Tag: agriculture

Farmers lobby for more protection

Norway's notoriously high food prices look set to rise even higher if the country's powerful farmers get their way. They're putting more heavy pressure...

Consumers punish dairy ‘regulator’

Norwegian consumers clearly haven't forgotten last winter's nationwide butter shortage, blamed on dairy cooperative Tine's failure to head it off. Now Tine, also known...

Import restrictions eased to spread butter

The Norwegian market needs as many as 1,500 more tons of butter than what's available from Norwegian producers, so the state is lowering the...

New butter woes spread cost cut calls

Norway's two largest non-socialist parties, the Conservatives (Høyre) and the Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet, Frp), think it's possible to cut billions in state funding for...

Stoltenberg shakes up government

Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg announced the replacement on Monday of two Center Party ministers in the government coalition he leads. The shake-up is widely...

Farmers failed to meet Stoltenberg

Norwegian farmers, still furious over what they consider to be a poor state subsidy offer from the government, picked the wrong date in their...

Farmers in trouble after latest protest

Some of Norway's angry farmers gathered during the night and blocked the delivery of newspaper Sunnmørsposten from its printing plant at Breivika in Ålesund....

Farmers urged to demand more from their powerful cooperatives

Norway's frustrated farmers believe they have the support of most Norwegians, but there are signs that unconditional support is waning. Calls are now rising...

Tempers rise over bread and butter

A highly unpopular shortage of butter in Norwegian stores last fall and winter hasn't stopped farmers from now trying to produce a shortage of...

Angry farmers demand more money

Norwegian farmers, determined to not only preserve their state support but win much more, launched a series of protest actions over the weekend. They...
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