Agricultural cooperatives in Norway

The agricultural cooperatives in Norway (Norwegian: Landbrukssamvirket) consists of 13 companies, each organised as independent farmer owned cooperatives. They cover four different areas for the farmers: refining and sale of produce, financial services, breeding and insemination, and retail of agricultural equipment. All the cooperatives cooperate through the company Norsk Landbrukssamvirke. In total the companies have a revenue of NOK 58 billion and have 18,000 employees. TINE and Nortura are responsible for about a quarter of the revenue each. Though none of the cooperatives hold any monopolies, their dominant position periodical causes debate about the structure of the agricultural processing industry.

Companies

• Landkreditt (mortgages)
• Gjensidige (insurance, not solely agricultural)
• Felleskjøpet (farming equipment retailer)
• GENO (breeding and insemination of cattle)
• Norsk Kjøttfeavlslag (breeding of cattle)
• Norsvin (breeding and insemination pigs)
• Norsk Sau og Geit (breeding and insemination of sheep and goats)
• TINE (dairy)
  • Diplom-Is (ice cream)
• Nortura (slaughterhouses)
  • Gilde (red meat)
  • Prior (white meat and eggs)
• Norges Skogeierforbund (lumber trade)
• Gartnerhallen (fruit, berries and vegetable trade)
• Honningcentralen (honey trade)
• HOFF SA (potato products)
• Norges Pelsdyralslag (skins and fur)

See also

• Agricultural cooperative
• Cooperatives of Norway

External links

• Norsk Landbrukssamvirke