Statistical presentation

Data description

The statistics contain a compilation of the value of investments of the agricultural sector. The agricultural investments are compiled at both current and constant prices (2015-prices and 2020-prices).

When investing a firm increases and improves its capacity of production with the aim of obtaining a higher output and earning or in order to meet legal requirements on e.g. environment and animal welfare.

The agricultural investments consist of three main types:

Farm buildings, which e.g. could be animal houses for cattle and pigs, silos for cereals and green houses.

Machinery and equipment, which e.g. include tractors, milking machines and slurry silos.

Land improvements, e.g. planting of new fruit trees and draining of the land.

While a firm invests also a deterioration of the capital stock takes place. The value of this deterioration is called depreciations, and the difference between depreciations and investments is called net investments.

Classification system

The investments, depreciations and net investments are distributed by type of investments:

• Farm buildings
• Machinery and equipment
• Plantations and land improvements

Farm buildings are further divided into:

• Animal houses for cattle
• Animal houses for pigs
• Other farm buildings

Sector coverage

Agriculture, including horticulture.

Statistical concepts and definitions

Standard output: The average value of the agricultural output at farm-gate price, in euro per hectare or per head of livestock.

Euro loan: A euro loan is a loan denominated in euros and granted by a Danish mortgage credit institution.

Statistical unit

Investments are calculated at million Danish kroner, both at current and constant prices. 2020 is the actual base year for the calculation at constant prices.

Statistical population

All agricultural farms in Denmark.

Reference area

Denmark.

Time coverage

These statistics cover the time period from 2005 and onwards.

Base period

The investments are calculated at current and constant prices with 2020 as the base year.

Unit of measure

Million Danish kroner

Reference period

Yearly.

Frequency of dissemination

Yearly.

Legal acts and other agreements

RFO 1217/2009/EF er basisforordningen i den lovgivning, som fastlægger Danmarks forpligtigelser i forbindelse med EU's datanet for bedriftsbæredygtighed (Farm Sustainability Data Network, FSDN). Council Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009 constitutes the basic legal act establishing Denmark's obligations under the EU Farm Sustainability Data Network (FSDN). The Regulation was amended by Regulation (EU) 2023/2674, which transformed the former Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) into the FSDN. The basic Regulation is supplemented by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/1417. Data collection is based on the holding owner's consent to obtain accounting information from the accounting office or auditor. A register is maintained of agricultural holdings that have agreed to make their accounts available. The main implementing legislation also includes Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2746, which lays down rules on sampling, thresholds, typology and reporting formats, and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2499 concerning deadlines, payments and related matters. The regulations can be found in EU's database: EUR-LEX - Access to European law

Cost and burden

No response burden is estimated as participation in the survey is voluntary.

Comment

Further information can be found at the subject page for these statistics, or by contacting Statistics Denmark directly.