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Paper analysed both the volume and value of inventories of final goods produced by private farms. For all the cereals a positive association was observed between stock quantity and utilized agricultural area, particularly strong in the case of cereals based on intensive production methods. Adversely, stock volumes estimated for all remaining farm products were higher in smaller holdings. Total cereal stocks in quantitative terms were also positively related to other variables, such as farm income per 1 ha agricultural land and soil quality. For other groups of stocks, their volume was decreasing with the rise in farm income, the evidence particularly strong in the case of hay and root plants inventories. The results of analysis indicate that stock volumes depend on farm type, relation that might be explained by different production technologies applied on farms of selected types. On the other hand, there have been observed similar values of final products inventories on particular farm types. Moreover, area differentiation between holdings of particular farm type did not cause the differences in stock of farm products in value terms when considered both per holding and per 1 ha agricultural land.