Measures to reduce economic losses from agriculture

The plan's decisive commitment is ambitious environmental goals followed up with sharp legislation and practical work, and conscious work for rich ecosystems. The counter-proposal instead wants to weigh regulatory burden for agriculture heavier and steer away from a reporting requirement for phosphorus use. The plan sees agriculture's long-term sustainability as decisive for ecosystems and wants to invest in sustainable food production, which does not support a demand for relaxed environmental requirements.

• sharp environmental legislationdecisive»miljömål som följs upp med skarp lagstiftning och praktiskt arbete.« (party programme ↗)“environmental goals followed up with sharp legislation and practical work.”
• sustainable agriculture»Jordbrukets långsiktiga hållbarhet är viktig för både ekosystemen och« (party programme ↗)“Agriculture's long-term sustainability is important for both ecosystems and”
• work for rich ecosystems»skapa goda villkor för rika ekosystem, bland annat genom att återställa« (party programme ↗)“create good conditions for rich ecosystems, including by restoring”
• sustainable food production»En annan viktig del i den gröna omställningen är satsningar på hållbar livsmedelsproduktion.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Another important part of the green transition is investment in sustainable food production.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The party programme requires ecologically sustainable farming and that environmental regard be built in to production from the start, with a reorientation of farming policy. The counter-proposal's demand that farming's regulatory burden weigh more heavily than a phosphorus reporting requirement goes against that prioritisation. The plan also points out that biological diversity is threatened, which strengthens the reasons for tightened monitoring of nutrient leakage.

• ecologically sustainable farmingdecisive»kraven på ekologisk uthålligt åkerbruk och säkra livsmedel.« (party programme ↗)“demands for ecologically sustainable farming and secure food.”
• environmental regard from the start»Hänsynen till miljöns krav ska byggas in i produktionsprocesserna redan från början.« (party programme ↗)“Regard for environmental demands should be built in to production processes from the start.”
• reoriented farming policy»också en omläggning av jordbruks- och fiskeripolitiken.« (party programme ↗)“also a reorientation of farming and fishery policy.”
• threatened biological diversity»Samtidigt accelererar artdöden och den biologiska mångfalden hotas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“At the same time species death is accelerating and biological diversity is threatened.”

The counter-proposal wants consideration of agriculture's regulatory burden to outweigh and rejects new reporting requirements for phosphorus. The plan, on the other hand, requires that emissions of nitrogen and phosphorus be reduced, that agricultural policy minimizes negative environmental impact and that this occurs through both legislation and economic instruments. The plan also supports assistance for agriculture's environmental transition and restored wetlands, so easing the requirements is rejected.

• reduced nutrient emissionsdecisive»Utsläpp av miljöstörande ämnen såsom kväve, fosfor« (party programme ↗)“Emissions of environmentally harmful substances such as nitrogen, phosphorus”
• agriculture shall reduce environmental impact»bidra till att minimera negativ miljöpåverkan« (party programme ↗)“contribute to minimizing negative environmental impact”
• legislation and instruments»ska göras genom såväl lagstiftning, ekonomiska« (party programme ↗)“shall be done through both legislation, economic”
• environmental transition in agriculture»ge mer stöd till lantbruket för omställning till ekologisk odling, återskapande av naturbetesmarker och andra miljöinsatser.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“provide more support to agriculture for transition to organic farming, restoration of natural pastures and other environmental initiatives.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan explicitly requires regulatory simplifications and tax cuts for a more competitive agriculture and describes expensive and complicated regulations as a wet blanket over the countryside. The counter-proposal's objection that a new reporting requirement for phosphorus mostly increases administrative burden without real environmental benefit rests on the same commitment. The plan wants to reduce eutrophication, but specifies other paths than expanded reporting requirements as a means.

• regulatory simplifications for agriculturedecisive»Sverige behöver ett ännu mer konkurrenskraftigt jordbruk. En långsiktigt hållbar livsmedelsförsörjning med ökad försörjningstrygghet och ökad matproduktion kräver regelförenklingar och skattesänkningar, inklusive ett kraftfullt jordbruksavdrag och en biodrivmedelspremie som gör det hållbara lantbruket mer lönsamt.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden needs an even more competitive agriculture. A long-term sustainable food supply with increased supply security and increased food production requires regulatory simplifications and tax cuts, including a powerful agricultural deduction and a biofuel premium that makes sustainable farming more profitable.”
• reduced regulatory burden in rural areas»Dyra, krångliga och innovationshämmande regelverk ligger som en våt filt över delar av landsbygden. Vi ska rensa upp bland överflödiga regler och byråkrati.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Expensive, complicated and innovation-hindering regulations lie like a wet blanket over parts of the countryside. We shall clean up among redundant rules and bureaucracy.”
• strengthened competitiveness in green industries»Vi ska arbeta för mer närodlad och klimatsmart mat och ett levande, hållbart jordbruk som bidrar till den biologiska mångfalden. Vi vill stärka de gröna näringarnas konkurrenskraft.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We shall work for more local and climate-smart food and a living, sustainable agriculture that contributes to biological diversity. We want to strengthen the competitiveness of green industries.”
• reduced eutrophication»Rädda Sveriges sjöar, vattendrag och hav. Våra barn ska kunna bada utan att utsättas för gifter, nedskräpning eller algblomning.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Save Sweden's lakes, waterways and seas. Our children should be able to bathe without being exposed to toxins, litter or algal bloom.”

The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The election manifesto establishes that the fight against eutrophication shall continue, and the party programme particularly highlights phosphorus as a forthcoming scarce resource that must circulate in the cycle. To reject a reporting requirement for phosphorus use by reference to regulatory burden conflicts with these commitments, even though the plan also wants to reduce business administration. According to the plan, nutrient leakage shall be slowed and agriculture shall bear its own environmental costs.

• continued fight against eutrophicationdecisive»Kampen mot övergödningen ska fortsätta, industrifisket ska begränsas och de mest värdefulla havsområdena skyddas som marina reservat.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The fight against eutrophication shall continue, industrial fishing shall be limited and the most valuable marine areas shall be protected as marine reserves.”
• phosphorus as scarce resource»Särskilt viktigt är detta i ljuset av att fosfor är på väg att bli en bristvara.« (party programme ↗)“Particularly important is this given that phosphorus is on its way to becoming a scarce resource.”
• agriculture bears its environmental costs»Jordbruket ska i likhet med andra sektorer bära sina egna miljö- och klimatkostnader« (party programme ↗)“Agriculture shall, like other sectors, bear its own environmental and climate costs”
• reduced regulatory burden»Regelbördan för små företag ska minska« (party programme ↗)“Regulatory burden for small businesses shall decrease”

The election manifesto explicitly promises regulatory changes and cost relief for Swedish agriculture to increase self-sufficiency and strengthen competitiveness, and the party programme wants new rules to be tested from a small business perspective and sustainable family farms to remain the basis. A new reporting requirement for phosphorus use instead increases the regulatory burden. To instead pay greater attention to agriculture's regulatory burden and choose other paths towards preventing nutrient leakage is thus in line with the plan.

• reduced regulatory burden for agriculturedecisive»Regeländringar och kostnadslättnader för svenskt lantbruk för att öka Sveriges självförsörjning och stärka lantbrukets konkurrenskraft.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Regulatory changes and cost relief for Swedish agriculture to increase Sweden's self-sufficiency and strengthen agriculture's competitiveness.”
• rules tested from business perspective»regler ska motverkas. Direkta företagssubventioner avvisas. Tillkommande lagar bör prövas ur ett småföretagarperspektiv.« (party programme ↗)“rules shall be prevented. Direct business subsidies are rejected. New laws should be tested from a small business perspective.”
• the family farm as basis»familjejordbruk bör även i fortsättningen vara basen i« (party programme ↗)“family farms should continue to be the basis for”
• prevent eutrophication»det. Men det räcker inte bara med naturskydd. Internationella överenskommelser behövs för att begränsa utsläpp som leder till försurning och övergödning.« (party programme ↗)“it. But nature protection alone is not enough. International agreements are needed to limit emissions that lead to acidification and eutrophication.”

The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The counter-proposal rejects a new reporting requirement for phosphorus use with reference to agriculture's regulatory burden and wants to achieve reduced nutrient leakage in other ways. The plan states that agriculture and forestry should be supported, not steered, that the number of regulations for agriculture should decrease and that administration costs should go down, and that agriculture's environmental impact should instead be reduced through support for technological development and innovations. That is precisely the counter-proposal's direction.

• reduced regulatory burden for agriculturedecisive»Minska antalet regler för jordbruket och korta handläggningstider för miljötillstånd« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Reduce the number of regulations for agriculture and shorten processing times for environmental permits”
• support not steer»Vi ska stötta, inte styra, jord- och skogsbruket« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We shall support, not steer, agriculture and forestry”
• technology ahead of mandates»Minska jordbrukets miljöpåverkan genom stöd till teknikutveckling och innovationer« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Reduce agriculture's environmental impact through support for technological development and innovations”
• lower costs for agriculture»Moderaterna vill förbättra förutsättningarna att driva lantbruk genom att sänka skatterna, vilket vi redan börjat göra på drivmedel, och minska regelkrånglet så att kostnaderna för administration går ner.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Moderates want to improve conditions for running agriculture by lowering taxes, which we have already started to do on fuel, and reducing red tape so that administration costs go down”

The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The plan states that regulations within agriculture and forestry shall be simplified and that the administrative burden weighing on farmers and pressing profitability shall decrease. A new reporting requirement for phosphorus use is precisely such an administrative imposition, and the plan prioritizes agriculture's competitiveness and self-sufficiency instead. The plan therefore supports the counter-proposal's demand, while wishing to increase the pace of work on the Baltic Sea's marine environment.

• simplified regulations for agriculturedecisive»Förenkla regelverken och förbättra rättssäkerheten« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Simplify regulations and improve legal security.”
• reduce agriculture's regulatory burden»EU:s jordbrukspolitik påverkar svenskt jordbruk mycket, begränsar ofta vad som är möjligt och orsakar en stor administrativ börda och omfattande regleringar som tynger lantbrukare och gör det svårt för småskaliga lantbruk att upprätthålla lönsamhet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“EU's agricultural policy affects Swedish agriculture greatly, often limits what is possible and causes great administrative burden and extensive regulations that weigh on farmers and make it difficult for small-scale farms to maintain profitability.”
• agriculture's competitiveness»Öka det svenska jordbrukets konkurrenskraft och Sveriges självförsörjning av livsmedel« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Increase Swedish agriculture's competitiveness and Sweden's self-sufficiency in food.”
• measures against eutrophication»Öka takten i arbetet med att återställa havsmiljön i Östersjön« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Increase the pace of work to restore the marine environment in the Baltic Sea.”