Falköpings Mejeri has been reported to the police for an environmental offence after accepting more milk than permitted during 2025. An exceptionally good forage harvest and a permit that had not yet been finalised are cited as the two main reasons.
Milk cows produced unusually high volumes during 2025, causing Falköpings Mejeri to exceed the maximum amount of milk the company was authorised to receive. According to ATL, this breach has now resulted in a police report.
The excess amounted to approximately 15,000 tonnes, corresponding to an overrun of just over 8 per cent. When the dairy reported the situation to the local municipality, officials were legally obliged to notify the police, leading to a formal report of an environmental offence.
“2025 was an exceptionally good feed year – that is the main reason,” said CEO Anders Segerström in an interview with ATL. “But fundamentally this is something positive, both for farmers and for Sweden, not least from a resilience and food security perspective.”
Segerström added that when the dairy realised it was approaching its permitted limit, it contacted several other dairies to explore alternative options. However, the situation at those dairies was broadly similar, with limited spare capacity.
400,000 tonnes per year
For some time, the management at Falköpings Mejeri has considered the existing permit from 2010 to be too restrictive. An application was therefore submitted more than a year ago to increase the permitted intake to 400,000 tonnes per year. The permitting process has taken longer than expected, but the new permit is expected to be finalised during 2026.
The environmental offence report relates solely to the total volume of milk accepted and does not concern emissions or other environmental limit values.
Falköpings Mejeri is owned by 199 dairy farmers in and around the Falbygden and Dalarna regions, around 30 of whom are affiliated with the KRAV® organic certification scheme.