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Farming

Volume 184: debated on Friday 25 January 1991

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To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many dairy farms there are in Northern Ireland; and how many of these farms produce less than 200,000 litres of milk per year.

In June 1989 there were 6,879 dairy farms in Northern Ireland; 4,984 produce less than 200,000 litres.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many farms produce cereals in Northern Ireland; and how many of these farms cultivate fewer than 75 acres of cereals.

The June 1990 agriculture census indicates 5,698 farms in Northern Ireland where cereals were grown, of which 5,439 grew less than 30 hectares (74ยท1).