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Primary Activities in the GDA! (RELIEF: (low-lying relief (mechanised…
Primary Activities in the GDA!
CLIMATE: :star:
Cool temperate oceanic
frost=rare
Irish Sea
3,800 beef cattle farms
boulder clay soils
Co. Meath
RELIEF:
intensive commercial farming
Arable
low-lying relief
mechanised farming
Forests -> Co. Wicklow
Wicklow Mtns = >1,000m
mild maritime climate = tree growth
pastoral sheep farming
upland farms
SOILS:
N. Co. Dublin => Rush + Lusk
light sandy soils
market gardening
salad veg. => greenhouses
cabbage/ onions/ potatoes => fields
raw material => processed food factories eg.) Green Isle veg. + Brennan's Bread
Kildare:
sands + boulder clay = well drained + good quality grassland
beef / bloodstock industry