20.500.12556/RUL-184604 Land structure as a determinant of legal entity dairy farm typologies evidence from Croatia Struktura zemljišta kao determinanta tipologije pravnih subjekata na mliječnim farmama The paper presents the results of a cluster analysis conducted on all 62 legal dairy farms in Croatia. The aim is to group legal entity dairy farms into smaller homogeneous groups with similar characteristics according to a given variable. Such farm groups will serve to define typical farms that will be the basis for an in-depth assessment of the current state and further development of the Croatian dairy sector. The four key variables used in the cluster analysis relate to the structure of the total utilized agricultural area (UAA). The cluster analysis identified five different groups of legal dairy farms, and 90% of legal dairy farms belong to a cluster of medium-sized farms with strong development potential. It was shown that on legal dairy farms, agricultural land is mainly arable, with corn as the main crop. They show a highly specialized structure focused almost exclusively on field crops, unlike family dairy farms that show greater diversification (meadows, grasslands, karst pastures). Based on these findings, the development of farm models using mathematical programming is planned. The analysis relies on real sector data provided by the Croatian Agriculture and Food Agency and was conducted using hierarchical and non-hierarchical clustering methods in IBM SPSS Statistics. The results provide a solid basis for designing farm-level models and contribute to future research and evidence-based policymaking in the Croatian dairy sector. land structure legal dairy farms cluster analysis farm model lastnosti tal kmetije kmetijski model true false true Angleški jezik Hrvaški jezik Članek v reviji 2026-07-10 13:53:03 2026-07-10 13:53:10 2026-07-11 04:14:01 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2026 0 0 Str. 112-121 no. 1 Vol.32 2026 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 631.41:631.1.017.1-047.44(497.5) 1848-8080 10.18047/poljo.32.1.13 284414979 RAZ_Petrac_Maja_2026.13 RAZ_Petrac_Maja_2026.13 1 784C0375EDAAC8BB3D02219B520FF569 abc250f01a7dfe2dcb41f54fdef961cc8eec80e1d449d867128a06148c475a8a cc266302-7c55-11f1-9b0d-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=237525 Biotehniška fakulteta 0 0 0