Rural services
The Kankaanpää cooperation area of the Rural Administration provides rural business administration services to rural entrepreneurs. The main task of the rural business authorities is to process applications related to agricultural practice in accordance with the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy and national subsidies. The goal of rural development is an enterprising and vibrant countryside. This is achieved by participating in rural development projects in various ways.
The cooperation area includes the cities of Kankaanpää and Parkano and the municipalities of Jämijärvi, Kihniö and Pomarkku. The city of Kankaanpää is responsible for administration and customer service is provided at all service points in the contracting municipalities. The rural authorities of Jämijärvi and Parkano operate under the service of the city of Kankaanpää. The full-time director of the Kankaanpää rural administration cooperation area is Veli-Jukka Johansson.
The office of Aktiivinen Pohjois-Satakunta r. y and the Kankaanpää office of ProAgria are also located in the same building as the Kankaanpää office.
If necessary, we are available on weekdays from 9 am to 15 pm. In Kankaanpää and Jämijärvi, mainly daily, in Parkano, Kihniö, Pomarku and at the Honkajoki office building by appointment. During the annual holidays, the on-call service is primarily at the Kankaanpää head office. It is advisable to confirm availability in advance by phone.
Kankaanpää: Kuninkaanlähteenkatu 12 (building next to the town hall)
Honkajoki: Porhontie 5 (office building)
Jämijärvi: Peijarintie 5 A (municipal office)
Kihniö: Kihniöntie 46 (municipal office)
Parkano: Parkanontie 37 (town hall)
Pomarkun: Vanhatie 14 (municipal office)
Spring farmer support trainings
In Pirkanmaa information on maaseutu.fi/pirkaanmaa
In Satakunta more information on the page maaseutu.fi/satakunta
Farmer support training recordings
Reason notification training on January 14, 2025
Fall notification training Satakunta
Fall notification training Pirkanmaa
Animal support training. The ELY centres organise animal support application training. The training covers animal premiums, animal welfare compensation and national animal support. Native breed agreements and animal quantity declarations are also covered. The training is also recorded.
January 15, 2025 cattle, sheep and goats, January 22, 2025 pigs and poultry
January 16, 2025 all animals
Animal premiums 15.1., 22.1.2025
Notifications about manure spreading in exceptional situations
Notifications of manure spreading in exceptional circumstances must be submitted to the environmental authority by October 31st at the latest.
Kankaanpää and JämijärviThe forms are submitted to the environmental services of the city of Kankaanpää. Forms and contact information can be found at this link.
In Parkano and Kihniö The joint environmental inspector is Elsi Hietaranta, 044 7865 650, [email protected]. In Kihniö, notifications are submitted to the Kihniö technical office and in Parkano to the town hall. Notification of manure spreading in exceptional circumstances form
Pomarkun The duties of the environmental authority are performed by the City of Pori. Contact information and forms for the Pori Environmental Authority can be found at this link..
A waste disposal notification must be submitted to the municipal environmental protection authority no later than 14 days before the start of waste storage.
Waste disposal notification
The waste disposal notification must be submitted to the environmental authority no later than 14 days before the start of waste storage.
Sample boxes from Eurofins (cereal service), Hortilab and Seilab are available from Rural Services.
Eurofins and Hortilab sample collection points are located at the Honkajoki, Kankaanpää and Jämijärvi offices. You can bring soil samples to Eurofins or Hortilab to these offices, properly packaged, to await free transport.
Collection dates for spring 2026:
| Hortilab | 7.4. | 21.4. | 5.5. | 19.5. | 2.6. | 9.6. |
| Eurofins | 2.4. | 17.4. | 30.4. | 15.5. | 29.5. |
The register is used to manage notifications related to the keeping of terrestrial animals and holdings. Notifications related to animal holdings, animal keeping and waste feeding places are made via electronic services.
Instructions can be found on the Finnish Food Authority's website. animal-keeping-identification-and-registration.
The application can be found at http://epr.ruokavirasto.fi.
There are instructions for summer chicken keepers www.ruokavirasto.fi/
Instructions for keeping summer sheep www.foodservice.fi
Common email address: [email protected]
Postal address: Rural Services, Kuninkaanlähteenkatu 12, 38700 Kankaanpää (mail can also be delivered to the mailbox next to the door of the Kankaanpää office.)
Emails in the format [email protected]
Veli-Jukka Johansson Rural Manager (Kankaanpää) 044 577 2484
Tuomo Leikkola Rural Affairs Secretary (Jämijärvi) 050 572 1701
Suvi Poikkeus Rural Affairs Secretary (Honkajoki and Pomarkku) 044 577 5208
Sanna Hietaoja Rural Secretary (Parkano, Kihniö) 044 577 2483
Wild fescue and green collar grass are becoming more common
Wild millet has been found in fields in our area. It is at least as harmful as wild oats, if not worse, a weed. Wild millet has been found in landscape, meadow and grassland plant mixtures of foreign origin. A single specimen can contain up to tens of thousands of seeds, so its spread is very rapid. It effectively uses the soil's nitrogen reserves. The roots of wild millet secrete chemical compounds that inhibit the growth of other species. Wild millet can grow very tall, up to 170 cm.
The method of control is to uproot the plant. The same substances can be used for chemical control as for control of wasted oats.
The upper picture shows wild millet, the lower one shows green collard grass. Pictures from the Finnish Food Authority website.
The inflorescence of green collar grass is a “foxtail” 4-8 cm long multiple spike. Green collar grass grows to a height of 20-50 cm. Control methods are the same as for wild millet.
Finnish Food Authority brochure: Identify wild millet and green collard grass
Finnish Food Authority blog: Wild chicken millet - difficult to surpass in harmfulness
Finnish Food Authority's Youtube channel: Identify and control wild millet
Farmer, don't buy yourself a waste oat problem!
Every effort should be made to reduce the costs of cultivation, but using untested seed can be surprisingly expensive.
The Finnish Food Authority recommends using officially inspected or certified seed in your crops. Using uninspected or so-called grey seed can lead to a weed or waste oat problem in your fields. The quantity and quality of the harvest can also be reduced and lead to financial losses. There have been several cases in our area where waste oats have come to the farm along with grey seed. And it is completely immoral to sell uninspected seed to another farmer if there are still waste oats on the farm.
When using unverified seed, the responsibility for any problems and losses caused by the seed used always remains with the user of the seed. In the sale of certified seed, the farmer is entitled to compensation if the seeds do not meet the requirements laid down in the Seed Act (600/2019).
The marketing and sale of uninspected seed is prohibited by the Seed Act. Marketing also includes seed trade between farms. Marketing is supervised by the Finnish Food Authority and the ELY centres, and illegal sales may result in a penalty payment. If you encounter or suspect illegalities in the seed trade, you must report them. Using the form found on the Finnish Food Authority's website.
Only packing plants approved by the Finnish Food Authority, of which there are currently 140 in Finland, are allowed to pack seeds for sale. 30 of these packing plants have a permit to pack organic seeds. A list of approved seed packing plants can be found at From the Finnish Food Authority website.