Low input (LI) dairy farming in Europe: country-specificaties and competitiveness

Ludwig Lauwers; Jef Van Meensel; Jolien Hamerlinck; Nigel  Scollan; Simon Moakes; Jo Bijttebier

Low input (LI) dairy farming in Europe: country-specificaties and competitiveness

Ludwig Lauwers, Jef Van Meensel, Jolien Hamerlinck, Nigel Scollan, Simon Moakes, Jo Bijttebier

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Absence of a clear definition of low-input dairy farming prevents answering questions about their competitiveness. This paper presents a pragmatic approach, based on available EU Farm Accountancy Data of 2004-2012, to distinguish a low input quartile from a high input quartile in each EU country. The value of external input costs per grazing livestock unit is used as prior discriminating indicator. Low input dairy farms are clearly smaller and less productive than high input farms, which overall results in lower outputs. Both direct and fixed costs are, however, also lower, which ends up in a comparable profitability.

Original language	English
Number of pages	1
Publication status	Published - Sept-2017
Event	15th EAAE Congress: Towards Sustainable Agri-Food Systems: Balancing between Markets and Society - Parma, Italy Duration: 29-Aug-2017 → 1-Sept-2017 http://www.eaae2017.it/

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Conference	15th EAAE Congress: Towards Sustainable Agri-Food Systems: Balancing between Markets and Society
Abbreviated title	15th EAAE Congress
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Parma
Period	29/08/17 → 1/09/17
Internet address	http://www.eaae2017.it/

15th EAAE Congress: Towards Sustainable Agri-Food Systems:Balancing between Markets and Society
Leen, F. (Participant), Van Meensel, J. (Participant), Wauters, E. (Speaker), Lauwers, L. (Speaker), Van Meensel, J. (Speaker) & Van Meensel, J. (Participation with poster)
29-Aug-2017 → 1-Sept-2017
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organisation and participation in conference

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