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APPENDIX 3

Irish Farmers’ Association estimate of losses to farmers due to weather conditions

July-September, 1985 (compiled from ACOT and CSO figures) at £211 million as follows:-

				£
Hay	-	Total uncut and lost hay covering 1,102,500 acres	-	(million)
		based on a reaonable yield of 100 bales per		110
		acre at £1 per bale (Table 1 shows the
		county by county breakdown compiled through
		ACOT offices)
Grain		- (a breakdown of this figure is shown in Table 2)	-	51
Silage		- 20% of silage has not/cannot be made	-	40
Sugar beet and potatoes			-	10
		Total		211

Table 1

		£
(1)	Loss of £10/tonne on potential Milling Wheat	(million)
	Crop of 100,000 tonnes	1
(2)	Total losses due to lower prices as a result of higher moisture and lower quality grain	16
	(compared to 1983/84)
(3)	Total losses due to reduced output and unharvested cereal crops. 300,000 tonnes less at £105/tonne i.e. 15% total yield loss	31.5
(4)	Losses in Oilseed Rape - 4,000 tonnes of Oilseed Rape (25% of the crop) lost 4,000 tonnes × £300/tonne	1.2
(5)	Losses in Peas
	- It is expected that only about 50% of the 15,000 tonne crop will be harvested i.e. 7,500 tonnes × £175/tonne	1.2
	Total	51.0