In the EU-28
There are
Currently
0
Farms
Total of
0
of farmers and their families
6 million farmers
Are members of
22.000 cooperatives
Based in Europe.
600.000 employed
These cooperatives provide employment to 600,000 women and men.
Together, agriculture and forestry make up almost 3/4 of the land used in the EU
The average size of an agricultural holding in the EU-28 as a whole is 16 hectares
In the EU, 96% of farms are family run
The total output of the EU agricultural sector in 2017 was an estimated
0
Euros.
Farmers make
0
of the average income in the rest of the economy.
The EU agri-food sector represents 1/3 of the EU’s total net trade balance, equivalent to
0
euros in 2017.
