Agricultural settlement, Food prices | This means the offer for your food budget

On Monday, the state presented its offer to the farmers in this year’s agricultural negotiations. The offer has a limit of NOK 2.6 billion, and provides a possible increase in income of NOK 70,000.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Food states that they attach great importance to limiting the agreement’s impact on food prices.

The government’s offer will mean an increase in food prices of NOK 350 per year for an average household, according to the ministry.

“The total increase in prices is estimated at 2.4 per cent. This is lower than expected price growth elsewhere in society,” the state’s offer states.

Increased living costs and weakened purchasing power in the population are also emphasized in agricultural policy, according to the offer.

“For a long time, food price increases in Norway were clearly lower than in neighboring countries, but in the last 12 months, food prices have increased by 6 per cent in Norway, while they have fallen by almost 1 per cent in Sweden and Denmark,” writes the ministry.

This is the government’s offer to farmers

On Monday, the state presented its offer to the farmers in this year’s agricultural settlement. The offer has a financial framework of NOK 2,620 million.
This gives agriculture opportunities for an increase in income of approx NOK 70,000 per man-year. With that, the gap with other groups has been reduced by NOK 45,000.
Of them NOK 2,620 million, an increase in the allocation above the state budget of NOK 1,944 million is proposed.
The proposal will result in an increase in food expenditure of NOK 350 per year for an average household.
The Norwegian Farmers’ Association and the Norwegian Farmers’ and Small Farmers’ Association require 3.9 billion in this year’s agricultural settlement. They will now consider whether to negotiate with the state.