Effect of EU accession on the income of Hungarian and Slovakian dairy farms

On the basis of investigations into the milk production of enterprises in Szigetköz and of the society and cooperation of agrarian enterprises in Slovakia between 2002 and 2006 we have found that upon the introduction of a quota system and appropriate support on joining the EU in 2004 plus price increases in Slovakia affected favourably the economic success of some large dairy farms selected into the study.