The Technical Efficiency of Specialised Milk Farms: A Regional View
Table 4
Differences in economic indicators.
Indicator
Unit
Inefficient regions (),
Efficient regions (),
-statistic
value
Sig.
Utilised agricultural area
ha/farm
58.53
133.83
Diff < 0
−2.418
0.0098
***
SD*
41.69
205.95
Economic size
ESU/farm
119.92
268.69
Diff < 0
−3.215
0.0012
***
SD
74.17
304.05
Labour input (hours per year)
hours/farm
4 271.34
8 065.80
Diff < 0
−2.605
0.0062
***
SD
1 030.79
9 733.53
Dairy cows
LU/farm
41.77
81.96
Diff < 0
−3.469
0.0005
***
SD
22.97
75.24
Crop output
EUR/ha
442.40
659.98
Diff < 0
−2.626
0.0053
***
SD
314.32
488.13
Livestock output
EUR/LU
1 607.62
1 697.18
Diff < 0
−0.989
0.1628
—
SD
440.04
480.65
Other production in Total input
%
3.297
3.217
Diff > 0
0.090
0.4642
—
SD
4.472
4.635
Total output per total input
EUR/EUR
1.167
1.290
Diff < 0
−1.616
0.0557
*
SD
0.234
0.468
Total output per total intermediate consumption
EUR/EUR
1.583
1.756
Diff < 0
−1.644
0.0528
*
SD
0.316
0.655
Total output per hectare
EUR/ha
2 787.04
4 970.83
Diff < 0
−1.789
0.0401
**
SD
1 570.33
8 079.22
Total output per working hour
EUR/hour
34.34
44.99
Diff < 0
−2.111
0.0190
**
SD
20.81
28.90
Total output per material costs
EUR/EUR
2.463
2.698
Diff < 0
−1.413
0.0813
*
SD
0.585
1.003
Total output per energy costs
EUR/EUR
14.51
17.70
Diff < 0
−3.441
0.0005
***
SD
3.87
5.28
Total output per capital costs
EUR/EUR
4.623
6.221
Diff < 0
−2.580
0.0062
***
SD
1.877
3.841
Total output per contracting work
EUR/EUR
60.39
270.95
Diff < 0
−1.305
0.0993
*
SD
83.37
1 080.12
Specific livestock costs per LU**
EUR/LU
715.70
746.93
Diff < 0
−0.477
0.3174
—
SD
293.64
362.76
Notes: SD = standard deviation; 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, 1 dairy cow is one LU.
***Means significance at .
