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The farm holder is the natural person, on whose account and in whose name the holding is operated and who is legally and economically responsible for the holding. If the holder is a group holding, the data relates to the person considered holder.

The farm manager is the natural person responsible for the normal daily financial and production routines of running the holding.

The monetary economic size of the farm is expressed in Standard Output (SO). The SO is the average monetary value of the agricultural output at farm-gate price, in euro per hectare or per head of livestock.

Statistics on the production of cow's milk are derived from annual surveys of farms in each Member State. Milk production here includes milk subsequently fed to calves on the same farm, but not milk suckled directly.

This data set shows the percentage of utilised agricultural area (UAA) managed by low-, medium- and high-input farms in the EU Member States, and the number of hectars of UAA per category of farms. Each farm is classified according to the level of input use per hectare, which is calculated on the basis of the spending (in constant euros) on purchased inputs per hectare of UAA. The inputs considered here are purchased fertilisers and soil improvers, pesticides (i.e. plant protection products, traps and baits, bird scarers, anti-hail shells, frost protection) and purchased feed. There is a break in the time series in 2004, as per below. Data from 1995-2003: If the calculated result is higher than constant EUR 295 per hectare, the farm is categorised as high. When it is below constant EUR 125 per hectare, it is classified as low. Otherwise, it is medium. The basis is constant 2000 prices EUR per hectare. From 2004 the calculated result is classified as follows: If it is higher than constant EUR 350 per hectare, the farm is categorised as high. When it is below constant EUR 155 per hectare, it is classified as low. Otherwise, it is medium. The basis is constant 2010 prices EUR per hectare. For a full data analysis please see the Agri-environmental fact sheet on Intensification/Extensification.