Good News for Pig Breeders
NORWAY - There are currently two methods for artificial insemination...

Farm to Shelf: RFID Tracking Norwegian Meat Supply
IBM has signed an agreement with Matiq, the information technology subsidiary of Nortura, Norway's largest food supplier, to use radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to track and trace poultry and meat products from the farm, through the...

Norwegian Pig Production Trotting Along Nicely
NORWAY - Last year 297 000 tonnes of meat from domestic animal production were approved for the market in Norway. According to Statistics Norway this accounts to an increase of 4 000 tonnes from the year before.

Norwegian government urged to delay castration ban
NORWAY - It is likely that European Union will ban the castration of pigs without the use of anaesthetic in the near future. However, Norway looks set to ban the procedure outright unless its pig producers can persuade the Government to reconsider. ...

Conflict with farmers threaten geese
NORWAY - A Netherlands Institute of Ecology scientist in Yerseke says the survival of pink-footed geese is being endangered by a conflict with farmers. Thousands of the geese are preparing for their spring migration north to breeding grounds in...