New regional agricultural accounts published by the Central Statistics Office on 8 October 2026 show how differently Ireland’s regions shared in the increase in agricultural income during 2025. The Midland region—Laois, Longford, Offaly and Westmeath—recorded an 80% rise in Entrepreneurial Income to about €555 million. Its agricultural output value increased by 12%. Those percentages describe different measures. [1]

The West, comprising Galway, Mayo and Roscommon, recorded the largest increase in output value, at 18%, alongside a 47% rise in Entrepreneurial Income. The CSO connects the pattern to the region’s concentration in cattle. In the South-West, income rose by 10%, while spending on intermediate inputs grew by 7%. [1]

Read income beside the costs and output

Entrepreneurial Income takes account of land rent and net interest as well as the wider agricultural accounts. Output value concerns production, while intermediate consumption includes goods and services used in that production. A rise in one cannot be used as a substitute for a rise in another. [1]

That distinction helps explain why an eye-catching income percentage should not become a claim that every farmer sold more produce or received the same increase. Compare the measure, the region and the reference year before drawing a conclusion from a headline.

Regional estimates have limits

The CSO’s background notes explain that national outputs and inputs are distributed across regions using relevant statistical allocators. It advises placing more reliance on changes between years than on a single year’s absolute regional value. It also states that the results describe the whole region and need not be spread uniformly within it. [2]

For a local discussion, that makes the release useful context rather than a substitute for a farm’s own accounts. Farms with different production systems, costs and financing can experience different outcomes within the same regional total.

The figures were released this October but measure 2025 against 2024. They do not establish 2026 profitability or predict next year’s prices. Read the background notes alongside the tables when comparing places, and retain the year and measure whenever sharing a figure.