The farming costs (including insurance) of the agricultural holdings in the European Union

The paper is devoted to exploring the farming costs (including insurance) indicators of the agricultural enterprises in the European Union. The analysis employs the box plot methodology that provides a five-number summary for a set of data. In this paper, we analyse the evidence of interconnection between the indicators of efficiency and competitiveness and insurance costs regarding food market security. This research discusses the dynamic changes of the absolute value of farming costs (including insurance) indicators and different relative indicators derived from the original one for the agricultural enterprise holdings in the European Union for the period of 2004-2019. The results show that farming costs (including insurance) indicators of the agricultural holdings should be considered as an instrument for providing food market security. Based on these research results, we are going to further explore the impact of insurance on the food market security. In addition, these research results could help to clarify the difference between EU countries and dynamic changes in farming costs (including insurance) indicators of agricultural holdings.