Agricultural tourism farms

The farm produces hemp from which it produces hemp butter, roughly ground seeds, as well as hemp oil. The granary, which is 101 years old, features antique instruments once used to process hemp fibres. Visitors can taste and purchase delicious products and take an exciting tour which speaks to the history of hemp farming.

Latvian cuisine: Rough and fine hemp spread, hemp sandwiches, pressed and toasted hemp crumbs, hemp oil.

An integrated and biological farm with extensive production of hemp for smooth and rough hemp butter.  Self-grown and certified grass seeds, including annual ryegrass, pasture ryegrass, hybrid ryegrass, meadow fescue, timothy-grass and red clover. Farm with 222 ha of land, including a 70 ha of grain fields, a 2 ha of potato fields, 30 ha of grassland, 10 ha of hemp, 100 ha - other cultures.

This is a farm which popularises Latvian lives, organises traditional rituals, and provides guests with tasty country foods such as porridge, dumplings, pierogi and pastries made of grain and roughly ground flour that are produced at the farm itself. You can purchase teas, herbs and country goodies.

Latvian cuisine: Soups, porridges, desserts, pierogi, sheet cakes and country tortes.

Special foods: Dumplings made of roughly ground whole wheat flour with cottage cheese and bacon.

Intensive farming. Biological farming. 365 ha of land, including 270 ha of grain (wheat, barley) fields and 44 ha of rapeseed fields, legumes (beans, peas). 5 cattle. The farm also produces herbs and herbal teas.

This farm was one of the first to grow large-berry cranberries and blackberries in Latvia (since 1997). The swamp used to be used for peat moss extraction, but today it is home to cranberry, blackberry, raspberry and strawberry fields. You can pick, taste and purchase berries and take a tour. We also recommend a visit to the Very Berry factory (approximately 3 km away in Dārzciems), where juices, syrups and beverages are manufactured.

An integrated farm with ~40 ha of land. Cranberries are grown on 20 ha, blackberries on 12 ha, raspberries on 5 ha, and rhubarb on 1 ha. Producing 80 tonnes of large cranberries, blackberries, etc., each year. Clients can purchase 100% natural juices, morse, syrups, cranberries in powdered sugar and other delicacies.

The Rudeņi farm is in the southern part of the Zemgale lowlands, to the East of Bērvircava.  Established in 1999, the farm specialises in dairy farming with more than 300 cows and an equal number of calves.  It is also a grain farm, with more than 400 ha of land for winter and summer crops, rapeseed and corn.  Farming waste is used for a modern biogas plant that provides energy for the farm.  The owners actively make use of EU projects, one of which allowed it to build a cattle shed for more than 400 animals and a cow milking carousel. 

250 ha for grain, 50 ha for rapeseed, 200 ha for grasslands and wetlands, 150 ha for corn, with annual output of 1,500 t of grain, 200 t of rapeseed, 6,000 t of grasses, 6,000 t of corn, and 360 dairy cows and 300 calves.

The Strauti farm is on the eastern edge of hillocks in Embūte.  The southern edge of the farm neighbours large forests with many wild animals.  Alongside is a former fowl farm.  The farm breeds rabbits, sheep, fowl, two horses and a pony.  It has a herd of cows, including Latvian Blue cows.  The farm offers tours for schoolchildren and others.  Contact the farm in advance to purchase rabbit meat, wool and vegetables.  The farm is biological.

Biological farming, 20 ha for grain, 30 ha for grasses and fallow land, 0.7 ha for potatoes, with annual output of 40 t of grain, 10 t of potatoes, 14 cattle, 12 calves, 17 pigs, 140 sheep.

The Kaigari farm is in the Mežotne Parish of the Bauska Administrative District and specialises in grain farming.  The farm makes active use of EU funding, some of which has been used to buy modern agricultural equipment.  The farm has some 400 ha of land, and the apple orchard offers a very beautiful landscape, including the Lielupe River valley.

Farm specialises in grain farming.  It has some 500 ha of land. Grain: 470 ha.

The Lācīši farm can be found in the Galgauska Parish to the Southwest of Gulbene.  One of the largest farms in Northeastern Vidzeme, it specialises in grain farming (577 ha), rapeseed farming (295 ha), and various grasses.  It is also a dairy farm with some 100 cows to produce meat and breed calves.  There is an interesting room for meetings and presentations, with large glass windows opening up to the cattle barn.  The farm actively makes use of EU funding.  Contact the farm in advance for tours and exchanges of experiences.

577 ha from grain, 295 ha for rapeseed, 299 ha for grasses, with annual output of 1,400 t of grain, 200 t of rapeseed, 25 t of grasses.  100 dairy cows (200 t of output a year), 30 head of beef cattle and 140 calves.

Getliņu ekoloģiskais poligons ir Latvijā unikāls piemērs ekoloģiski saderīgu darbības virzienu ieviešanai. Tā energobloka saražotais siltums tiek izmantots siltumnīcu apsildei, kas nodrošina ideālu vidi lauksaimnieciskai ražošanai (puķes un tomāti - lielaugļu tomāti, tumšsarkanie tomāti, aveņkrāsas ķekartomāti) gada aukstajos mēnešos. Poligona teritoriju (zālāju) nogana ar aitu ganāmpulka palīdzību.

Poligona teritorijā ir uzbūvētas mūsdienīgas 5,5 m augstas siltumnīcas, kurās audzē tomātus. Siltumnīcas augu aizņemtā platība ir 10512 m2. Siltumnīcas ir aprīkotas ar klimata kontroles vadības iekārtām, kuras nodrošina augu audzēšanai nepieciešamo vidi. Tomātu ziedu apputeksnēšanos nodrošina kameņu saimes. Cīņai pret kaitēkļiem tiek izmantotas spožlapsenes un plēsējērces. Tas nodrošina, ka SIA Getliņi EKO siltumnīcā saražotā produkcija ir veselīga un garšīga. Tomātu raža tiek novākta 2 reizes nedēļā. (kopā nedēļā ~ 15 tonnas tomātu).

The owner of the farm was the first to grow bush blackberries in Latvia in 1996, and today he has whole fields of the berries. He sells berries and plants, offers tours with tastings and consultations, designs gardens, and prepares plans for greenery.

A blueberry farm, plants. 4.4 ha of bush blackberries, output of 10 tonnes of blackberries each year. The farm also sells plants.

Mežvidi (SIA Latgale Vegetable Logistics) began operations in 2007 and sells tasty and healthy red tomatoes.  The owners plan to grow and deliver tomatoes during the winter, when people have the greatest need for healthy and vitamin-rich vegetables.  The farm helps to facilitate co-operation among people who farm vegetables, and it informs the public about how tomatoes are grown.

Growing tomatoes in hothouses. Produces more than 140 tonnes of tomatoes in each season. Tomatoes on the vine can be bought at Latvia’s leading stores during the winter thanks to a biomass cogeneration plant that provides energy to heat the greenhouses.  The farm produces 100% tomato juice from fresh tomatoes.

The owner of the Vālodzes farm is a beekeeper.  The farm is on the banks of a lovely river in a place where a homestead existed long ago.  The hive are on a hillock and in a lovely meadow in the forest.  Alongside the bees is a lovely apple orchard, and the owner is happy to have help in harvesting the apples in the fall.  He has slowly restored the farm since 1996, and it has a lovely and large lake, a lake hut, a granary with a renovated upper floor and balcony, the beekeeping operation and the apple orchard.

Beekeeping (65 hives), 5 t of output a year, 1 ha for the apple orchard.

Latvian blackhead sheep are in a clean environment at the Ances farm, which is in the Northern Vidzeme Biosphere Reserve near the border with Estonia.  It is in the Naukšēni Parish, where chemical plant protection substances and mineral fertilisers have never been used intensively.  The sheep roam freely during the winter and summer, with fencing to protect them against wolves and wild boar.  The farm only uses female sheep born as twins or triplets, including animals for genetic resources.  All of the sheep come from German blackhead sheep and are only mated with high-quality LT rams in January, February, August and September.

Specialising in sheep farming (Latvian dark-headed sheep), with ~100 ewes. 70 ha of land. 40 ha for grasses. The farm sells breeding rams and sheep, as well as sheepskin, yarn, blankets, pillows, sleeping bags, woven goods and milk-fed lamb.

The Jokas farm is 4 km to the East of Turlava.  Owner Jānis Uzulēns has purposefully developed and expanded the farm ever since it was established in 2011.  He is particularly proud of his herd of beef cows, some 70 in all, as well as of five horses.  The farm produces sausages and other meat products and also offers services such as managing forests and fisheries.

Total land of 86 ha, engaging in the breeding of beef cattle (71 head, 15 t/y), with 86 ha of grasslands and wetlands, 600 t/y, as well as forestry and horses (5 head).

The Pīlādži farm is in the Durbe Parish of the Durbe Administrative District.  It is primarily a grain farm, but also breeds livestock and grows flowers and vegetables.

Intensive farming with 500 ha for grain, 350 ha for rapeseed, 20 ha for potatoes, 30 ha for grasses, 0.1 ha for vegetables, with annual output of 1,500 t of grains, 700 t of rapeseed, 500 t of potatoes and 4 t of vegetables.  One dairy cow, 4 head of beef cattle.

The herd consists of around 200 goats. The owner will tell you a humorous story of life with goats in Latvia and Europe, the story of making goat cheese and the secrets of its taste, will invite you to try cheese which you will be able to buy later. Goat cheese that is made in Lielgrodes is not only healthy, but very tasty.

The farm specialises in goat breeding for 15 years and has some 180-200 goats in its herd. The farm with 50 ha of land.

AS Agrofirma Tērvete is the largest multi-sector farming company in Latvia, operating in crop farming, dairy farming, horse breeding, public dining, biogas manufacturing and brewing of beer.  Visitors can tour a brewery and the farm.  The brewery produces popular Tērvete beer and kvass.  Visitors can taste the products and take a small tour of the facilities.  All of the types of beer can be tasted with delicious snacks.  The Tērces farm is a dairy farm with modern technologies and 3,000 dairy cows.  Visitors can tour the facility and have lunch at the company’s dining hall.

Intensive farming – 4,000 dairy cows, crop farming, horse breeding, biogas manufacturing and beer brewing. The large farm has room for up to 3,300 dairy cows, with average milk output of ~8,630 kg per cow and total output around 5,862 t per year.  The farm has 2,972 ha of land, with grain grown on 2,727 of them, mostly food wheat and rapeseed.  This is one of Latvia’s largest horse farms (some 40 horses), and horse boarding is available.  Biogas from the company supports two cogeneration plants (0.5 and 1.5 MW).  The farm earns revenues of around EUR 19 million per year.

The Vecsiljāņi farm is in the Bebri Parish in the Koknese Administrative District.  It is a dairy farm and also grows wheat, barley, oats, rye, corn and grasses.  In 2010 the farm began to produce hard cheese under the brand name "Ievas siers."  Visitors can taste the cheese and tour the farm and the cheese-making facility.

Intensive farming with 300 ha for grains, 300 ha for grasses, 300 ha for corn, with annual output of 1,100 t of grain, 9,000 t of grasses, 10,000 t of corn.  500 dairy cows, 400 calves, 4,000 t of milk a year.  Production of hard cheese.

The farm breeds more than 150 sheep. There is a location to feed lambs, and the owners organise animal auctions and “Sheep Days” events. You can take a tour of the farm and purchase pedigreed sheep and sheep-related products.

Biological farming. The farm specialises in sheep breeding, breeding animals: 20-200. Farm with 200 ha of land.

Large cranberries were first grown in the Laugas Swamp in Latvia in 1992. Today there are six types of cranberries that were originated in Latvia. Among them is a hybrid between large American cranberries and Latvian cowberries, and it is known as the noble cranberry. You can attend lectures, receive consultations, tour the swamp, and purchase cranberries, cranberry products, as well as purchase turf that is needed to grow your own cranberries.

An integrated farm with 22 ha of cranberries, producing 60 tonnes of large cranberries each year. In the Lauga peat swamp, the farm produces eight types of cranberries and bearberries registered in America and six created in Latvia.  The farm has its own processing technologies to produce berry candies, syrups, juices and teas.

One of the largest meat and dairy farms in Kurzeme, with a herd of around 500 heads of cattle. The farm also breeds most of the types of fowl that are known in Latvia. An informative tour is available, and you can purchase meat, milk and eggs.

A biological farm with 400 ha of grain fields.  Output of 1,200 tonnes a year, as well as 20 tonnes of potatoes from 1 ha, 10 tonnes of vegetables from 0.5 ha, 1,300 tonnes of milk, 150 tonnes of beef, 50 tonnes of veal, 3 tonnes of pork and 2 tonnes of mutton.