EU subsidies vital for Finnish crop farm

Two brothers from Finland who grow arable crops say receiving subsidies from the European Union is ‘demoralising’ but they would be out of business without them. All About Feed visited Jouko and Esa Riola to find out more. Jouko and Esa Riola farm 250 hectares between them at Tuusula, just north of Helsinki, the capital of Finland. Around 160 hectares are owned while the remainder is rented in 30 plots ranging in size from a few hectares to a few dozen hectares. The Riola brothers are quite