Agricultural cooperatives in Norway

The agricultural cooperatives in Norway (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)