date:Jun 26, 2014
Ireland's milk output last year increased by 27.2 percent or 443.7 million euros (603 million U.S. dollars), according to official figures released on Wednesday.
Figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) indicated that operating surplus in agriculture in 2013 showed an annual increase of 1.5 percent.
This follows a decrease of 9.2 percent in 2012. The rise in operating surplus in 2013 can be mostly attributed to an increase of 27.2 percent in the value of milk output, the CSO said.
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