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Farmers broke off subsidy talks again

Norway's two major farm lobbying groups once again broke off negotiations with the state over how much subsidy and protection they should receive from...

State slashes farmers’ demands

Last week Norway's farmers demanded more than NOK 1.4 billion in state subsidy and other financial support. On Friday the state responded, with an...

Farmers demand hefty pay raises

Norway's farming organizations presented new demands for state subsidies and protection that once again would give them much higher pay raises than those granted other...

Minister survives Center’s attack

Climate and Environment Minister Vidar Helgesen survived an effort by the anti-wolf Center Party to unseat him on Tuesday. The Center Party ended up as a target...

Animal tragedy unfolds near Bodø

Hundreds of pigs were feared to have been burned alive early Tuesday after a blaze engulfed the barn where they were housed at Fenes, not far...

Agriculture reform a tough row to hoe

For the first time in years, there was plenty of Norwegian lamb available in the stores this Easter and at relatively reasonable prices. Farm...

Corruption concern grows at dairy

Norway's large farmer-owned dairy co-op Tine, which controls 80 percent of the market for dairy products in the country, remains caught in a corruption investigation that expanded...

Wolves stable in numbers, attack fewer sheep

New statistics from Rovdata, which tracks Norway’s wolf population, indicate there are now between 84 and 91 wolves in the country and roaming back...

Trump tactics take root in Norway

Norway's small Center Party, led by the often-grinning farmer Trygve Slagsvold Vedum, is soaring in public opinion polls on what many claim are new populist...

Glut of lamb meat won’t lower prices

Norway's allowance of strict market regulation in its agricultural sector has suddenly left the country with a glut of its lamb meat, often hyped as...
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