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Maa- ja metsätaloustuottajain Keskusliitto – Central Union of Agricultural Producers and Forest Owners

Business group · Agriculture & food · HQ: Finland · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, Maa- ja metsätaloustuottajain Keskusliitto – Central Union of Agricultural Producers and Forest Owners appears in 155 declared MEP meetings (20 different MEPs), most often with Renew Europe.

155
declared meetings
with current MEPs
20
MEPs met
€300k/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
3.0
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“MTK is an independent association. It represents Finnish farmers, forest owners and rural entrepreneurs, the members of MTK. MTK´s task is to improve the economical and social wellbeing of its members and the sustainable and economical use of the resources in Finnish rural areas.”

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“MTK represents it´s members towards Finnish government, ministries, industries and other stakeholders and internationally towards EU institutions and other international bodies. MTK has an office in Brussels together with the central union of Swedish-speaking agricultural producers in Finland SLC and The Pellervo Confederation of Finnish Cooperatives and Finnish dairy, meat and egg cooperatives. Brussels office gathers information from different sources, analyses it and communicates towards the organisations in Finland. Brussels office also takes actively part in the work of the European farmers and agri-cooperatives organisation Copa-Cogeca. It also organises programmes for the visitors represent (...)”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 155 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Renew Europe7347%
European People's Party3925%
European Conservatives & Reformists2013%
Socialists & Democrats138%
Greens/EFA75%
The Left32%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (64 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2019
3
2020
1
2021
3
2022
6
2023
9
2024
30
2025
64
2026
39

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Elsi Katainen
42 meetings · Renew
Pekka Toveri
24 meetings · EPP
Katri Kulmuni
22 meetings · Renew
Sebastian Tynkkynen
20 meetings · ECR
Eero Heinäluoma
13 meetings · S&D

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
2 Oct 2026Daniel BudaAnimal welfare during transport
16 Sep 2026Sebastian TynkkynenAjankohtaiset maatalousasiat
16 Sep 2026Riho TerrasAgriculture
16 Sep 2026Maria OhisaloAnnual APA breakfast (MFF, CAP, LULUCF, Deforestation)
16 Sep 2026Norbert LinsMFF, GAP, NRL, Livestock und Protein Strategy
10 Sep 2026Pekka ToveriCurrent topics on EU Agriculture policy and Multiannual Financial Framework
30 Jun 2026Eero HeinäluomaMFF 2028-34: Common Agricultural Policy and European Competitiveness Fund
29 Jun 2026Sebastian TynkkynenCAP
5 Jun 2026Elsi KatainenLULUCF
4 Jun 2026Pekka ToveriCircular economy-based solutions for more efficient utilization of underutilized agricultural side streams, as well as new innovative solutions in the industry through the development of technology, new business models and value chains
4 Jun 2026Katri KulmuniMetsä- ja ilmastoasiat
4 Jun 2026Katri KulmuniLuomusektorin ajankohtaiset asiat
3 Jun 2026Katri KulmuniYleiset EU-asiat
11 May 2026Sebastian TynkkynenNature credits markets
7 May 2026Sebastian TynkkynenWelfarmers-hanke

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