Openfield unveils £1m dividend to farmers

Openfield, the grain marketing and arable input co-operative, has unveiled a £1m dividend payout to its farmer members.

Green concerns top conference agenda

Concern over the impact of the environment on agriculture topped the agenda at this year’s Norfolk Farming Conference.

Agricultural inflation rises by 2%

INPUT prices are rising after a short period of deflation, reveal the latest farm inflation figures.

Norfolk machinery auction woos buyers

Buyers from across the country descended on north Norfolk for a machinery auction at Ringstead.

Spray prices set to rise, warns AtlasFram

Timing the purchase of crop protection products to obtain best value is more important than ever this season, with prices set to rise due to Sterling’s weakness on currency markets.

Downturn ‘not to blame’ for fall in income

Farmers must avoid the temptation to blame falling profits on the recession, one of the region’s top agricultural bankers has warned.

Glasshouse honour for former NIAB director

Shadow farm minister Jim Paice has opened a state-of-the-art glasshouse facility at the National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB).

Truce signed in sugar beet war

Farm leaders and British Sugar have signed a four-year truce in their dispute over sugar beet prices.

Farm environment campaign drives forward

A major campaign to protect and enhance the eastern region’s countryside has a new coordinator.

Growers count cost of Birds Eye withdrawal

Almost 200 pea growers are counting the cost after Birds Eye withdrew contacts from farmers across Norfolk and Suffolk.

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