Sylwester Tabor

Seeking Interrelations Between the Level of Social and Economic Development and the Indicators Of the Economic and Production Disagrarisation of Farms

Disagrarisation can be looked at from a broad perspective, when referred to the social and economic processes taking place in rural areas, or from a narrower perspective, when related to farms (as understood by the Polish law). In the latter case, production and economic aspects come first. The study attempted at measuring the interrelations between the level of social and economic development of a local administrative entity (county) and the indicators of the processes of the economic and production disagrari- sation of farms located therein (share of land with agriculture in poor condition; or- ganisational intensity of agriculture). It was found that the indicators of economic and production disagrarisation assumed high values both in the counties that achieved high scores for their level of social and economic development, and in those with low scores. However, the causes of the considerable advancement of disagrarisation differ between the two groups of counties. The factor that supports the continuation of production and helps in maintaining the importance of incomes earned from agriculture is, among oth- ers, the favourable natural conditions of agricultural production.

Production capacity and workstations load in the animal feed production process

Abstract Production capacity is the amount of production with the determined assortment structure possible to achieve by a particular production unit in a determined time at the optimal use of production factors and at maintaining the products quality corresponding to standards. The objective of the paper was to determine the production power and output of particular workstations which constitute an assembly line of dry animal feed. The scope of research covered an assembly line in the establishment which produces dry feed for pet animals. Based on information and documentation obtained from the company manager and on the work schedule determined for particular workstations, the operation time of a machine, human work time (operation of a machine) and operation time of the entire station with its working surface was determined. Research showed that workstations which constituted the assembly line of dry animal feed were loaded within 76 to 86%. The lowest loading was reported in the mill and LP02 assembly line and it was respectively 76 and 78%. Whereas loading of the remaining devices was comparable and was at the level within 84 to 86%.