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.

Yearbook 2023

Farming of the Future is Lantmännen's vision and strategy for sustainable and profitable Swedish agriculture by 2050. Through our long-term work, we are driving sustainable development in the value chain from field to fork – and getting closer to our goal. In our yearbook, we present our progress during the past harvest year.

Collaboration and knowledge sharing at Farm of the Future Viken

Lantmännen and Arla have started a collaboration at Lantmännen's Farm of the Future Viken. On the farm, the companies run joint projects for the development towards sustainable and productive milk production in Sweden. Here, Åse Arnbratt, Arla, and Ceclia Lindahl, Lantmännen, talk about the new collaboration.

The fossil-free beef production of the future is in Hagshult

On 11 June, a new report was launched within Lantmännen's framework Farming of the Future. The report shows how the climate impact of beef production can be significantly reduced already today, while production and profitability go hand in hand. Here, Carl-Johan Bertilsson and Ulrica Björnhag talk about the analysis that has been done on their business Hagshultskossornas Kopensionat.

Farming of the Future - a common direction for Lantmännen's members

On May 7th, Lantmännen's annual general meeting was held, where a record-breaking dividend, totalling SEK 1.2 billion, to members and Swedish agriculture, was proposed by the board. Lantmännen’s Chairman, Per Lindahl, comments on the past year’s events and the direction ahead, and how Lantmännen as a cooperative can contribute to a productive, profitable and climate-neutral farming by 2050.

Plant breeding speeds up the transition to more sustainable farming

Desireé Börjesdotter has been Lantmännen’s Director of Plant Breeding since October 2023. She works at Farm of the Future Svalöv where Lantmännen’s advanced plant breeding facility is located. In this blog post, she describes how plant breeding acts as a lever for Lantmännen’s vision of Farming of the Future.