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Summary

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This report provides data for the year 2014 on wildlife damage to agricultural crops. The results are presented for counties, production areas and for all of Sweden. Data only shows wildlife damage before harvest. Damage on for example silage bales after harvest is not included in the data. Neither are crops that must be resowed due to early wildlife damage included in the data.

The tables show percentage of farms with wildlife damage, wildlife damaged crop area, harvest loss in metric tonnes, harvest loss in per cent of the total harvest, and harvest loss in shares of different wildlife species. Tables also show number of farms where wildlife species affect the choice of crop.

Wild boars are causing most damage

Wild boar is the animal that causes most damage in all crops except oats, where moose causes the greatest harm. Spring wheat, peas, maize, cereals harvested green, table potatoes, potatoes for processing of starch and temporary grasses are crops with large percentage of wild boar damage.

Large proportion of farmers have wildlife damage in their crops

Among farmers who cultivate cereals, dried pulses and oilseeds, 37.5% had wildlife damage in one or more of their crops. Among the growers of table potatoes and potatoes for processing of starch it was estimated that 19 and 24% had wildlife damage while the figure for growers of temporary grasses is 20%. Kronoberg and Södermanland are counties where a large proportion of farmers had wildlife damage in their crops.

More than 8% of the area for cereals was damaged by wildlife

Wildlife damage occurred in just over 8% of the area for cereals. Table potatoes and potatoes for processing of starch had wildlife damage to almost 9% of the area. For temporary grasses, that are grown on 88 520 hectares, about 10% of the area had some form of wildlife damage.

Wildlife affects the choice of the crop

More than a quarter of all farmers indicate that the wildlife affects their choice of crops. Wild boar and moose are the animals that have the greatest influence on what is possible to grow. Peas and oats are crops that many farmers totally refrain from cultivating but also wheat and winter rape are difficult to grow in many places.

Large variations of harvest loss

For the country as a whole, the harvest losses of wildlife damage range between 0,2 - 7% of the total harvest per crop. The variations are large both geographically and among crops. Many farms have no wildlife damage at all while other farmers reported that more than half of the harvest was destroyed.

List of tables

 

Explanation of symbols

1. Farms with wildlife damage by crop 2014, per cent

2. Wildlife damaged crop area 2014, per cent and hectare

3a. Winter wheat. Wildlife damage, loss of expected harvest and harvest loss by wildlife species 2014, per cent

3b. Winter wheat. Wildlife damage loss of expected harvest and harvest loss by wildlife species 2014, tonnes

4a. Spring wheat. Wildlife damage, loss of expected harvest and harvest loss by wildlife species 2014, per cent

4b. Spring wheat. Wildlife damage loss of expected harvest and harvest loss by wildlife species 2014, tonnes

5a. Winter rye. Wildlife damage, loss of expected harvest and harvest loss by wildlife species 2014, per cent

5b. Winter rye. Wildlife damage loss of expected harvest and harvest loss by wildlife species 2014, tonnes

6a. Winter barley. Wildlife damage, loss of expected harvest and harvest loss by wildlife species 2014, per cent

6b. Winter barley. Wildlife damage loss of expected harvest and harvest loss by wildlife species 2014, tonnes

7a. Spring barley. Wildlife damage, loss of expected harvest and harvest loss by wildlife species 2014, per cent

7b. Spring barley. Wildlife damage loss of expected harvest and harvest loss by wildlife species 2014, tonnes

8a. Oats. Wildlife damage, loss of expected harvest and harvest loss by wildlife species 2014, per cent

8b. Oats. Wildlife damage loss of expected harvest and harvest loss by wildlife species 2014, tonnes

9a. Triticale. Wildlife damage, loss of expected harvest and harvest loss by wildlife species 2014, per cent

9b. Triticale. Wildlife damage loss of expected harvest and harvest loss by wildlife species 2014, tonnes

10a. Mixed grain. Wildlife damage, loss of expected harvest and harvest loss by wildlife species 2014, per cent

10b. Mixed grain. Wildlife damage loss of expected harvest and harvest loss by wildlife species 2014, tonnes

11a. Grain maize. Wildlife damage, loss of expected harvest and harvest loss by wildlife species 2014, per cent

11b. Grain maize. Wildlife damage loss of expected harvest and harvest loss by wildlife species 2014, tonnes

12a. Peas. Wildlife damage, loss of expected harvest and harvest loss by wildlife species 2014, per cent

12b. Peas. Wildlife damage loss of expected harvest and harvest loss by wildlife species 2014, tonnes

13a. Field beans. Wildlife damage, loss of expected harvest and harvest loss by wildlife species 2014, per cent

13b. Field beans. Wildlife damage loss of expected harvest and harvest loss by wildlife species 2014, tonnes

14a. Winter rape. Wildlife damage, loss of expected harvest and harvest loss by wildlife species 2014, per cent

14b. Winter rape. Wildlife damage loss of expected harvest and harvest loss by wildlife species 2014, tonnes

15a. Spring rape. Wildlife damage, loss of expected harvest and harvest loss by wildlife species 2014, per cent

15b. Spring rape. Wildlife damage loss of expected harvest and harvest loss by wildlife species 2014, tonnes

16a. Winter turnip rape. Wildlife damage, loss of expected harvest and harvest loss by wildlife species 2014, per cent

16b. Winter turnip rape. Wildlife damage loss of expected harvest and harvest loss by wildlife species 2014, tonnes

17a. Spring turnip rape. Wildlife damage, loss of expected harvest and harvest loss by wildlife species 2014, per cent

17b. Spring turnip rape. Wildlife damage loss of expected harvest and harvest loss by wildlife species 2014, tonnes

18a. Oil flax. Wildlife damage, loss of expected harvest and harvest loss by wildlife species 2014, per cent

18b. Oil flax. Wildlife damage loss of expected harvest and harvest loss by wildlife species 2014, tonnes

19a. Cereals harvested green (excluding green maize). Wildlife damage, loss of expected harvest and harvest loss by wildlife species 2014, per cent

19b. Cereals harvested green (excluding green maize). Wildlife damage loss of expected harvest and harvest loss by wildlife species 2014, tonnes

20a. Green maize. Wildlife damage, loss of expected harvest and harvest loss by wildlife species 2014, per cent

20b. Green maize. Wildlife damage loss of expected harvest and harvest loss by wildlife species 2014, tonnes

21a. Annual plants harvested green (excluding cereals harvested green). Wildlife damage, loss of expected harvest and harvest loss by wildlife species 2014, per cent

21b. Annual plants harvested green (excluding cereals harvested green). Wildlife damage loss of expected harvest and harvest loss by wildlife species 2014, tonnes

22a. Table potatoes. Wildlife damage, loss of expected harvest and harvest loss by wildlife species 2014, per cent

22b. Table potatoes. Wildlife damage loss of expected harvest and harvest loss by wildlife species 2014, tonnes

23a. Potatoes for processing of starch. Wildlife damage, loss of expected harvest and harvest loss by wildlife species 2014, per cent

23b. Potatoes for processing of starch. Wildlife damage loss of expected harvest and harvest loss by wildlife species 2014, tonnes

24a. Temporary grasses. Wildlife damage, loss of expected harvest and harvest loss by wildlife species 2014, per cent

24b. Temporary grasses. Wildlife damage loss of expected harvest and harvest loss by wildlife species 2014, tonnes

25. Percentage of farms with wildlife damage 2014

26a. Percentage of farms where presence of wildlife affects choice of crop 2014

26b. Number of farms where presence of wildlife affects choice of crop by various wildlife species 2014.

27. Percentage of farms without wildlife damage where presence of wildlife affects choice of crop 2014

  

List of terms

Antal	Number
Areal	Area
Betesvall	Temporary grazings
Björn	Brown bear
Blandsäd	Mixed grain
Dovhjort	Fallow deer
Duvor	Pigeons
Första skörd	First cut
Grävling	Badger
Gröda	Crop
Grönfoder	Green fodder
Gäss	Geese
Havre	Oats
Hektarskörd	Yield per hectare
Hela riket	The whole country
Höstkorn	Winter barley
Höstraps	Winter rape
Höstrybs	Winter turnip rape
Höstråg	Winter rye
Höstvete	Winter wheat
Kronhjort	Red deer
Kråkfåglar	Corvids
Län	County
Majs	Grain maize
Majs till grönfoder	Green maize
Matpotatis	Table potatoes
Medelfel	Standard error
Medelvärde	Mean value
Obärgad areal	Area not harvested
Oljelin	Oil flax
Oljeväxter	Oilseed crops
Produktionsområde	Production area
Rådjur	Roe deer
Rågvete	Triticale
Skördebortfall	Harvest loss
Slåttervall	Temporary grasses
Sork	Vole
Spannmål	Cereals
Standardtal	Standard value
Stråsädesgrödor till grönfoder	Cereals harvested green
Svanar	Swans
Torrsubstanshalt	Dry matter content
Total skörd	Total production
Tranor	Cranes
Trindsäd	Dried pulses
Vattenhalt	Moisture content
Vildsvin	Wild boar
Viltskador	Wildlife damage
Vårkorn	Spring barley
Vårraps	Spring rape
Vårrybs	Spring turnip rape
Vårvete	Spring wheat
Åkerbönor	Field beans
Återväxt	Regrowth
Älg	Moose/Elk
Ärter	Peas