Lantbruk i framtiden
ett praktikfall
The economic prerequisite to many farmers in Sweden after the EU membership and the
new agriculture policy has generated large demands on the farm management. Until year
2004 you got a grant based on what you had produced and not on consumer demand. In
2005 a new economic aid (Mid Term Revue) was introduced and the conditions has
changed again. Due to this I have chosen to do a cost-benefit analysis on a case, to
investigate if the present production is sustainable in the future.
My conclusion is that the profitability is acceptable even if the farm has a high debt. But
to make the production more profitable the products produced should be refined as much
as possible at the farm, to get maximum economic return. The discount on slaughter pigs
is not satisfied but the pig production gives a higher economic return on the own
produced serials.
One reason to the high profit on serials is due to efficiency improvement and high
utilization of most machinery used, this gives a cost between 1700 ? 2600 SEK/ha for
the equipment. The phosphorus and potassium needs are provided by pig-manure and
this improves the profit of the pig-production.
I have also investigated which economic prerequisites the farm has to refine the
products produced, and if there excists any other crop that are more profitable to include
in the crop rotation. I have chosen to investigate two crops, production of oil seed rape
to refine it to rape oil and hempplants for heating.
My conclusion is that Swedish agriculture has a future, but it reqvest high demands on
business managers and employees. You must always be aware of the costs because it is
hard to affect the income. Small changes in the interest, economic return and production
costs can make the different.