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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

Grassland Solothurn

Plant Diversity to Cope with Increased Drought Risk in Grasslands

Plant species diversity in intensively managed grasslands can act like a natural insurance against drought risk by reducing production variability. This reduction persists even at increased drought risks.
Landwirtschaftlichen Einkommen 2024

Swiss Agricultural Income 2024: a Heterogeneous Year Depending on the Branch

Swiss Agricultural income rose by 2.6 per cent in 2024 compared to the previous year, averaging CHF 81,700 per farm. The reason for this was higher revenues (monetary output) from pig, poultry and fruit production.
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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