A farmer's view on the Baltic Sea - MTK

Livestock production is essential all over
Öland and it has been important for how the
farms have developed, but it is also of great
importance for how the landscape is
maintained. The livestock production adds a
lot of values – open fields and pastures,
beautiful nature and is also very important
for biodiversity.
Of tradition and the good soils the farmers
on the south western part of the island are
focused on crop and specialized crop
production – cereals, onion, potatoes, brown
beans, oilseed etc. Until some few years ago
it was common in this area to grow sugar
beets but that has all ended. Instead there
are some areas used to grow maize as
fodder for the dairy farms on the rest of the
island.
Agriculture is the most important business on
Öland. Photo: Öland’s tourist office
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