4m EU farms disappear, but not in Ireland where number of farms are increasing

Ireland is the only EU member state where the number of farms increased between 2003 and 2013.

One out of four farms disappeared in 10 years across the EU, but farms increased 2.9% in Ireland, according to Eurostat’s latest statistics on EU farmers.

The number of farms more than halved in Slovakia (down 67.1%) and Bulgaria (61.8%).