He also owns a forest of 45ha. He has to work hard on the plantage in spring and autumn. These are the important seasons for the products he has, so he sometimes works even 20 hours a day. He works in the forest during the winter because there isn´t a lot to do on the fields and he has to look after the trees, too. He cuts off the trees he is allowed into bigger logs and smaller branches and twigs. He sells the smaller parts. They are used in the production of paper, which is one of Finland´s most important export branches. He sells the bigger parts of wood, too. These are used for other products made of wood. He also keeps part of the logs. He uses them for buildings and other useful things on his farm. 

That´s what he does with his wood. After harvesting the potato he brings his seedpotatos to the seedpotato centre in Tyrnävä. Tapio and 24 other farmers own this centre. They have contacts to England, Russia, the Netherlands and Sweden.

He sells his corn to the co-operative shop in Liminka.

He himself doesn´t mean that he´s environmentally friendly but he says that he takes care of the nature. He only cuts down the trees he´s allowed to, and of course for every tree he cuts he plants a new one. Chemicals are used on his fields, but not as much as the farmers in the southern parts of Europe use them. He uses only the chemicals he has to in order to earn some money with his products.

He regrets the fact that the farmers don´t earn a lot. If they want to survive they have to fill in a lot of forms the EU want them to. But they are poor with or without help, so many of them have to do other jobs beside farming. Tapio himself and his wife are teachers. He studied economy and history at the University of Oulu so he gives courses in history at Liminka upper secondary school.