Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine National Sheep Census 2016

This dataset contains the results of the annual sheep census by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) for 2016. The data records the number of sheep kept in Ireland on 31st December 2016 and is based on data submitted to the Department by the 27th April 2017.

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Title Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine National Sheep Census 2016
Description This dataset contains the results of the annual sheep census by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) for 2016. The data records the number of sheep kept in Ireland on 31st December 2016 and is based on data submitted to the Department by the 27th April 2017.
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    Update frequency Never
    Date dataset released
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    Period of time covered (begin) 2016-01-01
    Period of time covered (end) 2016-12-31
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    Rights notes Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Under the CC BY 4.0 Licence you are free to: Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially. The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the following license terms. Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine endorses you or your use. You must not apply any additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.
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    Version 001
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    Provenance information Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    Language English
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    Theme Animal Health and Welfare
    State Approved