Agricultural land under cereals rose by almost 5% in 12 months

According to the latest CSO report, the area assigned under 'cereals' grew by almost 5%, while grassland designated land fell by 0.4% when comparing 2025 to 2024 figures

The percentage of land used for winter barley increased by 46.9%. 

Agricultural land under cereals increased by 4.9% in the 12 months to June 2025.

The ‘total area farmed’ in June 2025 fell by 300ha to 4.4m ha when compared with June 2024. The area used for cereal production increased by 13,000 ha (4.9%) to 274,900 ha.