methods, notes and classification Key variables by type of farming (1-digit), economic size of farm (ESU) and objective zone 1999 methods, notes and classification

    • Economic size classes of holdings in European Size Unit (ESU)
      • 0 Total
      • 1 Less than 1 ESU
      • 2 From 1 to 1.9 ESU
      • 3 From 2 to 3.9 ESU
      • 4 From 4 to 7.9 ESU
      • 5 From 8 to 15.9 ESU
      • 6 From 16 to 39.9 ESU
      • 7 From 40 to 99.9 ESU
      • 8 From 100 to 249.9 ESU
      • 9 250 ESU or over
    • Objective zones (CAP)
      • 0 Total
      • 1 Not in any objective zone (as defined up to 1999)
      • 2 Objective zone 1 (as defined up to 1999)
      • 3 Objective zone 2 (as defined up to 1999)
      • 4 Objective zone 5b (as defined up to 1999)
      • 5 Objective zone 6 (as defined up to 1999)
    • Farm type
      • 0 Total
      • 1 Specialist field crops (calculated with Standard Gross Margin)
      • 2 Specialist horticulture (calculated with Standard Gross Margin)
      • 3 Specialist permanent crops (calculated with Standard Gross Margin)
      • 4 Specialist grazing livestock (calculated with Standard Gross Margin)
      • 5 Specialist granivores (calculated with Standard Gross Margin)
      • 6 Mixed cropping (calculated with Standard Gross Margin)
      • 7 Mixed livestock farms (calculated with Standard Gross Margin)
      • 8 Mixed crops-livestock (calculated with Standard Gross Margin)
      • 9 Non-classifiable farms (calculated with Standard Gross Margin)
    • Variable
      • 0 Utilised agricultural area (ha)
      • 1 AWU:Labour force - directly employed by the holding
      • 2 hold:No. of holdings
      • 3 ESU:SGM of the holding
      • 4 ha:Total area
      • 5 LSU:Livestock
    • Geopolitical entity (reporting)
      • 0 Belgium
      • 1 Denmark
      • 2 Germany (until 1990 former territory of the FRG)
      • 3 Ireland
      • 4 Greece
      • 5 Spain
      • 6 France (metropolitan)
      • 7 Italy
      • 8 Luxembourg
      • 9 Netherlands
      • a Austria
      • b Portugal
      • c Finland
      • d Sweden
      • e United Kingdom