• The area available for irrigation in Finland is about 68,600 hectares, which is equal to 3% of the utilized agricultural area. The farmland area available for irrigation is the largest in Southwest Finland.
  • Farmland irrigation is possible on 4,600 farms, which is 7% of the agricultural and horticultural enterprises in Finland. The share of irrigating farms is the highest in Aland.
  • Half of the farms that have access to irrigation equipment irrigated their farmland in 2010. 19% of the area available for irrigation was irrigated. Outdoor vegetables and potatoes were irrigated the most.
  • Sprinkler irrigation was the main method for vegetables and potatoes. Drip irrigation is significant in the irrigation of strawberries, other berries, and apple trees.
  • Irrigation usually uses surface water from a pond located in the farm area, or from other, larger waterways that extend beyond the farm boundaries.
  • Horticultural farms used frost protection sprinkler irrigation for 3% of their farmland area. Frost protection was carried out the most in Southwest Finland.
  • In 2010, the energy consumption of agricultural and horticultural production was less than 3% of the entire energy consumption in Finland.
  • The share of agricultural and horticultural production in Finland's electricity consumption was 2%.
  • The most energy is consumed in Southwest Finland, where there is a lot of both traditional agriculture and greenhouse production.
  • Regarding different production lines, the most energy is consumed in dairy cattle husbandry, cereals production, and horticultural production.
  • Of energy consumed by agriculture and horticulture in 2010, wood and field energy accounted for 41%, light and heavy fuel oil for 35%, electricity for 16%, and peat 6%. Greenhouse enterprises were the single largest group of electricity consumers.