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Use of information from automatic weather stations for the agricultural weather service in Finland 1
Author(s) -
NORDLUND A.,
PIRINEN P.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
eppo bulletin
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.327
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1365-2338
pISSN - 0250-8052
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2338.1991.tb01291.x
Subject(s) - agriculture , service (business) , business , agricultural productivity , agricultural economics , production (economics) , environmental science , natural resource economics , economics , geography , marketing , archaeology , macroeconomics
In Finland, the importance of the agricultural weather service is enormous. The farmer's financial returns are tens of times higher than the cost of the service to him. Crop yields and quality can be improved, production costs cut and agricultural pollution minimized. Agricultural research and the weather service permit the best possible use to be made of pesticide sprays. When the need for such measures is marginal, ‘just‐in‐case’ sprayings can be omitted. Thus we can be sure of clean food, a cleaner environment and cleaner countryside.