Foreword: The annual review of agriculture and the food industry in Finland presents a current outlook for the sectors covered and the most recent research data in a single volume. It provides comprehensive information on the operating environment in agriculture and the food sector, the development of the agricultural and food markets, agricultural policy, the structural development and economic situation in agriculture, and the interaction between agriculture and the environment. The special themes of the review at hand explore the competitiveness of the Finnish food chain, the implications of the UK leaving the EU for the agriculture and food markets, the implementation of policy measures related to risk management in agriculture, and consumers' interest in animal welfare. We hope our readers in and outside Finland will find this report useful. Report drawn up by: Jansik Csaba: chapters 1.3, 1.4 Karhula Timo: chapters 2.2, 2.4, 3 Knuuttila Marja: chapters 1.1, 1.2 Koikkalainen Kauko: chapter 5 Koivisto Anu: chapter 2.3 Latukka Arto: chapter 4.3 Miettinen Antti: chapter 5 Mäkilä Outi: layout Niemi Jarkko: chapter 2.4 Niemi Jyrki: chapters 2.1, 3, editor Rantala Olli: chapter 4.2 Sulkava Mika: chapter 4.3 Tauriainen Jukka: chapter 4.2 Valtiala Juho: chapters 2.1,3 Väre Minna: chapter 4.1, editor