Finland: Recapturing farm nutrients offers double benefits
Finnish officials hope to entice farmers to stop fertiliser and animal waste from leaking into the waterways – and to
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Increase in organic meat production in Sweden
The production of organic meat in Sweden is on the increase. According to the National Food Agency last year 15
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Organic farming does not benefit the environment, say researchers
Relying on organic crop production would be “disastrous” and could “lead to starvation”, according to researchers at the Swedish University
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One in five farms to disappear from Finland by 2020
Research by the farmers’ union MTK and the Ministry of Agriculture outlines fundamental changes in the structure of the farming
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Sweden’s potato farmers face big losses
Potato farmers in Sweden’s Värmland region risk losing big parts of their crops because of intense rain. Farmer Gunnar Carlsson
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`Don’t feed wild boars,’ says Swedish report
The feeding of wild boars should be banned during the summer months to help control the animal’s growing population, according
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Sweden: Climate change speeds up Baltic Sea algal blooms
Algal blooms in the Baltic Sea are starting earlier that before, a new study shows, a result that might be
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Dairy leak in Sweden turns river’s waters milky white
Around 15,000 liters of milk spilled into the Tolånga river in Sjöbo municipality, southern Sweden on Friday, after a pipe
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Lake levels rise in Finland
Some of Finland’s largest lakes are forecast to continue rising for the coming weeks, with record levels predicted for Lake
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Sweden: Grants to improve access to clean water for farming
The Swedish government and the US Agency for International Development announced on Monday a US$ 25 million grant program to
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Farmers eye weather as harvest season approaches in Finland
As the grain crops begin to yellow, the start of the threshing season approaches for Finnish farmers. The harvest is
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Worries over berry harvest in North Karelia, Finland
The heat wave in Finland has accelerated this year’s strawberry harvest, which ripens this week. However, there’s currently a shortage
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Strawberry harvest may be unusually short in Finland
Sunny, warm weather has the strawberry crop ripening about a week and a half ahead of normal. For example, the
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Farm flourishes on Alaska tundra
BETHEL, Alaska — The red barn on the barren, windswept plain along the Kuskokwim River outside of this village-cum-regional-hub in
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