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Relative Efficiency of UK Farms (2010)
This Research Briefing outlines the results of a recently completed six-month Defra research contract aimed at measuring technical efficiency by farm type within the UK and across a number of EU countries.
Most countries demonstrate a high level of technical efficiency across all farm types, indicating that, on average, farms operate near best practice levels. All Scottish farming types have farms that are on the technical efficiency frontier, meaning that they are operating at their optimal activity levels.