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Abstract
The sharp increase in the prices of mineral fertilizers in 2010-2012 meant that farms specializing in
field crops responded differently to this circumstance. Most of them in this period increased costs of mineral
fertilizers were, however, and the farm that costs are reduced. The aim of the study was to evaluate the
production potential, the organization of production, the efficiency of the investment and the severity of
the two groups of farms specializing in field crops, which in 2010-2012 led continuously accounting for
the Polish FADN. It was found that the holding that in the period decreased costs of mineral fertilizers are
those which are characterized by a greater amount of work per 1 ha utilized agriculture area (UAA), had a
smaller area of UAA and a worse economic situation.