Tag: agriculture
Farmers’ income up 8 percent
The average income of a Norwegian farmer rose by 8 percent in 2010, the most recent reporting year, reports state statistics bureau SSB. The...
Food prices rise as border trade soars
Food prices in Norway rose again from January to February, reported state statistics bureau SSB on Friday. The news comes as legions of Norwegians...
Consumer council opposes higher cheese tariffs
Norway's consumer council Forbrukerrådet opposes an attempt by Norwegian dairy cooperative Tine to protect itself from competition by boosting import tariffs on foreign cheese.
Tine officials...
Dairy giant sours its own image
UPDATED: Norway's large and powerful dairy cooperative Tine, bashed for failing to produce enough butter last year, now risks angering Norwegian consumers and its...
Feathers fly over poultry producers
Norwegian food safety authorities have uncovered animal welfare violations at fully two-thirds of local poultry producers included in recent and systematic inspections. The violations...
Moose meat peddled in Germany
Among the various Norwegian products on offer at a major food exposition in Germany last week was moose meat, specifically moose burgers, which disappeared...
British couple blasts Norwegian laws
A British couple's dream of buying a farm in the Norwegian mountains turned into a nightmare, and now they're blasting Norway's strict agricultural real...
Butter said to be back ‘soon’
It's taken Norway's dairy cooperative Tine (pronounced "Tee-nah") longer than expected to produce enough butter to satisfy retail demand, but Tine officials claim it...
Farmers’ lobby loses members
One of Norway's most traditionally powerful lobbying organizations, the farmers' group Norges Bondelag, has reported a decline in membership for the first time in...
Tine and others flunk flatness test
COMMENTARY - VIEWS ON THE NEWS: There's an expression in Norway that's often applied to those who need to admit an error and even...
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