Stefan Andersson is a milk and meat producer in Vislanda in Kronoberg County and he grows grain for his animals. In the spring he had great concerns about the sowing of the seed and then he did not believe in a good harvest. 

- It looked really bad, but it scratched itself. It is amazing with nature how it can compensate. Now the grain looks really good, he says.

This year's harvest forecast from Lantmännen points to the fact that the amount of cereals, oilseeds and grain seed, such as peas and beans, will land at 6.1 million tonnes. If so, it is a normal harvest.

Hope for increased self-sufficiency 

According to Stefan Andersson, it is too early to say whether the pandemic will affect cereal prices in any way, but he thinks that a good thing the crisis has brought with him is that the question of Sweden's degree of self-sufficiency has been raised. 

- It is sad that so many have become ill and it has been a difficult time. At the same time, the crisis shows that we have low self-sufficiency in many agricultural products. I hope that it will lead to more people buying Swedish food but also that the politicians think one step further and do not forget this, he says.  

In the clip you can also hear from a heat wave would adversely affect the grain harvest.