Most farmers hold second job

Only one out of twenty farmers in Norway have all their income from working on the farm, according to a fresh survey.

The surveu shows that six per cent had all their income from the farm in 2012, and only 15 per cent had more that 3/4 of their income from working on the farm. This is a drop of 6 pr cent in 10 years, according to the newspaper Nationen.

(NRK)

Tuesday, 05 February 2013 07:31

Posted in Section: News - Category: News

Written by Rolleiv Solholm

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