Tag: agriculture

Dairy coop needs to cut costs

Tine, the state-sanctioned conglomerate that controls the dairy market in Norway, announced plans to cut costs by as much as NOK 750 million by...

Dairy giant’s ad full of mistakes

Tine, Norway's dominant dairy cooperative that plunged the country into its embarrassing "butter crisis" two years ago, embarrassed itself again this week. A jubilee...

Grocery chain ICA wins a reprieve

The Norwegian government has temporarily approved a controversial purchasing agreement between struggling grocery store chain ICA Norge and the rival NorgesGruppen, which dominates the...

Minister ‘arrogant,’ farmers ‘spoiled’

Norway's Agriculture Minister Trygve Slagsvold Vedum is "unbelievably arrogant" and Norwegian farmers are "spoiled," according to elected representatives from member countries of the European...

EU blasts Norway’s protectionism

The EU Parliament has overwhelmingly approved a measure calling for the Norwegian government to cut its new, high import tariffs on cheese, meat and...

Farmers settle for a 10.5% raise

The two major lobbying groups representing Norwegian farmers have agreed to accept a new state-subsidized compensation package that's expected to yield average pay hikes...

Farmers try to win more support

UPDATED: Norwegian farmers' organizations said they were "disappointed and surprised" when the left-center government coalition, which includes the country's most farmer-friendly party, only offered...

Høyre cultivates farmers’ vote

As prime minister hopeful Erna Solberg gathered her Conservative Party (Høyre) for its national meeting at Gardermoen this weekend, the party seemed to be gaining...

Farmers demand huge pay hike

Norway's powerful farmers' organizations handed over a demand on Friday for nearly NOK 2 billion in increased income this year, mostly in the form...

Grocery importers to step up control

Several of Norway’s largest grocery store chains plan to increase testing and step up control of their own imported products after Europe's horsemeat scandal...
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