Livestock includes dairy, beef, pigs and poultry farms. Dairy cattle are grazed outside in the summer and inside in the wintertime, fed with silage. Dairy farms vary in size from 40-250 cows. Vegetables, fruit, potplants and flowers are grown in greenhouses all year round. In the summer they are also grown outside.
Greenhouses often have computer controlled climate and trickle irrigation.
Half the land surface is covered with forest, and lakes dot the countryside which is relatively flat. The average IAEA Host Family has a farm of between 50 and 200 hectares. The emphasis for cropping machinery is on variety and flexibility rather than size, and for animal production on gaining maximum yields rather than minimising inputs. As in all of Europe, farming is very intensive and there is a tremendous amount for a trainee to learn and expereince first hand. Sweden also has a large number of placements available for agri-mix and home management trainees.