Every sixth farm closed since 2010 in Norway

It shows a new overview from Statistics Norway on the structural development in Norwegian agriculture. The figures describe the development in the number of farms, agricultural area and the number of livestock both in the last year and the last decade. The decline continues In 2020, a total of 38,498 agricultural holdings were registered. This is a decrease of 1.5 per cent from the previous year, and down 17.4 per cent since 2010. The number of uses has been reduced by 8,126 during this ten-year period. Thus, about every sixth use has been discontinued since 2010. Within the broad categories «Cow» and «Pigs in total», there has been a percentage decrease in the number of uses, both in the last year and the last decade. The decline is 23.1 and 22.4 per cent respectively in the period 2010-2020. Since 2010, there are 16 percent fewer people now engaged in livestock. Several larger farms, and more suckler cows The average agricultural area per farm continues to increase. Last year, ...