Landbrukstidende is a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 agricultural

Agriculture

Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...

 magazine. The magazine

Magazine

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 was established by Olav Dalsaune and Karl Hagerup in 1895, and is still one of Norwegian farmers' major sources of agro-news and agro-bulletins.

The magazine's circulation is 19.500 (Fagpressen, 2004). Annually there are 20 editions in a tabloid format. Ole T. Hofstad is managing editor

Editing

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Landbrukstidende's publisher, Landbrukssamvirkets Informasjonskontor Midt-Norge (LIM AS), is also responsible for the Norwegian agro news site Gardsplassen.no

Gardsplassen.no was established in 1997, and is today a daily provider of agro news to farmer

Farmer

A farmer is a person engaged in agriculture, who raises living organisms for food or raw materials, generally including livestock husbandry and growing crops, such as produce and grain...

s in all parts of Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

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The editorial staff for both Landbrukstidende and Gardsplassen.no is based in Trondheim

Trondheim

Trondheim , historically, Nidaros and Trondhjem, is a city and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. With a population of 173,486, it is the third most populous municipality and city in the country, although the fourth largest metropolitan area. It is the administrative centre of...

, with a local office in Harstad

Harstad

is the second largest city and municipality by population, in Troms county, Norway – the city is also the third largest in North Norway. Thus Harstad is the natural centre for its district. Situated approximately north of the Arctic Circle, the city celebrated its 100th anniversary in...

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