Agriculture; companies with broadening activities, main business type, region

This table provides data on the number of agricultural holdings with broadening activities and the share of the increase in the total gross yield of the holding, broken down by main type and region. The data for this table come from the agricultural census. The agricultural census is part of the combined task, which is used, inter alia, for the implementation of the agricultural policy and enforcement of the Fertilisers Act. The broadening data cover the period April to March prior to the agricultural census. The broadening figures based on the Agricultural census can give an incomplete picture, among other things because more and more entrepreneurs divide their holdings (e.g. due to legislation, tax advantages, or risk distribution) into several independent holdings with their own legal form and accounting. These companies may not come into the picture via the Agricultural Census. As of 2010, a new standard for the economic size of companies and a new business typing will be applied. Until 2009, the economic size of agricultural holdings was expressed in NGE (Dutch Size Unit). As of 2010, this has been replaced by SO (Standard Yield). As a result, the lower limit for inclusion of holdings in the publication of the Agricultural Census changes from 3 nge to EUR 3 000 SO. So standards are updated every three years. The most recent update took place in 2020. For comparability over time, data from 2000 to 2009 were recalculated on the basis of SO standards and classifications; in this recalculation, the SO standards from 2010 were used. As of 2016, information from the Trade Register will be used to define the agricultural census. Entry in the Commercial Register with an agricultural SBI (Standard of business classification) is leading in determining whether there is an agricultural holding. This demarcation is as close as possible to Eurostat’s statistical regulations and to the (Dutch) implementation of the concept of ‘active farmer’ in the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). The demarcation of the agricultural census on the basis of information from the Trade Register mainly affects the total number of holdings, where a clear trend break occurs. Given the size and type of holdings excluded from the new demarcation (such as riding stables, petting zoos and nature management organisations), the impact on the broadening figures is limited. Data available vanaf:1998 Status of the figures: the figures are final. Changes as of 19 March 2021: the 2020 figures have been updated and are now final. When are new figures coming? Questions about broadening are not included in the agricultural census every year. In the years asked for broadening, the provisional figures appear in December and in March of the following year the final figures follow.