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Swedish Potato Farmers Face PFAS Dilemma Amid Consumer Demands
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Swedish Potato Farmers Face PFAS Dilemma Amid Consumer Demands

Customers' demands for neat potatoes — oval, moderately sized and with a smooth and blemish-free skin — is the explanation for potato fields in Sweden being sprayed with PFAS. This is claimed by potato farmer Anders Andersson, who thinks he is faced with a choice between the plague or cholera
Exotic Tree Species Proposed to Combat Climate Change in Swedish Forestry
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Exotic Tree Species Proposed to Combat Climate Change in Swedish Forestry

It needs to become easier to use new types of plantings that can withstand a warmer climate – and greater opportunity to fertilize the forest is required. The measures are proposed in the forest inquiry, which receives sharp criticism from Amanda Lind (Green party)
New Centre Party Leader Anna-Karin Hatt Stands Firm Against SD Collaboration
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New Centre Party Leader Anna-Karin Hatt Stands Firm Against SD Collaboration

Anna-Karin Hatt has been elected as the new chairperson for the Centre Party at the extraordinary meeting in Stockholm. She points out the climate and the Sweden Democrats as red lines
Anna-Karin Hatt Proposed as New Centre Party Leader
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Anna-Karin Hatt Proposed as New Centre Party Leader

The Centre Party's electoral committee proposes Anna-Karin Hatt as new party leader. It can probably work, believes political scientist Mikael Sundström at Lund University
Anna-Karin Hatt Proposed as Center Party Leader, Seen as Strong Contender
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Anna-Karin Hatt Proposed as Center Party Leader, Seen as Strong Contender

The Center Party's electoral committee proposes Anna-Karin Hatt as the new party leader. It could probably work, believes political scientist Mikael Sundström at Lund University
Anna-Karin Hatt Nominated to Lead Centre Party After Initial Rejection
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Anna-Karin Hatt Nominated to Lead Centre Party After Initial Rejection

Her no from just over a week ago turned into a yes. Now Anna-Karin Hatt is proposed to become the new leader of The Centre Party
Arla and DMK Group Merge to Form Europe's Largest Dairy Company
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Arla and DMK Group Merge to Form Europe's Largest Dairy Company

The dairy company Arla is merging with the German DMK Group and is thus becoming the largest in Europe. This will benefit Swedish milk producers, says Palle Borgström at LRF
Critics Challenge Proposal to End Summer Grazing for Swedish Dairy Cows
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Critics Challenge Proposal to End Summer Grazing for Swedish Dairy Cows

The opposition is great against withdrawing dairy cows' right to graze outdoors during the summer. Critics warn that it is bad for the cows' health and that fewer will choose to buy Swedish
Anna-Karin Hatt Declines Centre Party Leadership Role
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Anna-Karin Hatt Declines Centre Party Leadership Role

Anna-Karin Hatt has been mentioned as a possible name for the party leader position in the Center Party when Muharrem Demirok leaves in May. But now she is putting her foot down on the issue and announces that she is not interested
Rising Dairy Prices Boost Swedish Farmers' Profitability
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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
Swedish Climate Goals at Risk: Experts Criticize Kristersson's Leadership
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Swedish Climate Goals at Risk: Experts Criticize Kristersson's Leadership

The government's policy is not enough for Sweden to reach its climate goals by 2030, warn the experts in the Climate Policy Council. For me, it is obvious that Ulf Kristersson has lost control over the climate work, says the Green Party's spokesperson Amanda Lind
Trade ahead of crisis meeting: No Swedish phenomenon
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Trade ahead of crisis meeting: No Swedish phenomenon

Representatives of the food industry, who are invited to next week's crisis meeting, believe that they are already doing everything they can – and hope for understanding. It is not a Swedish phenomenon, says Karin Brynell, CEO of Svensk Dagligvaruhandel
Crisis Meeting on Food Prices Next Week
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Crisis Meeting on Food Prices Next Week

When food prices rose two years ago, the government summoned the food giants. Now, a new crisis meeting is being planned for next week
The Wait for When the New C-Leader Will Be Elected
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The Wait for When the New C-Leader Will Be Elected

Today is the last day for Centre Party members to nominate a new party leader. But the names that have been put forward are being kept secret
Hottest Names to Take Over in the Center Party
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Hottest Names to Take Over in the Center Party

When the Centre Party Leader Muharrem Demirok leaves, there are several potential successors. But there is one candidate many Centre Party supporters dream of
Risks Damaging Biological Diversity
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Risks Damaging Biological Diversity

The Swedish Society for Nature Conservation believes that the Tidö parties' dismantling of coastal protection can seriously harm biodiversity. The municipal councilor of Arjeplog, on the other hand, dismisses the proposal as "a minor adjustment"
Forestry Investigator: Shorten the Process Before Felling
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Forestry Investigator: Shorten the Process Before Felling

Faster decisions and fewer appeals for those who want to fell forests and a new system for compensation to landowners. These are some of the proposals from the investigator in the heavily debated forestry inquiry
Drought struck this year's harvest
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Drought struck this year's harvest

Criticism of Roswall's EU job: Alarming
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Criticism of Roswall's EU job: Alarming

Jessika Roswall (The Moderate Party) is proposed to take responsibility for environmental issues in the new EU Commission. Alarming and weak, the opposition thinks
"Our cows will always get to go out"
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"Our cows will always get to go out"

Cows should get to choose themselves whether they want to be indoors or outdoors. For the Scanian dairy farmer Carina Sonesson, it's a matter of course
"A Cloudy Day for Sweden's Dairy Cows"
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"A Cloudy Day for Sweden's Dairy Cows"

The Swedish Federation of Farmers, LRF is positive about the proposal to abolish the grazing requirement for cows in loose housing. Most cows will continue to go out anyway, says Mikaela Johnsson, Vice Chairman of LRF
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