Projections of Irish cattle and milk output under EEC conditions

Abstract

Cattle and milk production are the most important enterprises in the agricultural sector of the Irish economy, accounting for about 57 per cent of gross output in 1970. There has been much speculation as to the likely levels of these outputs under EEC conditions and to date a number of people have made general statements as to the likely movements of cattle and cow numbers if and when we join the Common Market. Fewer people, however, have attempted to quantify these movements, and to the writers knowledge only three studies have been made to date in which actual projections of cattle and dairying output have been made.