Billions in support for Swedish agriculture in crisis package

In addition to agriculture, commercial fishing and aquaculture will benefit from the crisis package, the ministers write, together with Martin Kinnunen (SD) and Elin Nilsson (L).

The support package is being launched because global turmoil has driven up the prices of energy, fuel and fertilizer.

Support for agricultural companies amounts to SEK 1.615 billion and support for commercial fishing and aquaculture is SEK 29 million.

For agriculture, extensive area-based support is proposed aimed at crop cultivation, and is designed based on the costs of nitrogen fertilizer and fuel, the politicians write.