Creativity key to survive as pig farmer in Finland

Being a farmer in Finland these days is not easy. Due to the ongoing EU-wide ban on agricultural produce from neighbouring Russia, a large market has disappeared from sight for Finnish producers. Mika Vuorinen aims to spread his risks. Like quite a few other farmers in Finland, Mika Vuorinen, age 37, does not have an exact idea what his costs of production are. Of late, the market simply has proved to be too volatile to look into finances deeply, mostly because of the ongoing Russian ban on foo