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Agriculture, forestry, hunting and fishing: Agricultural properties

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  • Good grain yields in 2016

    The total grain production reached 1 326 000 tonnes in 2016, a decline of 2.3 per cent from the year before.

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  • Two out of three transfers for agricultural purposes

    In 2016, a total of 8 960 agricultural properties were transferred to new owners, of which 5 600 were transferred for agricultural purposes. One third of the properties were sold on the free market. The average purchase price for properties sold o...

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  • 6 000 decares of cultivated land transferred in 2016

    In 2016, 6 000 decares of cultivated land was transferred to non-agricultural use, compared with 6 300 decares the year before.

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  • Most small farms depopulated

    One in five agricultural and forestry properties with a dwelling were uninhabited in 2016. While 28 per cent of the properties with less than 5 hectares of agricultural land were depopulated, the corresponding figure for properties with more than ...

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  • Lower grain yields in 2016

    The total grain production in 2016 is estimated at 1 210 000 tonnes, a decrease of 11 per cent from the year before.

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  • Agriculture and Forestry in Norway 2011

    Statistical analyses 149

    The intention of the publication Agriculture and Forestry in Norway 2015 is to show the development in agriculture, forestry and hunting in a 50 years perspective.

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  • Reduced use of chemical pesticides on greenhouse vegetables

    In 2015, biological control agents were applied to 90 per cent of the area of edible crops in greenhouses, while chemical pesticides were used on less than 30 per cent of the area. Within ornamental plants, the corresponding shares were 31 and 83 ...

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  • One third of agricultural area sprayed

    In 2014, only one third of the total agricultural area in use was sprayed with pesticides. This is related to the fact that only 6 per cent of the area of meadows and pastureland was sprayed. For other crops, 94 per cent of the area was treated at...

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