Type of indicator

Quantitative

Relative dimension and aggregated criteria

Economic sustainability: Profitability: Dairy product sales

Description

Dairy product sales represents the value of milk and milk products sold off farm, which depends on the quantity and quality (e.g., fat and protein content) of the milk produced. It is specific to the dairy enterprise. The measure is divided by the total number of dairy cows to account for differences in herd size.

Indicator calculation

𝑆𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑘 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑘 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑠 / 𝐴𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑑 𝑠𝑖𝑧𝑒

Unit

€/cow

Indicator interpretation

Indicators interpretation:

Higher values indicate larger quantity and/or quality of dairy production and thus better economic performance.

Scale definition

Scales Values (€/cow) Dexi interpretation References
>=75th
percentile
>= 2758.59 High + Based on the FADN data distribution for EU specialised dairy farms (European Commission, 2022). Quantile method, 2016-2018 data.
[median; 75th
percentile]
[2505.32; 2758.59 ] Medium to high
[25th percentile;
median]
[1856.53; 2505.32] Medium to low
< 25th percentile < 1856.53 Low