Ocena porównawcza najsilniejszych ekonomicznie gospodarstw rolnych o polowej produkcji roślinnej i mlecznych w Unii Europejskiej

The paper aims to analyze the selected economic indicators for two group of farms operating in the EU. These are farms specialized in field plant production and milk production. For the analysis were selected farms with the economic strength over 100 ESU which are participating in the FADN survey. The conducted analysis showed the differences in analyzed groups with regard to production resources, employed capital as well as level of subsidies. The basic differentiation line could be drown between old and New member states of the EU. The paper argues that these differences are still visible and do not wear away.