Optymalna wielkość przedsiębiorstwa rolniczego

The research was conducted on the basis of empirical data collected by Local Division of State Treasury Agency for Property in Agriculture in Warsaw on the sample of 87 the Agency's own limited liability companies (the Agency is their shareholder with 100%). The period under review covers years 1995 and 1996. In order to determine the relationship between potential profit in commercial agricultural holdings (i.e. that which market large proportion of their output) and their agricultural land area, the correlation and regression analyses completed by analysis of variance were applied. An analysis aimed at determination of optimal farmland area has been conducted through selecting an influence of this area variation on net profit variation. The research results showed that agricultural enterprises should manage agricultural land ranging from 3,500 to 4,400 ha. Presentation of so wide interval is purposeful and justified by large differences between investigated enterprises in farmland structure, quality of soil and the composition of economic activity run by these enterprises.