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Federation of Swedish Farmers

Federation of Swedish Farmers. Latvian cooperatives Dec 9. 10.00-10.30 LRF, Peter Lundberg 10.30-11.30 Swedish Dairy Federation, Lennart Holmström 11.30-12.30 Lunch 12.30-14.00 Lantmännen, Anna Carlström 14.00-15.00 Coffee break and concluding discussion.

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Federation of Swedish Farmers

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  1. Federation of Swedish Farmers

  2. Latvian cooperatives Dec 9 • 10.00-10.30 LRF, Peter Lundberg • 10.30-11.30 Swedish Dairy Federation, Lennart Holmström • 11.30-12.30 Lunch • 12.30-14.00 Lantmännen, Anna Carlström • 14.00-15.00 Coffee break and concluding discussion

  3. Land and Water in Sweden Total area 45 million hectaresLand area 41 million hectares- arable land 3 million hectares- forestland 23 million hectares- other (mountains etc) 15 million hectaresInland water 4 million hectares Population 9 million Sweden EU 25 Agricultural land per person (hectares) 0,3 0,2 Forestland per person (hectares) 2,5 0,8

  4. Swedish Agriculture Arable land 2,7 million hectares Pasture 0,5 million hectares Forest 4 million hectares farmer-owned out of 23 million hectares in total Number of farms 75 000 Employment in agriculture/forestry 2 % Average size 36 hectares arable land Arable land use Grains 38 % Green fodder, ley 39 % Set aside 12 %Grain production 5 million tonnes 38 000 farms Dairy farms 8 500- average size 46 cows/farm Milk production 3,3 million tonsPig farms 2 800 Agricultural exports 4,5 billion euro Agricultural imports 8 billion euro

  5. LRFs Vision Making the countryside grow… The green industry has a key and leading role with respect to growth, profitability and attraction in the sustainable society.

  6. LRFs Mission LRF will contribute to the development of companies and business people whose operations are based on farming and forestry, so that individual members can realise their goals in terms of profitability, growth and quality of life

  7. LRFs Main Functions • To give top priority to the political conditions for the green industry. Both locally and regionally, but also nationally and internationally. • To influence the public opinion. • To influence our children and young people so that they will actively choose to work on a professional basis in the green industry. • To offer members our support in developing their enterprises. • To give priority to the local work and to use the network we have through our local clubs all over the country.

  8. Structure 29Co-operative members 275 000 Memberships 169 762 Members 1100 Local clubs 45 Elected representatives 19 Regions 105 Elected representatives The National Assembly The National Board of Directors

  9. The Member Development 1971-2009

  10. The LRF Group

  11. Developing for the future • Focus on the individual member and her/his business • All kinds of businesses are as important – traditional as well as non-traditional • Policy framework as well as regulations for starting and doing business are important for LRF to influence • LRF as the leading organisation for small and medium-sized businesses in Sweden – an active role in society • Developing the relation with the farmers’ cooperatives, that also are members

  12. Some critical issues • Turning around the negative growth in especially meat and dairy production • Having an internationally competitive production • Handling the issue of climate change in a responsible and balanced way • Being an attractive organisation for ”real farmers” as well as new categories of members • Developing the role of co-ops as members

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