Survey of farm structures in the West-Transdanubian Region

In the course of a survey we’ve researched private farms of the West-Transdanubian Region in terms of their land area, economic farm size, land use and types of their enterprise. The research of agricultural enterprises from these points of view was the further share of our work.371 pieces of questionnaire were sent farms of enterprises (joint-stock company, ltd., deposit company, co-operative) in Gyôr-Moson-Sopron, Vas and Zala counties, from which72 assessable documents returned.The questionnaire asked the farmers the type of their farming (according to the rate ofStandard Gross Margin), their economic farm size and data of land property and land use (in the year of 2002, 2004 and 2006). It also enquired about the claim to change ofland size, the vertical and horizontal relations, the size of irrigated area, the utilization of subsidies, further plans of the farmers concerning their conceptions of future expansion.On the grounds of available data the essay states the typical of the different sized agricultural enterprises after the EU accession.