The Technical Efficiency of Specialised Milk Farms: A Regional View
Table 2
Basic descriptive statistics of farms in 2011 ().
Variable
Mean
Standard deviation
Minimum
Maximum
Crop output (EUR)
40 390.88
66 481.40
995.00
375 711.00
Livestock output (EUR)
172 397.74
178 183.58
4 348.00
933 218.00
Utilised agricultural area (ha)
89.91
140.85
1.52
967.02
Milk yield (kg/cow/year)
6 440.03
1 774.72
2 480.64
9 352.46
Labour input (AWU)
2.78
3.28
1.06
26.75
Economics size (ESU*)
181.91
215.95
6.00
1 158.40
Livestock units (LU**) per 100 ha
179.78
246.86
38.27
2 494.85
Dairy cows units per 100 ha
113.93
151.80
21.35
1 489.18
Stocking intensity (LU)/ha of forage crops)
2.04
1.98
0.48
19.87
Notes: ESU (economic size unit) = 1 ESU is 1000 EUR of standard output. LU (livestock unit)-converting average number of animals to livestock units is done applying to this number a coefficient related to the category of animal. For example, one dairy cow is one LU.
