The economics of surface grading of peat soils in northern Norway

• Main Authors: Hegrenes, Agnar, Lien, Gudbrand, Haraldsen, Trond, Sveistrup, Tore E.
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Norsk institutt for landbruksøkonomisk forskning 2018
• Subjects: Drenering; Drainage; Torv; Peat; VDP::Landbruksfag: 910; VDP::Agricultural sciences: 910; Farmers Point; Norway; Finnmark; Nordland; Northern Norway; Troms
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2500462

Farmers in northern Norway have experienced frequent winter damages of grassland, especially on flat areas and peat soils. The use of open ditches and surface grading has become the common method to drain such fields and for reclaiming new land with such characteristics. We designate this as surface...