Tag: agriculture
New shortages may follow butter
Some retailers in Norway fear that new shortages loom because of state dairy cooperative Tine's desperation to make more butter. That may result in...
State won’t soften butter regulations
Even though they've been ridiculed through worldwide coverage of Norway's butter shortage, and faced with a lack of one of the most essential items...
Butter slips back onto the shelves
Grocery stores in Norway received some small shipments of butter on Monday from dairy cooperative Tine, but supplies weren't expected to last long. Meanwhile,...
Calls rise to bust butter ‘monopoly’
An ongoing lack of butter in Norwegian stores has sparked new calls for the country's powerful dairy cooperative Tine to be broken up. One...
Butter shortage keeps spreading
State agriculture officials cut more regulatory fees on dairy products this week, in another effort to ease a butter shortage that continues to spread...
Butter shortage slices high tariffs
Norwegian authorities eased their strict protectionist policies this week when they finally lowered import tariffs to offset a sudden shortage of butter. Otherwise, though,...
Butter shortage frustrates bakers
Norway's dairy cooperative Tine hasn't been able to produce enough butter in recent weeks to meet demand, leaving grocery store shelves bare of one...
Grocery branch probes high prices
Thousands of Norwegians cross the border into Sweden every day to stock up on groceries and other goods that are as much as 40...
‘Most expensive’ yet again
NEWS ANALYSIS: Another ranking of the world's major cities places the Norwegian capital in the top spot as most expensive, way ahead of cities...
Calls to regulate fertilizer after bomb
Calls for stronger regulation of the sale of ammonium nitrate fertilizers have been made following the suspected use of the materials in the bombing...
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