Statistical publications “FADN survey results” are annually published since 1996. The publication of 2015 is based on accountancy data from 1305 family farms and 29 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 - 1150 farms to the EU Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN). Lithuanian economic size threshold for FADN survey is 4 thousand Euro.
Typology of the FADN sample was calculated based on SO 2010 coefficients (Table 3), weighting of results was done with regard to FSS 2013.
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.
In family farms average economic size, utilized agricultural area was on similar level as in 2014. Yield of cereals, protein crops and rape increased, also purchasing prices (except for protein crops) were higher in 2015, what resulted in growth of output crops by 12,8 per cent, compared to 2014. Situation in livestock sector was completely different: there is a tendency of annual drop of livestock units as well as output livestock. From the EU accession a general tendency prevailed (with rare exceptions) of milk yield increase. However, in 2015 average milk yield per cow was 3,4 per cent lower, compared to 2014, and amounted to 5043 kg per cow. Purchasing prices of livestock products also declined (except for eggs and honey), milk price decreased even by 23,1 per cent, compared to 2014. Output livestock decreased by 12 per cent. Though other gainful activities slightly grew, the share of OGA in total output was insignificant. Schema of subsidies except for investment changed in 2015 and, though direct payments decreased, total subsidies except for investment were significantly higher - by 22,6 per cent. Investment subsidies were reduced. Specific crop costs were on similar level as in 2014, specific livestock costs due to lower nomber of livestock and other reasons declined. Farming overheads also were lower and total costs droped by 5,5 per cent compared to 2014. Farm Net Income increased almost by 55 per cent compared to 2014.
Only 29 Agricultural companies were included into survey 2015. The reason for such sharp drop of them in the survey is that a part of Lithuanian AC had chosen accounting year different from calendar year (July 1st). Therefore, they could not provide farming and other data for year 2015. The results of agricultural companies are presented in two tables: standard results by type of farming and economic size based on the EU RICA1 methodology.
This publication contains 30 tables. Family farms are grouped by:
- economic size;
- type of farming;
- area;
- land quality point;
- 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);
- field crops-grazing livestock, combined (TF 83);
- various crops and livestock combined (TF 84).
Ūkių veiklos rezultatai (ŪADT tyrimo duomenys) 2015 = FADN survey results 2015. - Vilnius: Lietuvos agrarinės ekonomikos institutas, 2016. - 95 p.: iliustr., lent. - Santr. angl. ISSN 2029-1221.
