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New event aims to connect Breckland's 'incredible' farmers and rural communities

Breckland's farming and rural communities have been invited to join together for a supportive morning of "conversation and connection".

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Chris Hill

Norfolk crop breeder's 'Belter' barley wins approval for brewing

A malting barley variety developed in the beer-making grain's Norfolk heartland has won full approval for brewing.

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Chris Hill

Bidders battle for traditional turkeys at Christmas poultry sales

Eager bidders battled for the best birds for their festive feast as traditional poultry auctions were held in the week before Christmas.

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Chris Hill

New law introduces unlimited fines for dog attacks on farm animals

A new law has been passed which introduces unlimited fines for owners of dogs which attack farm animals.

saturday 10

Chris Hill

Inheritance tax worries dominate discussions at farming conference

Continuing concerns over looming inheritance tax burdens were a key theme at an agricultural conference held at four venues across East Anglia.

saturday 2

Chris Hill

‘Bewildered and frightened’ farm sector needs new deal from government, says review

The farming sector is “bewildered and frightened”, with inheritance tax and changes to farm payments causing significant ongoing concern, a...

19.12.2025 5

Chris Hill

Sugar factories report good results as winter beet campaign hits halfway point

British Sugar bosses have reported good yields and factory performances "up there with the best" as East Anglia's winter sugar beet campaign reaches...

19.12.2025 3

Chris Hill

'Mind-blowing' Christmas tractor run raises £6,700 for children's hospital unit

Tractors decked with festive fairy lights illuminated a Norfolk town for Christmas - while raising more than £6,700 for a children's hospital unit.

19.12.2025 5

Chris Hill

Fruit grower raises £3,000 to help community food charity tackle malnutrition

A Norfolk fruit grower has pledged to continue supporting a community food charity next year after hitting a £3,000 fundraising milestone in 2025.

14.12.2025 4

Chris Hill

Theatre ice cream deal helps family dairy business tackle farming pressures

A Norfolk dairy has won a high-profile new customer for its luxury ice cream after recruiting another next-generation manager to help the family...

14.12.2025 4

Chris Hill

Fruit grower raises £3,000 to help community food charity tackle malnutrition

A Norfolk fruit grower has pledged to continue supporting a community food charity next year after hitting a £3,000 fundraising milestone in 2025.

14.12.2025 3

Chris Hill

Theatre ice cream deal helps family dairy business tackle farming pressures

A Norfolk dairy has won a high-profile new customer for its luxury ice cream after recruiting another next-generation manager to help the family...

14.12.2025 5

Chris Hill

Christmas poultry auctions are going ahead despite the 'shadow' of bird flu

Traditional Christmas poultry sales will return next week to auction turkeys, geese, chickens and ducks from East Anglian farms - despite the "shadow"...

13.12.2025 3

Chris Hill

Christmas poultry auctions are going ahead despite the 'shadow' of bird flu

Traditional Christmas poultry sales will return next week to auction turkeys, geese, chickens and ducks from East Anglian farms - despite the "shadow"...

13.12.2025 4

Chris Hill

Four-year-old champion celebrates victory at livestock market's Christmas show

Future farmers were the stars at Norwich Livestock Market’s Christmas Show - where a proud four-year-old was crowned Champion Young Handler.

12.12.2025 3

Chris Hill

Four-year-old champion celebrates victory at livestock market's Christmas show

Future farmers were the stars at Norwich Livestock Market’s Christmas Show - where a proud four-year-old was crowned Champion Young Handler.

12.12.2025 4

Chris Hill

Tougher new laws will crack down on dog owners whose pets attack farm animals

A long-awaited crackdown on dog owners whose pets attack farm animals was welcomed as “a huge step forward” after tougher new legislation was...

10.12.2025 4

Chris Hill

Farmers urged to dig deeper to fully understand the benefits of cover crops

Norfolk farmers have been urged to gather more information from their fields to fully understand how cover crops benefit their soil nutrients - and...

07.12.2025 20

Chris Hill

Family's solar firm keeps evolving to launch 'game-changing' new software

A solar management business with roots in a Norfolk family farm is continuing to evolve during the green energy boom - including launching a...

07.12.2025 5

Chris Hill

Food Enterprise Park to double in size after launching ambitious second phase

The Food Enterprise Park (FEP) outside Norwich has launched its second phase as it seeks to help more food and drink firms add value to the region's...

06.12.2025 3

Chris Hill

Food Enterprise Park to double in size after launching ambitious second phase

The Food Enterprise Park (FEP) outside Norwich has launched its second phase as it seeks to help more food and drink firms add value to the region's...

06.12.2025 3

Chris Hill

Farmers need support to meet ambitious new environment targets, say rural leaders

Countryside leaders said the success of the government's ambitious five-year environmental plan will depend on how well farmers are supported to...

06.12.2025 3

Chris Hill

Tractors will be decorated with fairy lights for return of Christmas convoy

A festive procession of illuminated tractors will trundle around North Walsham as a popular Christmas fundraising spectacle returns for its third...

06.12.2025 5

Chris Hill

Farmers and landowners warned of criminals dumping lorry loads of illegal waste

Farmers and landowners across East Anglia have been warned to protect their land against criminals dumping lorry loads of illegal waste in the...

06.12.2025 4

Chris Hill

Norfolk Labour MPs abstain in protest at chancellor's ‘flawed’ farm tax raid

Several Labour MPs abstained from a key vote on the government's controversial "family farm tax" after raising concerns over the "flawed" policy's...

04.12.2025 4

Chris Hill

Sugar beet growers face 'unwelcome' extra competition from cane sugar imports

East Anglia's sugar beet growers face "unwelcome" extra competition from imported cane sugar next year as a tariff-free quota is set to be expanded.

03.12.2025 5

Chris Hill

Food security conference debates livestock's role in a sustainable farming future

The role of grazing livestock within sustainable future farming systems was among the topics discussed with students at a food security conference in...

30.11.2025 3

Chris Hill

Food security conference debates livestock's role in a sustainable farming future

The role of grazing livestock within sustainable future farming systems was among the topics discussed with students at a food security conference in...

30.11.2025 4

Chris Hill

Nature group celebrates a decade safeguarding Breckland's incredibly rare plants

A volunteer-led nature group is celebrating 10 years of guiding the conservation of some of the UK’s rarest plants in their precious Brecks...

30.11.2025 2

Chris Hill

'Don't panic' - poultry sellers respond to fears of Christmas turkey shortages

Consumers have been told there's no need to panic over their Christmas dinner after fears were raised of a potential turkey shortage due to bird flu...

29.11.2025 4

Chris Hill

Farms warned to beware of fake suppliers as scammers target rural businesses

Farms have been warned of criminal scammers posing as suppliers to steal payments and financial information - part of a spate of identity frauds...

28.11.2025 3

Chris Hill

New agricultural laboratory brings cutting-edge science to East Anglia's farmers

A cutting-edge new agricultural laboratory is offering East Anglian farmers access to rapid soil, tissue and water analysis to guide their decision...

28.11.2025 4

Chris Hill

Farms warned to beware of fake suppliers as scammers target rural businesses

Farms have been warned of criminal scammers posing as suppliers to steal payments and financial information - part of a spate of identity frauds...

28.11.2025 4

Chris Hill

Norfolk farm used in nationwide identity fraud scam

A Norfolk farming couple have fought off payment demands and a court threat after being targeted by scammers in a "distressing" identity fraud.

28.11.2025 5

Chris Hill

Chancellor's tweak to 'disastrous' farm tax does not go far enough, say farm leaders

The chancellor's small concession on her "flawed" farm inheritance tax plan is "nowhere near enough" to stop its devastating impact on farming...

27.11.2025 4

Chris Hill

Bird flu outbreak hits Breckland poultry farm - Norfolk's ninth case in a month

A bird flu outbreak has sparked a mass cull of poultry at another Breckland farm after Norfolk recorded its ninth case of the devastating virus within...

27.11.2025 3

Chris Hill

Flourishing Norfolk farm education project aims to roll out to schools nationwide

An education initiative giving thousands of Norfolk children a "hands on" experience with farm animals now aims to roll out to schools across the...

23.11.2025 4

Chris Hill

Farm businesses set out their 2025 Budget demands for the chancellor

Norfolk farm businesses have set out their industry's demands ahead of next week's autumn Budget.

23.11.2025 5

Chris Hill

Research farm explores chemical-free ways to rid the land of ryegrass weeds

A Norfolk farm at the forefront of UK agricultural research has explained how it is finding new ways to tackle problematic ryegrass weeds without...

23.11.2025 5

Chris Hill

Flourishing Norfolk farm education project aims to roll out to schools nationwide

An education initiative giving thousands of Norfolk children a "hands on" experience with farm animals now aims to roll out to schools across the...

23.11.2025 5

Chris Hill

UK's first rice crop harvested from trial paddy field in the Fens

The UK's first rice crop has been harvested from a mini paddy field in the Fens - part of a pioneering trial exploring ways to tackle climate change...

23.11.2025 7

Chris Hill

Food system needs 'radical transformations' on a wartime scale, warns report

The nation's food and farming systems need "radical transformation" at a scale and pace not seen since the Second World War, warns a report involving...

22.11.2025 3

Chris Hill

More than 100 organisations write to prime minister urging rethink on Family Farm Tax

More than 100 businesses, retailers and trade bodies across the food and farming supply chain have written to the prime minister urging a rethink on...

22.11.2025 3

Chris Hill

Grower group's new chairman wants vital £40m fruit and veg funding renewed

The new chairman of a growers' cooperative says East Anglia's fruit and vegetable farms will struggle to compete unless the government renews a £40m...

22.11.2025 2

Chris Hill

Food system needs 'radical transformations' on a wartime scale, warns report

The nation's food and farming systems need "radical transformation" at a scale and pace not seen since the Second World War, warns a report involving...

22.11.2025 2

Chris Hill

Pig Farmer of the Year reveals the inspirations behind his award-winning career

A "highly-skilled and forward-looking" Norfolk pig farmer whose love of agriculture was first inspired by his grandfather has been named the best in...

22.11.2025 4

Chris Hill

Precision breeding could help protect poultry from bird flu, says MP

A Norfolk MP says new genetic "precision breeding" technologies could help protect poultry against the devastating bird flu outbreaks sweeping through...

21.11.2025 6

Chris Hill

Norfolk farmer lands leading national role as president of rural business group

A Norfolk farmer has pledged to help unlock the "vast potential" of the rural economy after landing a leading national role fighting for countryside...

21.11.2025 2

Chris Hill

Sugar factories making good progress with surprisingly sweet beet harvest

British Sugar says it is making good progress processing a surprisingly sweet harvest - with more than 2.5m tonnes of sugar beet already sliced at its...

20.11.2025 4

Chris Hill

Bird flu outbreak hits butcher's Christmas turkey supplies

A Norwich butcher's shop has faced a "significant challenge" to its Christmas turkey offerings after a devastating bird flu outbreak hit a supplier's...

18.11.2025 10

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New event aims to connect Breckland's 'incredible' farmers and rural communities

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Norfolk crop breeder's 'Belter' barley wins approval for brewing

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Bidders battle for traditional turkeys at Christmas poultry sales

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New law introduces unlimited fines for dog attacks on farm animals

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Inheritance tax worries dominate discussions at farming conference

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‘Bewildered and frightened’ farm sector needs new deal from government, says review

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Sugar factories report good results as winter beet campaign hits halfway point

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'Mind-blowing' Christmas tractor run raises £6,700 for children's hospital unit

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Fruit grower raises £3,000 to help community food charity tackle malnutrition

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Theatre ice cream deal helps family dairy business tackle farming pressures

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Fruit grower raises £3,000 to help community food charity tackle malnutrition

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Theatre ice cream deal helps family dairy business tackle farming pressures

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Christmas poultry auctions are going ahead despite the 'shadow' of bird flu

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Christmas poultry auctions are going ahead despite the 'shadow' of bird flu

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Four-year-old champion celebrates victory at livestock market's Christmas show

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Four-year-old champion celebrates victory at livestock market's Christmas show

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Tougher new laws will crack down on dog owners whose pets attack farm animals

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Farmers urged to dig deeper to fully understand the benefits of cover crops

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Family's solar firm keeps evolving to launch 'game-changing' new software

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Food Enterprise Park to double in size after launching ambitious second phase

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Food Enterprise Park to double in size after launching ambitious second phase

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Farmers need support to meet ambitious new environment targets, say rural leaders

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Tractors will be decorated with fairy lights for return of Christmas convoy

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Farmers and landowners warned of criminals dumping lorry loads of illegal waste

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Norfolk Labour MPs abstain in protest at chancellor's ‘flawed’ farm tax raid

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Sugar beet growers face 'unwelcome' extra competition from cane sugar imports

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Food security conference debates livestock's role in a sustainable farming future

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Food security conference debates livestock's role in a sustainable farming future

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Nature group celebrates a decade safeguarding Breckland's incredibly rare plants

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'Don't panic' - poultry sellers respond to fears of Christmas turkey shortages

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Farms warned to beware of fake suppliers as scammers target rural businesses

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New agricultural laboratory brings cutting-edge science to East Anglia's farmers

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Farms warned to beware of fake suppliers as scammers target rural businesses

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Norfolk farm used in nationwide identity fraud scam

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Chancellor's tweak to 'disastrous' farm tax does not go far enough, say farm leaders

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Bird flu outbreak hits Breckland poultry farm - Norfolk's ninth case in a month

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Flourishing Norfolk farm education project aims to roll out to schools nationwide

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Farm businesses set out their 2025 Budget demands for the chancellor

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Research farm explores chemical-free ways to rid the land of ryegrass weeds