fields in finland
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Fields in Finland. Fields in Finland. Fields in Finland. A field is a large area that has been modified for cultivation of commercial plants. 7,2% (2,5 million hectares) of Finland’s land area is covered by fields 88% of fields is used for agricultural production. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Fields in Finland
• A field is a large area that has been modified for cultivation of commercial plants.
• 7,2% (2,5 million hectares) of Finland’s land area is covered by fields
• 88% of fields is used for agricultural production.• Finland has much fewer fields than many other
European countries and so it has lower production amounts
• Nice to know: there has been farming in Finland for 7 3000 years
Osthrobothnia
Is an area in western Finland• You can find fields almost anywhere in
Finland but most likely you find them in this area, because the ground there is good for cultivation
• The ground is fertile because it has been the bottom of the sea
Map of OsthrobothniaOsthrobothnia is the area marked by red color. Compare it’s location to the location of Finland’s fields.
The fields are marked by black color. Osthrobothnia is fully covered by fields.
Use of fields in Finland
• Fields in Finland are mostly used for growing different types of grains
• Fields can also be used for grazing– Grazing is a type of feeding. It is grazing when an
animal, for example a cow, eats grass in field.• Finland produces much less grain than many
European countries• The most commonly cultivated grain plants in
Finland are barley, oat, wheat and rye
Barley• 30% of all cultivated area in
Finland is used to grow barley
Oat• 20% of all cultivated area in
Finland is used to grow oat
Finnish grains
Wheat
• 6% of all cultivated area in Finland is used to grow wheat
Rye• Only 1% of all cultivated
area in Finland is used to grow rye
More Finnish grains
Livestock production• Raising livestock (usually) means growing animals to
produce food• In Finland, raising livestock is more popular in the
eastern parts of the country than in any other region• Most common livestock animals in Finland are sheep,
cow, pig, chicken and in Lapland reindeer
A cow A reindeer
Fields and bioenergy
• Bioenergy is clean and environmentally friendly energy that is produced from biomass
• The biomass can be from field plants, wood or bio-based waste
• Field biomass can be oily plants or parts of grains
• Field bio energy has been a target for rising interest during the last few years
Modern agriculture
• Modern agriculture is much based on technology, machines and chemicals
• The most common machines are automatic watering systems and computer-controlled feeding and milking systems
• Chemicals are commonly used to improve the health of plants and to kill pests and weeds
Organic farming
• Organic (natural) farming is farming where the work is adapted to nature’s conditions
• In organic farming chemicals are replaced by natural materials like cattle manure and crushed minerals
• Plants are protected by farming in periods and by mechanical and biological protection (barriers and traps against pests and by farming pest-damaging plants)
• Organic farming pollutes environment much less than normal farming
European and Finnish organic production mark
Field as an ecological system
• There are about 500 different plants in fields• Lots of weeds have spread to fields with cattle
manure• Most of them are global• Small consumers in field are molds, bacteria and
pests. Some of them have spread to fields with humans or cattle
• In Finland, there are over 1000 crop damaging species. Some of them manage in Finland even in winter.
Agricultural support• In Finland, there are different types of agricultural
supports. An example: for producing milk or raising cattle
• These types of support are usually leveled so that northern parts of Finland get more agricultural support than southern parts
• Not all types of support are leveled geographically. An example: in plant growing, the amount of agricultural support is almost the same everywhere in Finland
• Finland gets 1,8 million euros as agricultural support from EU
In Englishgenerally
cultivationcultivatehectare
agricultural productiongrain
grazingbarley
oatwheat
ryeweed
small consumermoldpest
GlossaryIn Finnish
yleisestiviljelyviljellä
hehtaarimaataloustuotanto
viljalaidunnus
ohrakauravehnä
ruisrikkakasvi
pienkuluttajahomesienituhoeläin
agricultural supportfertile
Osthrobothniafield mustard
livestock productionbio-based
automatic watering systemcomputer-controlled
feeding and milking systemorganic farming
periodbarrierleveled
maataloustukiviljava
Pohjanmaarypsi
karjatalousbiopohjainen
automaattinen kastelujärjestelmätietokoneohjattu
ruokinta- ja lypsyjärjestelmäluomutuotanto
jakso, vuoroeste, valli
porrastettu
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