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Agriculture GDA (Climate (Beef farming (3800 farms, Rich grasslands of…
Agriculture GDA
Climate
Cool temperate Oceanic
Rain shadow of western mountains
800mm of rain per year
Enables crop farming
Long growing season (9 months)
Beef farming
3800 farms
Rich grasslands of Meath
Refief
Low-lying
Large intensive commercial farms
42.3 hectares average size
Barley,wheat,maize
Allows mechanised farming
Soils
Fertile + well drained
Loam, boulder clay and sandy soils
Cereal growing in boulder clays of Meath
Greenhouse horticulture in the sandy soils. around Rush
Human
Large urban markets
Better transport
Access to food processing plants e.g largo foods