Growers free to plough in ruined beet
GROWERS struggling with unfit sugar beet can plough the crop in without registering with the Environment Agency.
Importance of grain contracts underlined
INDUSTRY leaders are stressing the importance of understanding contracting obligations to grain buyers and sellers.
New NFU chairman optimistic about future
SUFFOLK farmers are well placed to meet the twin challenge of producing more food while looking after the environment, says the NFU’s new county chairman.
Farming in spotlight at dinner with MPs
THE importance of agriculture to Suffolk’s economy was highlighted when the NFU hosted the county’s MPs at a special dinner.
Sweet deal at last for East Anglian peas
THE future of pea growing on some 150 East Anglian farms has been secured with a major new contract with a Kent-based vegetable processor.
Skylark plots ‘benefit wildlife and farmers’
FARMERS are being urged to give wildlife a helping hand by planning skylark plots into their autumn drilling.
Water brings coastal benefit and threat
THE opportunities and challenges posed by water take centre stage in a new report on farming in coastal Suffolk.
Police tractor in fight against rural crime
POLICE have given a tractor a blue light and stripes to highlight the battle against combat rural crime.
Over-winter stubble to boost farmland birds
GROWERS are being urged to leave stubbles over winter in a bid to boost farmland bird numbers.
Flying into the breach on the Essex coast
A FARMER on the Essex coast brought in a helicopter to show how it could be used to tackle emergency sea wall repairs.