The number of farms in Norway dropped by 1100 holdings or 2.4 per cent from 2010 to a total of 45 500 in 2011, according to Statistics Norway (SSB). The total utilised agricultural area dropped by 77 000 decares to a total of 9.98 million decares in 2011. Of the total agricultural area in 2011, fully cultivated agricultural land covered 8.2 million decares, 0.2 million decares was surface cultivated meadows and 1.6 million decares infield pastures. Read More
