This expected trend is due to improvements in farming techniques, continued falls in livestock numbers, the ongoing effects of the 2003 Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform measures and environmental legislation.
Is iad feabhsaithe i dteicnící feirmeoireachta, titim leanúnacha i líon beostoic, iarmhairtí leanúnacha na mbearta leasaithe agus reachtaíocht comhshaoil de Chomhbheartais Talmhaíochta 2003 (CBT) is cúis leis an gclaonadh ionchais seo.