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As early as eight percent of Finnish farms in organic production

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Core Tip: Organic production has shifted in recent years particularly with the new beef cattle and sheep farms.
Organic production has shifted in recent years particularly with the new beef cattle and sheep farms. Also, field grown organic methods more broadly. In all, organic farms have been around 4300, when a total of Finland is approximately 60 000 farms.

The increase during the period 2013 to about nine per cent, or 206 000 hectares of arable land in the whole of Finland is organic. Organic farms are large: the average organic farm covers an area of ​​48 hectares, the normal state of the farmed area is 39 hectares. Organic Oats are grown eight per cent and organic barley by as much as 35 percent more than last year.

"Organic production is a continuous growth of the objectives of the government program," said Senior Beata Meinander Food Safety Authority Evira.

The last couple of years, organic food has moved a few large crop farms, which are at the same time started to beef cattle or sheep grip. Organic Nurmi grown more than before, especially in Uusimaa and Southwest Finland.

Organic Animal facilities are farms with an area almost twice the size of organic farms on average. Arable land is required, inter alia, that the animals have access to pasture for organic production in accordance with terms and conditions.

Help us organic products of animal livestock farms is much higher than conventional farms. On average, an organic farm about 40 milking cows moo or suckler cows. Large rooms in need of partners in the smaller, organic feed of plant producing farms.

Luomurypsillä demand

All organic producers are inspected at least once a year. Also, organic agricultural products processing luomuelintarvikkeiksi monitored. Organic food production enterprises engaged in were the most common meat, bakery, vegetable and berry producers.

"Consumers must be able to rely on the authenticity of organic farming and quality control", emphasizes Senior Beata Meinander.

The increased organic livestock farms has also increased the demand for organic feed. Organic feed control the associated number of players has doubled in the last couple of years. A number of industrial animal feed manufacturers and importers in the Internal Market have adopted organic feed their menus and domestic luomurypsille is a high demand for protein feed source.
 
 
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