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As the farm grows, new personnel are needed. A farm requires about one employee per 50 cows. While the role of employer is demanding, many also perceive it as a step up the social ladder. Cooperation among dairy farms is increasingly common, as is joint ownership of machinery or several smaller farms collaborating on a jointly owned cow-house. Apart from increasing profi tability, such cooperation puts dairy farmers in contact with their colleagues and gives them more free time. ANOTHER TREND IS FOR SOME farmers to specialize in keeping recruitment animals or in receiving bull calves from the dairy farms. It is more usual that dairy farmers purchase feed from nearby farms instead of growing as much as possible themselves. Did you know… One in five Swedes can envisage becoming a dairy farmer. The prospect is most attractive among persons aged 32 to 43. Advisers are increasingly signifi cant in the support they provide to dairy farmers, helping them combine biology, technology and fi nance to the best e� ect, and keeping the farms up to date with the latest research fi ndings, advan ced computer systems, etc. This also applies to advice on environmental management on the farm. Most of the en vironmental focus concerns reducing the use of nitrogen fertilizer. The fact that the number of applications to agricultural colleges is record-high indicates that confi dence in the future is increasing in the industry. There are both large and small dairy farms that are profi table. For those with the desire and the ability to invest the necessary e� ort, there are excellent opportunities for successful entrepreneurship. 23
Healthy cows and favourable climate 24 MOOING CONTENTEDLY, SWEDISH COWS bound out to the pasture. It is a legal right they have enjoyed since 1988, uniquely in the world except for Finnish cows. The barn door stays open for at least two months. The cows come in when it’s time for them to be milked. Strong and healthy from all the exercise and fresh air. Add to that the benefi ts they reap from grazing on seaside meadows, pastureland and fi elds that the farmer has planted with grass and clover. All that tramping and eating, and every dollop of manure, promotes biological diversity. Some natural Swedish pasturelands are in fact among the most species-rich plant communities in the world. Many insects, plants and birds would have been lost if these open landscapes had been allowed to become overgrown. Swedish dairy farmers can say with pride that Sweden has a world-class standard of animal health. The secret behind this success is careful disease-prevention measures, focusing on a comfortable stall environment, the best possible feed and proper animal care.
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