Farming of the Future

FARMING OF
THE FUTURE

The road to climate neutral farming 2050

Even though Swedish agriculture is considered to be amongst the most sustainable in the world, we constantly face new challenges. We have more and more mouths to feed, and we need to reduce our impact on the climate. This is not an easy task, but we know it can be done. Follow us on the road towards climate-neutral farming 2050.

04 December 2019

Farming of the Future - the report

We can increase harvests by 50 percent by 2050, and at the same time reach climate goals in line with the Paris Agreement. Read our report Farming of the Future.

Farm of the Future

Farm of the Future is where therories are put into practices. The first test farm, Bjertorp which focus on crop cultivation, was inaugurated 2020. Since then two farms have been added to the concept, Viken and Svalöv. Viken is our milk farm and Svalöv works with advanced plant breeding.

07 January 2020

Lantmännen's cultivation program

Climate & Nature is Lantmännen’s program for farming of the future and has a number of concrete climate-smart measures.

Consequences and actions in case of drought

Early summer of 2023 has been unusually dry, which affected the harvest in many parts of Sweden. However, action can be taken already this year and long-term investments and initiatives can be made to create better farming conditions in a changing climate. Johannes Åkerblom is Head of Crop cultivation at Lantmännen and comments on Lantmännen’s work to support their members in case of drought.

Sweden leads the way for sustainable development of agriculture within the EU

EU’s CAP directors recently met for a two-day conference in Malmö as part of the Swedish EU presidency. On the 30th of May, Lantmännen invited the CAP Directors to an afternoon at the Farm of the Future Svalöv. In this article, Lennart Nilsson from LRF who participated in the farm visit, discusses some of the important issues that were addressed during the day.

The Lantmännen model provides stability in uncertain times

ReaLantmännen’s Annual General Meeting was held on the third of May. Here, Lantmännen's Chairman Per Lindahl talks about issues that are high on the agenda and the cooperative's role in creating profitable and sustainable farming.

Semper joins cultivation program Climate & Nature

Semper is now joining the cultivation program Climate & Nature, for the cultivation of grain with concrete measures to reduce climate impact and boost biodiversity. Marleen van der Wende, Sustainability Manager at Semper, talks about the collaboration in a guest blog.