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Rising Dairy Prices Boost Swedish Farmers' Profitability

The past year has seen the price of dairy products such as milk, cream, and cheese skyrocket. The compensation that farmers receive has also increased.

Rising Dairy Prices Boost Swedish Farmers' Profitability

Sweden Unveils Updated Food Strategy to Boost Domestic Production

Sweden's national food strategy is to be updated. The purpose is to create a strategy for the entire food chain that will increase production in Sweden, according to Rural Affairs Minister Peter Kullgren.

Sweden Unveils Updated Food Strategy to Boost Domestic Production

Swedish Agriculture Board Rethinks Controversial Animal Space Rules

The Board of Agriculture backs down from a criticized proposal for new rules for companion animals, announces the agency in a press release. "The proposal has created anxiety and anger," says the Director-General of the Board of Agriculture.

Swedish Agriculture Board Rethinks Controversial Animal Space Rules

Egg smuggling to the USA increases sharply

Egg smuggling to the USA has increased dramatically as a consequence of the egg crisis in the country. Compared to last year, the seizures of eggs have increased by 36 percent, reports the customs and border protection agency CBP.

Egg smuggling to the USA increases sharply

The Proposal: Now the Dwarf Rabbit Should Have Plenty of Room

Larger enclosure space for animals kept as companions and hobbies – and no lonely rabbits. These are some of the Board of Agriculture's proposals for new rules.

The Proposal: Now the Dwarf Rabbit Should Have Plenty of Room

Bird Flu on Pheasant Farm in Skåne

The season's first case of bird flu has been confirmed in an enclosure with pheasants in Kristianstad municipality. A zone with special restrictions for poultry farms has been established around the facility.

Bird Flu on Pheasant Farm in Skåne

The Garden's Dangerous Free Passengers

That animals can bring with them dangerous infections from other countries is known to most. But plants, we have poorer control over.

The Garden's Dangerous Free Passengers

The Garden's Dangerous Free Passengers

That animals can bring with them dangerous infections from other countries is known to most. But plants, we have poorer control over.

The Garden's Dangerous Free Passengers

SEK 180 million to mink farmers who shut down

Mink companies that wind up their operations before June 30 this year will receive state support. The decision can contribute to mink breeding in Sweden ceasing entirely, according to the industry organization Swedish Mink.

SEK 180 million to mink farmers who shut down

More cats are being registered.

Two years after the demand for cats to be identity-marked and registered, there are now over half a million cats in the Agricultural Agency's records. .

More cats are being registered.

Warning about dangerous chew toys for dogs

In several European countries, chew bones are suspected to have caused illness and death in dogs. Due to the symptoms, the condition in affected dogs is called the werewolf syndrome, reports SVT News Skåne.

Warning about dangerous chew toys for dogs

Less milk, more poultry on our dinner tables

Cut down or stopped with milk? Then you're not alone. Since 1980, Swedes' milk consumption has more than halved, according to the Board of Agriculture's statistics.

Less milk, more poultry on our dinner tables

Minister failed to register her chickens

Culture Minister Parisa Liljestrand (M) has chickens at home – but had missed registering them with the Board of Agriculture. Thus, she broke against the EU's regulatory framework, reports [Expressen](https://www.

Minister failed to register her chickens

Drought struck this year's harvest

This year's harvest is expected to be slightly better than last year's disastrous harvest, according to the Swedish Board of Agriculture's prognosis. The grain harvest is estimated to amount to 5.

Drought struck this year's harvest

Sold python norms and lizards for 100,000 - prosecuted

Python norms and lizards were sold via social media and generated more than 100,000 kronor annually for a private individual. However, the man is now being prosecuted, suspected of species protection crimes, as he did not have the correct certificates for his business.

Sold python norms and lizards for 100,000 - prosecuted

No Charges for Shot Chimpanzees

The prosecutor is discontinuing the preliminary investigation for animal cruelty after four chimpanzees were shot dead and one was injured at Furuvik Zoo. The shootings did not violate the Animal Protection Act, according to the prosecutor.

No Charges for Shot Chimpanzees

The Dog Shelter: More Dogs Have Unclear Background

Last summer, the Customs Authority announced that dog smuggling to Sweden had decreased drastically after the pandemic years. But at the same time, Hundstallet suspects more and more often that the dogs they receive for relocation are smuggled.

The Dog Shelter: More Dogs Have Unclear Background

Unusual Potato Disease in Skåne

Potato wart has been detected in potatoes at a producer near Kristianstad. It is the first case in seven years, writes the Board of Agriculture in a press release.

Unusual Potato Disease in Skåne

18,000 Laying Hens Infected – to be Put Down

Around 18,000 hens at a laying hen facility in Ödeshög must be put down after Newcastle disease was confirmed at the facility. The Swedish Board of Agriculture has also decided to cordon off the farm and sanitize the buildings.

18,000 Laying Hens Infected – to be Put Down

So old breeds will save the beef

Our milk and meat animals are specialized in providing us with food in large quantities. But what happens if they cannot cope with a life with drought and floods in the wake of climate change? Or if they do not get their usual maximized feed due to war? The solution may lie back in time.

So old breeds will save the beef

Sweden declared free from African swine fever

The EU Commission and EU member states have approved Sweden's application to be declared free from African swine fever following last year's outbreak. .

Sweden declared free from African swine fever

The bluetongue virus has been detected in Skåne

The bluetongue virus has been detected in a sheep in Hässleholm municipality, reports [P4 Kristianstad. ](https://sverigesradio.

The bluetongue virus has been detected in Skåne

First cases of bluetongue virus in 15 years

Two cases of bluetongue have been confirmed in Sweden – the first in 15 years. This concerns a dairy cow in Bohuslän and a cattle in Halland, announces the Board of Agriculture and the National Veterinary Institute (SVA).

First cases of bluetongue virus in 15 years

Sweden to EU: Now we are free from swine fever

On Friday, September 6, it has been one year since the first case of African swine fever was confirmed in the country. The Swedish strategy against the infection was successful – and now the Swedish Board of Agriculture has applied to the EU to declare Sweden free from the disease.

Sweden to EU: Now we are free from swine fever