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Farmers demanding higher income

Norwegian farmers are not satisfied with the current subsidies

Yara seeks to triple market share through M&A

Salmon virus potential threat to wild stocks

Less conversion of productive land

Farming

Tine combine dairy companies

The new company Tine SA becomes the owner of 44 dairies.  (Photo: Scanpix)

Decline in production of potatoes in 2009

No strawberries without seasonal workers

Farm Owner Inge Gustavsen is dependent on seasonal workers from Poland and Vietnam in the summer.

Grieg Seafood purchases Shetland firm

Grieg Seafood has salmon farming operations in Norway, Canada and the UK, in the Shetland Islands. (Photo: Grieg Seafood ASA)

Increase in number of pigs