The case summarized: On Monday, April 28, the state will be submitted to the claim from agriculture. There are representatives from the Norwegian Farmers’ Association, and the Norwegian Farmers’ and Small Farmers’ Association that formally handed over the requirement in the Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Thea Sandsengen (27) and Jørgen Andrisson Kvam (26) from Vang in Valdres hope that this year’s settlement provides a good framework and creates predictability for long -term investments. Camilla Rostad, leader of the Inland Bondelag, hopes for a good settlement and believes the income gap between the farmers and other wage earners must be sealed. In February this year, Ap, Sp, KrF, the Left and the patient focus entered into an agreement on the figures for agricultural settlement. On May 7, the state presents its offer and the deadline to end the negotiations is May 16. – It is rewarding to join and produce safe and clean food in Norway, as well as secure food preparedness. But we need long -term visibility for the future since we are facing large investments, says Thea and Jørgen. The young couple took over Jørgen’s family farm in Vang in Valdres two years ago. They engage in milk, nursing cows, some sheep and grass -based production. They enjoy being farmers, but to get the wheels going around, Thea works as a teacher as well. – We bought ourselves into an established co -operation here and are happy with it. But the booths are from 1959 and are over -ripe for replacement, says Jørgen. Jørgen and Thea think spring is one of the very best time of being a farmer. Photo: Alexander Nordby / news The farmers submit their demands that the investment will cost several million kroner. In addition, there is a need for other larger investments in the machinery and other operating buildings, they say. On Monday, the young couple will follow extra carefully when the Norwegian Farmers’ Association and the Norwegian Farmers’ and Small Farmers’ Association present their requirements in this year’s agricultural settlement. It happens at Monday, April 28, at 12 o’clock. Then we also let go of internal disputes within the industry, says Jørgen. The 1959 booths are overripe for replacement – but the young couple would like to know the frames before they raise. Photo: Alexander Nordby / news There is, as always, linked to what the two organizations will promote as common requirements for the agricultural settlement. The two organizations always agree – but no rule without exception. In 2023, they did not agree, for the first time in history. Hope for good settlement Camilla Rostad, newly elected leader in the Inland Bondelag, has high expectations for this year’s agricultural settlement: – We have had an agricultural minister from the Center Party who promised a settlement on the podium. And now we have a new Minister of Agriculture, from the Labor Party, who also says it will be a good settlement. Then expectations go up, says Rostad. Camilla Rostad, leader of the Inland Bondelag. Photo: Ivar Arne Nordrum / news Three in a row In isolation, the farmer organizations can look back on two fairly good agricultural settlements in recent years. Last year, more than NOK 3 billion was agreed. The year before NOK 4.1 billion. But Rostad points out that both the drought summer 2018, the covid epidemic and periods of flood have made it imperative of good settlement. What is the agricultural settlement? The agricultural settlement is annual negotiations between the state and agriculture. There are two organizations, the Norwegian Farmers’ Association and the Norwegian Farmers’ and Small Farmers’ Association, which act jointly as a negotiating party for agriculture. The agricultural settlement negotiates, among other things, on price regulations and target prices, as well as the distribution of budget support for various schemes. The negotiations start by the two organizations submitting their common requirements, usually in late April. There, the state presents its offer, usually in early May. Then the negotiations between the state and agriculture begin. The goal is to agree within an agreed date in mid -May. The negotiations result in either agreement on an agreement between the state and the agriculture, or a violation of the negotiations. If an agreement is entered into between the state and agriculture, it is presented to the Storting with proposals for what has been agreed on the negotiations. This is done by submitting a proposition to the Storting. If there is a break in the negotiations, the proposition that goes to the Storting is based on the state’s offer. The Storting processes the proposition around mid -June. The Ministry of Agriculture and Food is authorized to take measures. After consideration in the Storting, the design of agricultural agreement for future agricultural agreement is finalized, with effect for target prices from 1 July. (Source: Directorate of Agriculture) and: The income gap between farmers and other wage earners is still too big, she believes: – That we have to take a slightly larger jaf now, it is probably in the nature of the case. In addition, the cost level has gone up quite sharply on our input factors. Then it has to be money on the table in order for us to be able to operate properly, says Rostad. Amme cows and sheep what lies in the final requirement of the farmer organizations is uncertain. But both organizations have already had long, internal processes around this year’s settlement. The young couple in Valdres points out that it is important to make good Norwegian food for emergency preparedness. Photo: Alexander Nordby / news In an adopted resolution from the Norwegian Bondelag, it is clearly stated that Norwegian food production must be secured and strengthened. It is also agreed that productions that are low in income must be prioritized. – And then we talk about sheep and breastfeeding cows, or especially the coarse -based productions. They must be lifted, says Camilla Rostad. Hope for neighboring help Grim Jardar Aasgård is the Norwegian Farmer and Small Farmers’ Association’s county leader in Hedmark. He runs a small farm on Tolga, with a total of around 50 cattle. Tolga is the neighboring municipality of Tynset, where Agriculture and Food Minister Nils Kristen Sandtrøen is from. Aasgård hopes that it can turn out positive for this year’s final agricultural settlement. – In any case, he understands what it goes about farming under the conditions we do. But the Minister of Agriculture is doing a job for the state, says Aasgård. Grim Jardar Aasgård from Tolga hopes it can help with the agricultural settlement that Agriculture and Food Minister Nils Kristian Sandtrøen is from the neighboring municipality. Photo: Geir Olav Slåen / news Fear much has already been clarified in February, a majority in the Storting agreed on the figures for the future agricultural settlement. Aasgård believes that agreement means that the framework is largely already set. Based on these funds, it must be prioritized. And when something is prioritized, other things must be prioritized. – I think the framework is too small, because it is not taken into account the entire cost side for agriculture as a sector, says Aasgård. Can produce more food words such as self -sufficiency and emergency storage are increasingly used. The war in Ukraine has made many now more aware of the importance of producing food. It may affect the agricultural settlement. Camilla Rostad is an organic farmer herself. Photo: Reidar Gregersen / news For in Norway there are few who can produce their own food. And without food and drink, the hero does not do, says Camilla Rostad in the Inland Bondelag. – And it must be prioritized. This is really what it is about in all these negotiations, says Rostad. Will focus on the farm in Valdres in Valdres, the cows are released on pasture. It is one of the best times of being a farmer thinks the young couple from Vang. – We want to contribute to the production of Norwegian food. There is a lot of focus on emergency preparedness and food production in Norway and we would like to build something that further generations can take over, says Jørgen and Thea. Jørgen and Thea hope they can further develop the farm so that future generations can continue. Photo: Alexander Nordby / news They both want and want to develop Fjellgården and have noticed that the peasant profession has gained a small positive boost after the TV success “Jon becomes a farmer”. In the TV series, celebrity Jon Almaas is wearing work clothes and runs his own farm-both good and for bad. – It is good public information and at the same time it shows how small margins there are in agriculture. At the same time, it is nice that more people find out how wonderfully rewarding and fun it is to produce good Norwegian food. Published 28.04.2025, at. 05.13
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