North Norfolk farmer wins county's top conservation prize

A North Norfolk family farm with unchanged field boundaries for more than 200 years is the latest winner of the county's top conservation award. Arable and livestock producer Herbert Kittle, of Briston, near Melton Constable, was presented with the Ian MacNicol Memorial Trophy by John Hurst, on behalf of the sponsors, solicitors Birketts.


Two John Deere tractors taken in Norfolk raid

Thieves drove off with two tractors worth £150,000 after breaking into a Norfolk farm. They forced the door of a barn on the Stow Estate Trust's property at Stow Bardolph, near Downham Market, on Thursday night or the early hours of Friday.


Mystery of the £10,000

It was highly appropriate for the Ian MacNicol Memorial Award of a statue of a kingfisher to be presented in Norwich at a new venue. And the award to the winner of the Norfolk Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group's conservation competition was presented by sponsor and judge, John Hurst, of solicitors, Birketts, to Herbert Kittle, of Pee-wit Farm, Briston, near Melton Constable.


Norfok farmers praised for 'bootiful' county

A highly-productive agricultural industry has helped to create a beautiful county, a leading Norfolk farmer told the next generation. John Alston, who is a former leader of Norfolk County Council and a High Sheriff, started farming near Wymondham about 50 years ago.


CAP payments may be slashed

A major review of Europe's Common Agricultural Policy from 2013 could slash payments to farmers, a national adviser to the country's wildlife trusts has warned.


Norfolk YFC on the rise again

Young farmers in Norfolk is going from strength to strength, said the retiring president John Raker, writes Andrew Spinks. He told about 100 members and guests at the best attended meeting for years at Easton College that membership was rising and was set to approach 700 over the coming months.


Record sugar harvest on the cards

Beet growers could be lifting the best crop ever with near-record levels of sugar, according to leading Norfolk farm business consultant David Bolton. "I'm quite upbeat.


Norfolk pale ales in judging tie

A hunt to find the finest bottle of India Pale Ale has produced a tie for the first time. The two judges, author Pete Brown and Mark Dowber, an authority on malt and ales, were invited to judge the entries in the annual Norfolk Bottled Ale championships.


'Pork to plate' green initiative launched in Norfolkm

A “green” initiative to fed pigs on locally-grown grain milled in south Norfolk is being launched. The country's first multi-million pound “pork to plate” partnership involves cereal growers, a leading feed miller and East Anglian-based pig producer working with retailer Waitrose.


Woad grower saves Norfok's NFU's bacon

NOT SCRAP: Woad grower Ian Howard has saved two important and possibly overlooked metal sculptures from the former headquarters of Norfolk National Farmers' Union in Norwich.


Dairy farmer's call to involve young producers

Dairy farmer Ken Proctor will throw down the gauntlet to his breed society to engage young producers in his final presidential addess. In the centenary year of Holstein UK, he will tell members at the annual meeting in north Wales that the society must look to the future and forge a new partnership with younger dairy farmers.


Gliding along on a 16-tonne tractor in Norfolk

A 16-tonne tracked monster with almost 400hp under the bonnet glides across the field pulling an eight-furrow plough. As the electronic counter on the corner post of the roomy cab displays 1,430 revs, the latest John Deere 345RT powers through a wheat stubble on part of the Crown Point estate outside Norwich.


East backs 'groundbreaking' pig health project

A "groundbreaking" industry initiative to improve pig health and husbandry standards has the overwhelming support of a majority of producers across East Anglia.


What a whopper. Farmer's 29lb sugar beet

Champion beet grower Nick Martin spotted a potential winner right on the edge of one of his smaller fields. The massive root stood proud of the crop on the headland of a 10-acre field at Bexwell, near Downham Market.


Norfolk's top wildife farms in the frame

PRIZEFARM: Norfolk's Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group invites members to the award of the Ian MacNicol Memorial Trophy on Wednesday, 7pm. It takes places at the offices of solicitors Birketts at Kingfisher House, 1 Gilders Way, Norwich, NR3 1UB.


Norfolk's pioneering role with top dairy breed

After large numbers of Dutch cattle had been imported through the east coast ports between 1870 and 1892, a number of special herds were established. Some of the earliest were in Norfolk and when the first "pedigree" herd book of the British Friesian Cattle Society was published in 1912, it contained 400 bulls and 2,600 cows.


British Sugar wins global safety award

One of the five top safety awards in the world has been won by British Sugar. The innovative approach to improving health and safety by the country's largest home-grown sugar producer was a winner in the latest DuPont Safety Awards.


Norfolk knackerman cared for his animals

Knackerman John Warman, who died suddenly, aged 73, became a legend in the Norfolk's farming and livestock industry for dealing with casualty animals. He provided an essential service for all keepers of animals by putting down cattle and horses over the past four decades.


Norfolk farrier's final journey

One of the county's most respected farriers, Mick Massey, has died in the Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital, aged 66. Regarded as "the farriers' farrier" by colleagues in the equine world, he moved to Norfolk 40 years ago to take over a long-established business.


Sudden death of top Norfolk plant scientist

Scientists around the world were shocked by the sudden death of leading Norwich plant science researcher, Prof Chris Lamb. Under his leadership, the John Innes Centre and its 900 scientific staff at the Norwich Research Park became internationally respected for excellence in science.


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