農業法人経営の経営規模と収益性: 全国アンケート調査多年次分析

The objective of this study was to clarify the relationship between business scale (sales and employees) and profitability in agricultural corporation management. We compared and analyzed the results of two questionnaire surveys conducted in 2011 and 2016 using cross tabulation. Three trends and relationships were revealed by the analyses. Firstly, it confirmed that the business scale of agricultural corporation management is increasing. Secondly, it revealed that there are differences in expansion of business scale between agricultural and livestock products. Finally, it was clear that profit ratio tends to increase as sales increase.本稿では，農業法人経営の経営規模（売上高および従事者数）と収益性の関係を明らかにした．2011 年と2016 年に筆者らが実施したアンケート調査の結果をクロス集計により比較分析を行った．分析の結果，3つの傾向と関係性を明らかにした．第一に，農業法人経営の経営規模が増加傾向にあることを明らかにした．第二に，農畜産物別に経営規模の拡大に相違があることが明らかとなった．最後に，売上高の増加に伴い，経常利益が黒字の法人割合が増加する傾向にあることを明らかにした．