This page provides supporting information for the Fertiliser use and costs in EU farms dashboard, including the data source, reporting period, disclosure rules, filters and definitions used for fertiliser quantities, fertiliser costs and related farm economic indicators.
Data source
Farm Sustainability Data Network (FSDN)
Notes
Data is available for the period 2018 to 2023.
The EU-27 excludes the United Kingdom.
Filters are applied to exclude farms with excessively high fertiliser use per hectare, which are too far from the median and therefore become non-representative when calculating average values. Farms removed by these filters do not enter the analysis, neither in quantities nor in values.
For certain Member States, farming types, regions, and years, data are unavailable due to small sample sizes, fewer than 15 farms, which prevents result disclosure.
Data are displayed as weighted averages.
Definitions
SE296 Quantity of N used in mineral fertilisers: Total quantity, weight, of nitrogen in terms of N in mineral fertilisers used, estimated on the basis of the quantity of mineral fertilisers and their N content.
SE297 Quantity of P2O5 used in mineral fertilisers: Total quantity, weight, of phosphorus in terms of P2O5 in mineral fertilisers used, estimated on the basis of the quantity of mineral fertilisers and their P2O5 content.
SE298 Quantity of K2O used in mineral fertilisers: Total quantity, weight, of potassium in terms of K2O in mineral fertilisers used, estimated on the basis of the quantity of mineral fertilisers and their K2O content.
SE295 Fertiliser cost: Includes all purchased fertilisers and soil improvers, for example lime, including compost, peat and manure, excluding manure produced on the holding.
SE281 Total specific costs: Includes crop-specific inputs, such as seeds and seedlings, fertilisers, crop protection products and other specific crop costs, livestock-specific inputs, such as feed for grazing stock and granivores, other specific livestock costs and specific other gainful activity costs.
SE275 Total intermediate consumption: Total specific costs, including inputs produced on the holding, and overheads arising from production in the accounting year. Specific costs plus overheads, including machinery costs.
SE025 Total Utilised Agricultural Area: It includes land in owner occupation, rented land and land in share-cropping, where remuneration is linked to output from land made available. It excludes areas used for mushrooms, land rented for less than one year on an occasional basis, woodland and other farm areas such as roads, ponds and non-farmed areas. It also includes agricultural land temporarily not under cultivation for agricultural reasons or being withdrawn from production as part of agricultural policy measures.