• Introduction, Daniele Rama
• Costs of milk production in Ireland, Brendan Kearney
* Milk production in Ireland
* Structural features of milk production
* Production features
* Milk composition and quality
* Data sources and organisation
* Production costs
* Economies of size
* Costs related to other years
* Inputs and unit costs, 1989
* References

• Milk production in the United Kingdom: structure and costs, Alan W. Kirke and Ian H. Hassard
* Introduction
* Sources of data on milk production in the United King
* Structural data
* Financial data
* Dairy farming in the United Kingdom
* Herd size
* Structural change
* Inputs to dairy fanning
* Milk marketing and utilisation in the United Kingdom
* The Milk Marketing Boards
* Milk processing
* Imports and exports of milk products
* Milk production costs in the United Kingdom
* Data sources
* Milk Production Costs in 1988/89
* Methodology
* Results
* Production costs and herd size
* Milk production costs in 1989/90
* Conclusions
* References



• Milk production costs in Denmark, Bo Degnbol Nielsen
* Farm Structure
* Collection and processing of data
* Production costs


• The structure of dairy farming and its production costs in the Netherlands, Bart Eleveld and Gerard W.J. Giesen
* Introduction
* Methodology and Data Sources
* Dairy Farm Structure
* Size and specialization
* Geographical distribution and differences
* Milk production: quantity and quality
* Structure of production costs
* Cost and efficiency developments in the 1980's
* Contrasts by soil type and farm size
* Conclusions
* References

• Milk production costs in Belgium, George Bublot, Benoit Georges and Pierre Dackweiler
* Introduction
* Structure of milk production in Belgium
* Basic data about Belgian agriculture
* Basic data of milk production structure
* Production costs
* The total production cost
* The average production cost
* Accuracy of the estimates
* Empirical research
* Repartition of the average cost
* Comparison between regional averages
* Structure of costs
* Evolution of the proportion of dairy farms in a loss situation
* From the cost per unit of production to the profitability of the farm
* The breed
* Intensification
* Size of farms
* lie other parameters
* References

• Some factors affecting milk price in Poland, Michal Sznajder
* Introduction
* Process of commencing market mechanisms in Poland and its effect on the dairy sector
* Equalization of payments and prices
* Competition for dairy products on the Polish market
* Factors affecting level of milk production costs in Poland
* Participation of dairy farmers in the costs and profit of the dairy sector
* Small scale of milk production
* Technological backwardness of cooling chain
* Small variety of products
* Conclusions

• Structure and costs of milk production in Schleswig - Holstein / Germany, Oswin Maurer, Klaus Drescher and Christian Holsten
* Introduction
* Characteristics and structural features of milk production in the European Community and Germany
* Geographical distribution of milk production
* Utilization, producer prices and quality parameters of milk in Germany
* Production costs
* Data Sources
* Method
* Results
* Summary
* References

• Costs of production of milk in France: comparison with european countries, Jean-Pierre Butault, Bertrand Schmitt, Jean-Christophe Bureau, Denis Hairy and Jean-Marc Rousselle
* Three methods to calculate milk production costs from RICA data
* Definition of components in milk production cost
* Three methods to establish milk production costs.
* Farming systems and production costs in France
* Location of milk production
* The main types of farming systems in France
* Evolution of production costs and the income of specialized dairy farms
* Production costs and size of the dairy enterprise
* Performance of French dairy farming compared to European dairying
* Dairy farming systems in Europe
* Costs in terms of an aggregate "volume" of inputs to produce one hectolitre of milk
* Relative prices of milk and of inputs
* Production costs expressed in ECU
* Dairy farmers' incomes
* References

• The portuguese dairy sector: milk production costs, a regional comparison, Fernando Lopes
* Introduction
* Dairy farming and dairy farms in Portugal
* Milk production in the Northwest
* Dairy farms in the Azores
* Milk production and dairy policy
* Milk production costs
* The sample and the methodology
* Cost structure
* Farm size and economies of scale
* Cost per litre
* References

• Costs in area of Parmigiano Reggiano, Piero Nasuelli
* Development factors in dairy farming in the Parmigiano-Reggiano area
* The ISTAT survey
* The ANAFI survey of dairy farms with friesian cattle
* Milk production
* Quality aspects
* Production costs
* Data collection system
* Annual survey
* Monthly survey
* 'Me Economic balance sheet
* Dairy farms surveyed
* Results
* Economic results for dairy farms of type 2
* Economic results for dairy farms of type 3
* Economic results for dairy farms of type 6
* Economic results for dairy farms of type 15
* Economic results for dairy farms of type 21
* Conclusions
* References

• Milk production costs in Italy (Lombardy), Roberto Pretolani
* The main characteristics of the dairy industry
* The structure of dairy herds
* Concentrations of farms
* Degree of specialization
* Location of dairy herds and production
* Uses of milk
* Composition and quality parameters
* Determination of the price of milk
* The sample of holdings analyzed
* The INEA-FADN user data bank
* Main technical and financial parameters of holdings
* Structural data
* Assets and financial information
* The cost-computing methodology
* Total production cost
* Implicit and explicit costs
* Efficiency indicators
* Main results of the survey
* Analysis of average production costs in 1983-86-89
* Analysis of costs by farm groups
* Size of herd
* Production classes (Yield/Cow)
* Herd size and production level
* Overall variation in production
* Some simulations
* Conclusions
* References

Contributors: Georges Benoit, George Bublot, Jean Christophe Bureau, Jean Pierre Butault, Pierre Dackweiler, Klaus Drescher, Bart Eleveld, Gerard W.J. Giesen, Denis Hairy, Ian H. Hassard, Christian Holsten, Bendan Kearney, Alan W. Kirke, Fernando Lopes, Oswin Maurer, Piero Nasuelli, Bo Degnbol Nielsen, Roberto Pretolani, Jean Marc Rousselle, Bertrand Schmitt, Michal Sznajeder

Serie: Studi di economia agroalimentare, Smea

Subjects: Agricultural and Food Economics

Level: Scholarly Research