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Within the period of 2000-2007 the number of farms of the area of 50 hectares or more in Poland has increased from 15,8 thousand up to 24,1 thousand. Assuming that this tendency holds on the yearly increase of the number of farms of this category will reach the level of 1,2 thousand on average, which in consequence will give the number of 33 thousand in 2015, that is 2,1% of the total number of farms. The largest increase of number of farms of the area of 50 hectares or more can rbe expected in provinces: Lubelskie, Podlaskie, Mazowieckie, Zachodniopomorskie, Opolskie, Pomorskie and Śląskie, because of the highest dynamics of the number of these farms. In voivodships of the area of 20-50 the number of farms will probably also increase in relatively short period of time. These are: Mazowieckie, Podlaskie, Wielkopolskie, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Warmińsko-Mazurskie and Lubelskie.