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  • Glossary item | Last updated: 08 Aug 2023

Agricultural holding

An agricultural holding is a single unit, in both technical and economic terms, operating under a single management, which undertakes agricultural activities within the economic territory of the European Union, either as its primary or secondary activity. Other supplementary (non-agricultural) products and services may also be provided by the holding.

Eurostat b, Glossary, accessed 14 October 2016

Source category: EC Technical Documents