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 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.
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.
A "groundbreaking" industry initiative to improve pig health and husbandry standards has the overwhelming support of a majority of producers across East Anglia.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Arable farmers in East Anglia are backing a major campaign to protect and enhance the countryside with a voluntary scheme to boost farmland birds.
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Top NFU official Richard Macdonald was on good form as he performed the official opening ceremony of the new North Norfolk office at Holt. Standing outside the new office with the fitting address of The Secret Garden in the Appleyard at Holt, Mr Macdonald, who stands down as director general of the NFU after 15 years next month, cut the green and gold tape with a sharp pair of office scissors.
Average sugar content is running at a six-year record as the sunshine and mild weather continue to boost crop growth.
The average content for all British Sugar's refineries stood at 19.
Specialist contractor Ryan Poultry Services achieves the highest hygiene standards in cleaning buildings, said south Norfolk farmer Bob Gooderham.
His business employs almost 100 staff across Norfolk, Suffolk and into Essex and Cambridgeshire cleaning out poultry housing.
Farmers are driving one of the country's key industries forward and meeting new challenges with enthusiasm, said Richard Macdonald, departing director general of the National Farmers' Union.
Ground conditions were almost perfect for Norfolk Farm Machinery Club's ploughing match on the edge of Norwich.
More than 50 competitors took part on part of Drayton Farms, off Reepham Road, by permission of Robert Carter and farm manager, Richard Mace.
A leading East Anglian farmer David Barker has won the prestige wildlife conservation award, the Silver Lapwing.
It is the only third time in the history of the competition that a Suffolk farm has been nominated for the Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group's award, which was presented at the House of Commons.
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Teenager Roger Beck helped to save Norwich Cathedral from a potentially-devastating incendiary attack in 1941, it was revealed to fellow members of Stalham Farmers' Club.
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.
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.
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.