The evolution of agricultural farms in Luxembourg since the 60ies

During the second half of the 20th century, Luxembourgish agriculture is, like all European agriculture, in a deep restructuring process. During this period, Luxembourg’s agriculture is marked amongst others by the disappearance of 8,000 farms, a regression of the utilized agricultural area (UAA) of 6000 ha. A process of concentration of farms and increasing productivity has been triggered. From 1962 to 2009, the number of farms over 50 ha has increased sixfold. During the same period, their average size increased from 64 ha to 104 ha.