep farms are very reliant on direct payments and would be operating at an economic loss without them.
