Poland’s accession to the EU led to rapid adjustments in the Polish food sector. Opening the enormous common European market, with over 450 million consumers, forced the processing industry to face an extreme competition, while creating at the same time an increased outlet opportunity. Customs...

The aim of the paper was the attempt to assess the pork prices linkage between Polish, Danish and German markets. The research was based on monthly average pork price notations between January 1995 and May 2007. The analysis indicates that both short-term and long-term relationships between...

The aim of the paper was an evaluation of the economic efficiency of dairy production in relation to the total labour input per 1 cow. The research was done in 158 dairy farms. The farms with the lowest labour expenditure on 1 dairy cow had the biggest arable land surface, the highest annual...

Pork meat plays an important role in the Polish, European and global market. In the article volume of swines’ production, consumption of pork and also the data connected with export and import this kind of meat in 2000-2012 were characterized. In 2012 pork production occupied a dominant...

The aim of this paper was to present the problem of milk quotas in Poland in the context of negotiated production limits, changes in milk production in years 2004-2007 as well as possible consequences of liquidation of production limiting system. On the basis of conducted research the production...

Growth prospects of foreign trade in meat products in Poland and the European Union are presented in the paper. Four scenarios considering different scale of the world agricultural trade liberalization were analysed. Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP), a computable general trade equilibrium...

The aim of the research was to estimate the changes in profitability of production of pigs for slaughter. The analysis included data from GUS (Central Statistical Office) and IERiGŻ (Institute of Agricultural Economics and Food Economy), as well as information from farms in Wielkopolska...

In XXI century the predominating sheep product is meat. Limiting production to meat has caused a drastic reduction in sheep population. Lamb meat production in the EU was in 2004 inadequate, because it met demand only in 80%.. After Polish integration with the European Union costs of sale to...

Integrating processes between agriculture and food processing industry have been assessed basing on a study of information, qualifications, extension services in disposition of farmers in the Podkarpacie region in a mountainous southern part of Poland. Surveys of farmers and industrialists have...

The paper deals with the problem of export refunds in the EU agricultural trade. While examining Polish exports of beef and veal, an answer to the question is sought, if the exports refunds are necessary. The answer is positive, despite the fact that most probably the export subsidies in the EU...