The Situation of Agricultural Companies

Topics: Planned change of areas used agriculturally or livestock holdings; reasons for doing without company change; holding of milk animals, meat animals, porkers and breeding sows; knowledge about agricultural support programs and judgement on these support programs by respondent and his occupational colleagues; utilization of public aid and reasons for not doing so; judgement on the usefulness of government subsidies; sources of information about subsidies; planned investments depending on subsidies; judgement on company income; family members helping; retraining intent; contacts with the employment office and as appropriate prospect of a new job; consultation of external advisers on the occasion of company conversion; presence of an heir and age of farm successor; current occupation of farm successor; company size.

Demography: age; school education; state.