Frequently Asked Questions - FAQ's - about the June Agricultural Survey

Data

Data Notes - information on the data and how it is produced,    including: Suppression of data Explanation of Counts and Values Total Area - Notes on how this is calculated Totals - and how they are calculated - (and why they sometimes appear to not add up) Farm Classifications - types and sizes.

Data Description - to accompany the NUTS datasets, giving the item descriptions in relation to the census questions.

Convert Ha to Acres

Survey Notes

Agricultural Survey Items - for crops, livestock, labour & landuse (including copies of the survey forms).

Latest June Results (Release notes) including how the survey was conducted and a summary of the results.

Methodology

Sampling Strategy

Grid referencing

Number of Holdings in the June Survey

Geography

NUTS hierarchy; Super Output Areas - and current geography

Extrapolating data for GIS

Postcodes - repopulation of data to postcode districts (including methodology).

Policy

Confidentiality

Explanation of the Policy Statement for the Disclosure of Data Collected Under the Agricultural Statistics Act, 1979.

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