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 article presents the economic performance and investment outlays recorded in the agricultural holdings participating in the Polish FADN. The aim of the paper is to evaluate and assess the differences in investment activity among the agricultural holdings of various types of farming. The...

The aim of the paper was to assess the share of services in the production costs of in Polish and German agriculture in comparison with all the EU countries. The analysis was based on the Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN). The research covered services according to the regions of the European...

The purpose of the article was comparing diverse resources of production factors in farming and displaying relations between them, as well as the effectiveness of their exploitation in agricultural regions of the European Union (EU-25). An average arable farm was analyzed in 122 regions,...