An increasing importance of grain quality in the world cereal markets, especially in the European Union, is observed. An appropriate application of pesticides enables to obtain a high yield of good quality. The aim of the study was an estimation of plant protection costs and of the profitability...

The paper discusses selected aspects of vegetable oils production competitiveness in a global context. Three major vegetable oils (palm, soybean, rapeseed) were analyzed. Their raw material was discussed in the terms of crop yield, oil and meal content as well as meal and oil yields. The levels...

The article is concentrated on the ways of development of Polish horticulture and is based on both traditional and new sources of data. The individual horticultural specialisations were divided depending on the height and changes of standard gross margin. These production directions which have...

The problem of optimization of the term of planting greenhouse lettuce is considered. The main aim was maximization of a profit function (economic surplus). Profits from lettuce production and sale in dependence of the term of planting were observed. The problem consists is in estimation of the...

On the sugar market exists strong international competitiveness. In the European Union sugar industry is the part of the basic branches agricultural processing industry. From the beginning of European Union until the end of the last century all members were the main world sugar producers. During...

The intensity of weather phenomena causes effects in agriculture which take a character of mass damages (e.g. damage caused by winter-kills). Farmers that have been affected by damages in crops are looking for a coverage of these losses by the payments from insurance contracts. However, it...

The article presents an analysis of the structure of inputs, production and financial results in the economic size groups in a sample of farms from FADN 2004-2008. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the commercial farms management, depending on their economic size. /...

The aim of this research is an assessment of the diversification level of Polish agriculture potential against the European Union countries. Diversification level of the agriculture potential was determined using the synthetic indicator. For the analysis the following indicators were used:...

The aim of this article is to present the problems of cost competitiveness of Polish dairy farms and selected European countries. Comparisons were used to study IFCN and Agricultural Census 2010. As can be seen from the analysis, the majority of farms in Poland are uncompetitive in terms of cost...

Export plays an important role in the functioning of the nitrogen fertilizers sector. Poland is in the EU, one of the largest exporters of nitrogen fertilizers and trade steadily increasing. The purpose of the article was to analyze the competitiveness of Polish export of nitrogen fertilizers in...