Ravinnetaiturit is a farmer group project. In it, four farms from Southwest Finland and Satakunta are building a lasting peer network for more efficient nutrient use and data-driven decision-making. The group includes both arable and livestock farms, some of them organic. The project runs in parallel with the OptiNutri project. OptiNutri carries out trials and measurements on the farms, and Ravinnetaiturit interprets the results together so that they become shared knowledge for the whole group.

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The aim is to make nutrient use more planned, to strengthen farmers’ ability to use data in decision-making, and to improve the farms’ cost-efficiency. The project will deliver three things:

• a decision-making framework for nutrient planning, developed jointly by the group

• concrete forms of cooperation, such as joint purchasing

• a farmer group that continues its work after the project ends.

In the longer term, the project seeks better profitability, lower nutrient loading to waterways, and improved farmer wellbeing.

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The project is funded by the Southwest Finland Centre for Economic Development through the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development, and by the participating farms.