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Improving the production efficiency of dairy farms is a hot topic. The current competitiveness in the dairy industry requires detailed investigation of the mechanisms that lead to optimal holdings. Yet, optimality is dependent on the production process developed on the farm, its size and type. This paper presents a research conducted on 50 dairy farms that are representative of Galician dairy farms with herd sizes in a range between 27 and 85 cows. The estimated yield is expressed in kilograms of whole milk per hour worked (kgFCmilk [hour. sup.-1]), we use the methodology of dairy farms congress indicating that we are at values well below the UE. We have analysed production efficiency by directly measuring the time spent by workers performing farm operations and determining the typological features of the farms. Based on the data obtained from dairy farms, we have classified farms into three groups according to …