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1 300 fewer agricultural holdings
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2013-11-27T10:00:00.000Z
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Holdings, agricultural area and livestock, 2013, preliminary figures

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1 300 fewer agricultural holdings

Preliminary figures show that the number of holdings dropped by 1 300 from 2012 to 2013, to a total of 43 500, while agricultural area dropped by 1 per cent in the same period.

Structure of agriculturePublished 27 November 2013
2013Per cent
2012 - 20132003 - 2013
Number of holdings, total43 525-2.8-25.3
Natural person41 148-2.7-26.9
Legal person2 377-4.623.6
Agricultural area in use. Decares9 831 719-1.0-5.5
Fully cultivated land, decares8 078 492-1.0-7.8
Agricultural area per holding. Decares225.91.926.4
Holdings keeping domestic animals of various kinds
Cow13 727-3.6-36.7
Sheep 1 year and over14 329-1.5-28.0
Pigs, total2 236-2.5-45.6
Hens1 9387.1-35.7
Holdings cultivating various crops
Grain and oil seeds11 712-6.5-35.9
Potato2 140-6.6-67.6
Meadows for mowing and pastures33 745-2.3-25.7

Source: Statistics Norway

Of the total agricultural area in 2013, fully cultivated agricultural land covered 8.1 million decares, 0.2 million decares were surface cultivated meadows and 1.6 million decares infield pastures. The average size of farms increased from 222 decares in 2012 to 226 decares in 2013.

Less grain area

The total grain area amounted to 2.89 million decares in 2013. Barley comprised 55 per cent of the total grain area, while oats and wheat covered 24 and 19 per cent respectively. The area of wheat dropped by 121 000 decares from 2012 to 2013, and the area of oats by 7 000 decares to 686 000 decares. In the same period, the area of barley increased by 25 000 decares to 1.59 million decares.

The area of meadows for mowing and pastures dropped slightly to a total of 6.49 million decares from 2012 to 2013.

Fewer cattle

The number of cattle dropped slightly, by12 000 from 2012 to 2013, to a total of 850 000. The number of beef cows increased, while the number of dairy cows and other cattle was reduced. The average herd size for dairy cows was 24, and for beef cows 15.

The number of breeding pigs of 97 000 in 2013 is almost the same as the year before. The average herd of breeding pigs was 79 in 2013.