Statistical publications “FADN survey results” are annually published since 1996. The publication of 2011 is based on accountancy data from 1302 family farms and 49 agricultural companies. Selected farms cover all districts, natural zones and reflect different farming conditions.
After the EU accession in 2004 Lithuania usually delivers data of 1000 - 1100 farms to the EU Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN). From 2010 accountancy year the new farm typology is implemented in the EU. Due to the new agricultural policy, decoupling of some subsidies the Standard Gross Margin (SGM) coefficients became negative in several Member States. Therefore, it was decided to substitute SGM with Standard Output (SO) coefficients. The new economic size classes and types of farming were also defined (table 1 and 2). Lithuanian SO 2007 coefficients based on 2005 - 2009 data are presented in the table 3. Each member state must define an economic size threshold for including selected farms into the field of survey. Lithuania determined 4 thousand Euro threshold.
Like in previous years, statistical results of family farms and agricultural companies are presented separately, as they are very different from both economic size and labour input. Some types of farming and economic size classes are aggregated. Weighted averages per farm are calculated for each group and whole country. Data of the previous year per country is also presented, what enables to compare farming results in the course of the last two years. Structures of the sample farms (family farms and agricultural companies) are revealed in the tables 4 and 5 respectively. Data of Agricultural Census 2010 served to calculate weighted averages for both types of farms. The sample almost completely covers field of survey.
In 2011 crop yields, sale prices of both crop and livestock products were higher compared to 2010, what resulted in increase of output crops and output livestock by 14 and 18 per cent respectively. On the other hand, total inputs also were reasonable higher. Subsidies on production dropped by 10 per cent, on investment - by 19 per cent, what resulted in decrease of Farm Net Income by 6 per cent in family farm.
In 2011 output crops and output livestock increased significantly in Agricultural companies. Though total inputs and all subsidies slightly decreased FNI per 1 ha UAA was higher almost twice compared to 2010.
Subsidies on investments and FNVA per 1 ha UAA in the EU countries are presented in the tables 6 and 7. Period of 2004-2009 is covered in these tables.
This publication contains 50 tables. Both family farms and agricultural companies are grouped by:
- economic size;
- type of farming;
- area;
- land quality point.
In addition family farms are grouped by:
- farmer’s age;
- counties;
- less favoured (LFA) and normal areas;
- organic farms.
Types of farming in family farms (row headings in the tables of family farms):
- specialist cereals, oilseeds and protein crops (TF 15);
- general field cropping, mixed cropping (TF 16, 61);
- horticulture and permanent crops (TF 23, 38);
- specialist dairying (TF 45);
- grazing livestock (TF 46, 47, 48, 73);
- specialist granivores (TF 51, 52, 53);
- field crops-grazing livestock, combined (TF 83);
- various crops and livestock combined (TF 84).
Types of farming in agricultural companies (row headings in the tables of agricultural companies):
- crops (TF 15, 16, 61);
- horticulture and permanent crops (TF 23, 38);
- specialist granivores (TF 51, 52);
- specialist dairying, field crops-grazing livestock, combined (TF 45, 83).
Ūkių veiklos rezultatai (ŪADT tyrimo duomenys) 2011 = FADN survey results 2011. - Vilnius: Lietuvos agrarinės ekonomikos institutas, 2012. - 108 p.: iliustr., lent. - Santr. angl. ISSN 2029-1221.
