Tag: agriculture
Norway set to export its cured mutton
Norwegian speciality meat producers have signed their first contracts for export of the sliced cured mutton known locally as fenalår. The traditional thinly sliced meat is believed...
Farmers mostly agree to state aid
UPDATED: Norway's largest farmers' lobby has agreed to accept a sweetened support and subsidy offer from the state, while a smaller farmers' organization was...
Farming organizations come to the table
Norway's two most powerful farming lobbies dropped threats of refusing to negotiate their financial support demands with state officials, and agreed to come to the...
Ministry slashes farmers’ demands
Hopes for less hostile subsidy negotiations between the state agriculture ministry and Norwegian farmers dimmed on Tuesday, after the state only offered a tenth of the...
New effort to battle animal cruelty cases
The government, heeding calls from animal rights activists, announced the creation on Monday of a new state authority aimed at investigating and prosecuting animal cruelty. The...
Farmers want to boost food prices
Norway's two main farming organizations handed over a demand for the equivalent to NOK 950 million (USD 118 million) in state financial aid on Friday,...
Bacteria threatens more hog farmers
State food safety authorities have been swooping down on hog farmers in Norway after discovering several cases of MRSA bacterial infection. Another farm was...
Farmers, Orkla cash in on milk prices
Milk prices have been falling around the world lately, but not in Norway, where dairy farmers benefit from state subsidy, strict market regulation and high...
Chicken sales fall on antibiotics scare
Grocery stores and poultry producers in Norway confirmed over the weekend that chicken sales have fallen after news that some antibiotic-resistant bacteria had been...
Food fair promotes Norwegian fare
Organizers were expecting as many as 200,000 hungry people to wander around this year's expanded edition of Norway's largest outdoor food fair known as...
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