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A top-of-the-range combine harvester, the latest giant from the John Deere stable, was put through its paces on a south Norfolk farm. |
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Sales boom for Norfolk potato plant
Sales of frozen potatoes are booming as consumers switch to quality products.
That's the view of Heinz marketing manager Jane Jones, who oversees its potato portfolio. |
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August 16, 2008
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Heinz spenz £8m on spudz in Norfolk
Chips are up and roast potatoes are really cooking as millions of packs of Aunt Bessie's are produced from the Heinz factory in Norfolk.
Yesterday, the first chips from a £8. |
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August 16, 2008
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Beet growers force U-turn on haulage
Growers have forced the National Farmers' Union to scrap the revised transport allowance for the latest beet campaign.
William Martin, who chairs the NFU's sugar board, had said the mileage allowances would be based on the real distance travelled from field to factory. |
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August 16, 2008
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Potato prices must rise as costs soar
The price of potatoes will have to rise sharply to meet soaring production costs, a Norfolk grower has warned.
Fourth-generation farmer Tim Papworth grows 650 acres of potatoes for crisping, multiple retailers and for processing into roast potatoes and chips for the Aunt Bessie's brand. |
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August 16, 2008
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Cash, bang, wallop at potato conference
Potato grower Tim Papworth, of the family farm contracting business
LF Papworth based at Felmingham, was sharing with fellow delegates his thought on marketing the crop at a conference organised by Higgins at Barnham Broom. |
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August 16, 2008
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 Shock for shoppers as farm prices soar
Food prices are set to soar on the back of a record 35pc increase in farming's costs revealed last night by a Norfolk-based buying group.
The real price for everything farmers buy - from fertiliser and fuel to fence posts - has been tracked in the latest Agricultural Inflation Index of 95 products, reinforcing the strength of inflationary pressures on food bills. |
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August 15, 2008
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Heinz flagship potato factory's deal
Heinz has signed a long-term crop supply contract with potato specialist Higgins.
Bryan Towell, a European buyer for Heinz, confirmed that the deal
with Higgins would run until June 2011. |
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August 15, 2008
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Farmers get better beet deal at last
A better beet deal for next year's campaign worth an extra £15m has been thrashed out by British Sugar and the National Farmers' Union. |
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August 7, 2008
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Farmers' borrowing tops £10bn
Borrowing levels by Britain's farmers have broken the £10bn, the Bank of England revealed yesterday. |
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August 5, 2008
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 Trotters, cheeks – everything except the oink...
As the economy begins to contract, restaurateurs are among those having to adapt – which can mean finding innovative ways of sourcing tasty dishes. KEIRON PIM went along to a “chefs’ conference” to find out how a team of Norfolk restaurant owners are facing up to the credit crunch. |
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July 16, 2008
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'Don't get rid of the crop sprayer'
As the combines prepare to start the barley harvest in the next fortnight, farmers and advisers in Norfolk are worried by Europe's proposals to ban key crop protection products. |
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July 4, 2008
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 Dairy farmer sweeps the board
Pedigree dairy farmer Ken Proctor swept the board in every dairy class in the sunshine today as the Airfield herd won trophy after trophy. |
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June 25, 2008
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 RSPCA suspend chicken farm
A free-range egg farm in central Norfolk has been suspended from a welfare-friendly scheme after an investigation found dead and neglected chickens in overcrowded surroundings. |
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June 25, 2008
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Norfolk carrot grower wins top award
A Norfolk carrot and parsnip grower has been awarded the title of Vegetable Grower of the Year 2008 in recognition of its work getting children to eat healthily. |
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March 11, 2008
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Bluetongue vaccination impact on farmers
A mass vaccination strategy to halt the spread of the midge-borne bluetongue virus will cost livestock farmers from 55p per dose. |
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March 7, 2008
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Farmers cry foul over sugar deal
Furious beet growers accused Defra's environment secretary Hilary Benn yesterday of “illegally” ripping up a compensation agreement for the industry. |
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March 6, 2008
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Profit at long last for cereal growers
Cereal growers in East Anglia were reaping higher prices as global demand for food has surged in the past year, delegates at the country's biggest farming conference were told yesterday. |
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February 22, 2008
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Compensation sweetens cutback in sugar quotas
Beet growers will face a 13.5pc cut in quota as part of the latest reform of Europe's sugar regime. |
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February 7, 2008
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Government backing vital, insists NFU
Producers must be given the tools and incentives to produce welfare-friendly and sustainable food, farmers' leader Peter Kendall told delegates at a major East Anglian conference. |
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February 7, 2008
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Co-op ending sales of caged-bird eggs
The East of England Co-operative Society is to ban the sale of eggs from caged hens and covert its entire own-brand hot drinks range to Fairtrade after a six month consultation on ethics with its members. |
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February 4, 2008
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