Farm relief services

Keuruu Local Unit

The Keuruu local unit comprises the municipalities of Hankasalmi, Kannonkoski, Karstula, Kinnula, Kivijärvi, Konnevesi, Kyyjärvi, Laukaa, Multia, Muurame, Petäjävesi, Pihtipudas and Uurainen, as well as the towns of Jyväskylä, Jämsä, Keuruu, Mänttä-Vilppula, Saarijärvi, Viitasaari and Äänekoski. The service covers approximately 500 farmers and around 360 farms. The unit’s workforce consists of approximately 70 permanent agricultural relief workers, as well as temporary agricultural relief workers as required. Services are purchased from approximately twenty self-employed individuals or companies. Seven people work permanently in administration.

Maatalouslomituksen toimeksiantosopimus (pdf, 5 MB)

Farm relief services

Multiantie 5, 42700 Keuruu

040 640 4692 (weekdays 10am–2pm) lomitus@keuruu.fi

The main office of the Farm Relief Service is located at Keuruu Town Hall; visits are by appointment only, Monday to Friday, 9am–3pm. Customer enquiries regarding the Farm Relief Service can be made by calling 040 640 4692; the service is available on weekdays from 10am to 2pm. Please send all emails regarding farm relief services to lomitus@keuruu.fi.

Administrative staff

Farm Relief Manager Tuula Strömberg 040 182 2909
Acting Secretary Päivi Kirri 040 641 8103
Administrative Assistant Hanna-Leena Hurme-Juurakko 040 185 1990
Farm Relief Coordinator Sanna Holm (Kinnula – Kivijärvi – Pihtipudas – Viitasaari)
Farm Relief Coordinator Jouni Kinkkula (Jyväskylä – Jämsä – Keuruu – Multia – Muurame – Mänttä-Vilppula – Petäjävesi)
Farm Relief Coordinator Annukka Lahdenvesi (Kannonkoski – Karstula – Kyyjärvi – Saarijärvi – Uurainen)
Farm Relief Coordinator Lenita Prättälä (Hankasalmi – Konnevesi – Laukaa – Äänekoski)

Online services

The applications and attachments below can be submitted electronically to the farm relief services via the links provided.

Suostumus lomitusta koskevien asiakirjojen toimittamiseen sähköisesti

Omaisuusvahingon korvaushakemus

Lomittajan selvitys maatalousyrittäjälle aiheutuneesta vahingosta

Liitteen lähetys lomituspalveluun

On Lomitusnet, you can submit requests for farm relief services and applications.

Applications for a substitute must be submitted in writing before the start of the holiday in one of the following ways:

electronically via Mela’s online service, Lomitusnet
by email to lomitus@keuruu.fi
by text message to the temporary support line on 040 484 2465
traditionally on paper

When you submit your application by email or text message, the message must include the following:

Name of the person applying for temporary care
date of birth
reason for substitute care (e.g. incapacity for work)
the timing of the temporary assistance

We will contact applicants who have submitted their applications for substitute teaching positions by email or text message to request further information by telephone, in accordance with Mela’s guidelines.

You can submit an application for farm relief services yourself or through a person authorised by power of atto ey on your behalf. You can find the power of atto ey form for applying for farm relief services on Mela’s Forms page. The power of atto ey must be submitted in writing to the farm relief services.

On the ‘Mela Forms’ page, you can download the following forms in PDF format:

Application for a substitute for a farmer
Application for compensation for self-arranged farm relief
Claim for compensation for self-arranged relief cover by a fur farmer
Notification of agricultural business details for the purpose of applying for annual leave
Annual leave application for farmers
Power of atto ey for applying for temporary care