Young farmer Helen Reeve's prompt action helped to get immediate medical attention for a leading member of the farming community, Rod Tuck. She was travelling by train for the 150th anniversary service of farming's charity, the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution, at Westminster Abbey.
Wissington - the world's biggest beet sugar factory near Downham Market in Norfolk - has sliced a record tonnage of more than three million tonnes.
As one of the longest beet campaigns comes to an end this week, the monopoly processor British Sugar has confirmed record average yields for the second year.
Cereal growers cannot market grain properly unless real production costs are known, said a top Lincolnshire farm management specialist.
Philip Wynn told members of Holt & District Farmers' Club that growers had 1,000 days to sell a crop.
An expanding role to promote native and rare breeds of farm animals will be part of a strategy to encourage specialist livestock keepers, East Anglian enthusiasts have been told.
Farmers could play a major role in helping to feed the world, said leading Norfolk landowner.
Sir Jeremy Bagge, president of the Royal Norfolk Agricultural Association, told the 80th annual dinner of Stoke Ferry Agricultural Society, that the industry had to help feed the rising global population.
Oilseed rape growers can be assured of making a profit from Amistar applications this season, or their money back.
Syngenta is offering its first money-back guarantee for fungicide treatments in oilseed rape.
Plant scientists at the Norwich Research Park are leading the quest to find the perfect pea in a £1.5m project announced today.
And the world-famous collection of about 3,500 pea varieties at the John Innes Centre, Colney, will play a key role in the investigation.
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A large company and probably a record crowd of 131 members and guests gathered at Downham Market's Town Hall for the 80th anniversary dinner of Stoke Ferry Agricultural Society last (Friday, March 5) night.
One of the earliest trailed combined harvesters in the country is going under the hammer at a Norfolk machinery sale this month.
The 1932 International 31T combine is being sold by farmer and agricultural engineer Lewis Harrison.
A one-off opportunity to apply for an official permit to dispose of diluted sprays on farmland ends next month.
New environmental permits - replacing groundwater authoris-ations - will come into force next month, but you must apply before-hand to qualify.
Farmers' leader Peter Kendall has taken personal charge of the industry's campaign to press the government for tougher action to combat bovine TB.
Mid-Norfolk farmer Roger Long, who attended a TB summit at Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, welcomed the decision by the National Farmers' Union president to spearhead an industry-wide solution.
Beet growers are in the final stages of the annual campaign as the region's factories prepare to slice out next week. On lighter soils, growers and contractors have been able to lift as the land has allowed harvesters to move more easily after a week of heavy rain that left fields sodden.
Precision farming has taken another step forward across the eastern counties with an investment of more than £100,000 by harvesting and tractor specialist Claas.
Water resources are under severe pressure in many parts of England, farmers' leader Peter Kendall has warned.
And the National Farmers' Union president has urged delegates at an industry conference to respond by coming up with smarter ways of farming.
Two events to encourage farmers in Norfolk to support the Campaign for the Farmed Environment (CFE) will be launched later this month.
They are taking place on Tuesday, March 23, at Beeches Farm, Downham, near Wymondham, by invitation of Robert Barnard.