Scattered agrarian structure remains a weakness of Polish agriculture. According to data from the Central Statistical Office Agricultural Census 2010, in the last eight years the number of agricultural holdings decreased by ca.one fifth. The aim of the paper is to define a significance of market land turnover in the process of changes of farms’ area structure. Factors influencing demand-supply situation on the land market, in particular the impact of Common Agricultural Policy and the direct payments, were analysed. The tendencies in non-market family land transfer were presented as well. In this context, the trends in agrarian changes observed in the years 2000-2011 were described.