Dozens of Danish farmers have being purchasing illegal fertiliser and crop spray from a Jutland group smuggling in the products from Germany.
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Illegal fertiliser network causes stink
Posted on 29 January 2012.
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Evidence suggests Vikings grew grain in south Greenland
Posted on 28 January 2012.
Archaeologists from the Danish national museum have finally succeeded in confirming that Erik the Red and his people could indeed brew beer in Greenland when they lived there.
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Icelandic milk to Russia
Posted on 28 November 2011.
Iceland has made a reciprocal deal with Russia over the sale of dairy products which paves the way for the export of Icelandic products including skyr, butter and milk powder to the biggest country in the world.
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EU entry could have good and bad impacts on Icelandic food supply
Posted on 15 November 2011.
The price of some foodstuffs in Iceland could drop by half if the country enters the EU. As a result state subsidies to farmers would need to be massively increased if domestic agriculture was to remain competitive.
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Icelandic farmer believes aluminium smelter killed his sheep
Posted on 12 August 2011.
“She couldn’t feed herself any more and died in the end [clogged with] mucous,” says Sigurbjorn Hjaltason, farmer and former Kjosahreppur council leader.
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Do Iceland’s food import tariffs actually save shoppers money?
Posted on 30 June 2011.
Icelandic farmers have joined the debate on food imports and government hand-outs. They argue that import tariffs and quotas on agricultural products are actually saving Icelanders money. The OECD disagrees.
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Iceland volcano farmer thankful for ash cover
Posted on 18 June 2011.
Hay making began near the Eyjafjallajokull glacier, site of the 2010 volcanic eruption, this Wednesday — a week earlier than last year. The farmer at Thorvaldseyri says the ash has saved a lot of money on fertiliser and that the best grass is growing where the most ash fell.
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Rain in Iceland volcano zone described as heaven-sent
Posted on 25 May 2011.
There is light cloud cover over the town of Vik in south Iceland, but it rained there earlier today — cleaning all ash from the air, the town’s rescue squad reports.
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