Follow the harvest from field to fork. 

Spring farming has started

From March to May, when the sun warms the soil, the crops begin to germinate. When the soil is dry enough, it is tilled and spring crops such as barley, oats, and fodder corn are sown.  Spring cultivation began unusually early this year. Record-breaking areas were sown last autumn in good conditions and the weather has been favorable in early spring.  

Spring farming - from the north to the south

Johan Söderberg

Jämtland 
I have a good feeling right now but know that a work-intensive period is approaching. Most of the fertilizer and seed is at home. We have had some snow and most of it has already disappeared. A winter chore such as clearing along field edges had to be interrupted prematurely and we have switched to driving out the straw bed. Last year there was at least 1m of snow at this time and now we can soon pick up machines for service before spring use. A big difference that I experience is the focus on food, both that consumers experience it as expensive but also that we must raise our own degree of self-sufficiency. It will be even more expensive if we don't get enough food. 

Anna Bodin

Uppland
It is difficult to assess what this year's harvest will be like right now, but winter wheat looks promising and this year we are not growing winter rapeseed. We have driven out the first application of fertilizer, harrowed the field and started sowing the spring barley Lexy on 23 March — significantly earlier than our normal spring cultivation at the turn of the month April–May. Usually, we are afraid of compaction damage in early spring use, but this year it works.

Stefan Hansson

Södra Skåne 
I run a crop production company just outside Staffanstorp where I grow grain, sugar beet and forage seed. We have started early spring cultivation with sowing and fertilizer driving. Overall, the autumn crops look very promising. Right now, harrowing, rolling and sowing are underway in the fields. The fact that this year's spring cultivation started so early provides good conditions for a strong and successful harvest. I am concerned that cereal prices are falling. Grain calculations are currently too weak for long-term production.

The harvest year - from spring sowing to harvest

A harvest year extends from autumn sowing to harvest. The year begins in September when the soil is tilled and autumn crops such as winter wheat and rapeseed are sown to germinate before the winter dormant period. When spring and warmth come, they begin to sprout again. When the soil is dry enough, it is also tilled for a sowing of spring crops such as barley, wheat and fodder corn. During the summer, the crops germinate and in August they begin to be threshing. The harvest is then taken to the grain reception, and the fields are prepared for the next growing season.