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Managerial Economics in Agriculture

Kuh vor Bauernhof, Brown Suisse, Brettigen
© Brändle Gabriela, Agroscope

Agroscope collects accountancy data and carries out the annual income monitoring exercise within the Swiss agricultural sector on behalf of the Swiss Confederation. Research encompasses business and microeconomic analyses of agricultural production and of the upstream and downstream industries.  

Link

Research Group Managerial Economics

Further Education Course for Construction Professionals (only in DE)

URL for direct access

www.agroscope.ch/betriebswirtschaft

Publications

You’ll find the publications on this topic here.

AgriPerform

AgriPerform enables the performance of the individual farm branches to be measured at income level.

Cost Catalogue

The Cost Catalogue (formerly the Machinery Costs Report) for practitioners is published annually in September.

Latest News and Further Information

Agrarökonomie-Tagung 2025

Agricultural Economics Conference on 18 November 2025

The 48th Agricultural Economics Conference will take place on 18 November at the Agroscope site in Tänikon, Ettenhausen, Switzerland. The conference will focus on the profitability of selected production methods and the impact of agricultural policy. Registrations are possible until 13 November.
Rigitrac, Traktor auf Wiese

Machinery Costs Stable, Building and Labour Costs Up Again

Despite higher purchase prices the usage costs of agricultural machinery have remained largely stable, whilst building and labour costs have risen slightly. Agroscope’s new Cost Catalogue helps with cost-conscious operational planning.

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