Table 1.

General information about the dairy farms

	All farms	Group A (Farms with quota ≤ 250,000 kg)	Group B (Farms with quota ≥ 750,000 kg)
Number of dairy farms	466	23	53
Number of persons working on the farm	1.87	1.51	2.3
Proportion of business dairy related (%)	67.8	21.2	83
Average size of the dairy herd	68.4	35.9	124.2
Average size property (ha)	40.6	36	84.9
Average quantity of milk quota (kg)	517820	199500	985710
Average milk yield 305 days < 8,000 kg (%)	48.6	79.2	35.2
Average milk yield 305 d ≥ 8,000 < 10,000 kg (%)	49.7	16.7	61.1
Average milk yield 305 d ≥ 10,000 kg (%)	1.7	4.1	3.7