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Soaring demand for used tractors drives auction sales up by 85pc to £23m
5+ hour, 29+ min ago (432+ words) An East Anglian auction firm sold second-hand tractors and agricultural machinery worth more than £23m in the second quarter of 2026 - as rising demand sent prices soaring. Cheffins has reported Q2 sales which are up 85pc on the previous quarter, and a 30pc rise year-on-year....
Award-winning farm shop bringing back maize maze with new summer attractions
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (303+ words) An award-winning farm shop favourite is making a return this summer with the addition of new attractions. The Goat Shed in Honingham is bringing back its popular maize maze with an expanded play area and motorsport-inspired theme. The maize maze…...
Historic Norfolk estate looks to the future with food hub and farm shop plans
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (1125+ words) A historic estate with roots in the agricultural revolution is embracing new ideas to secure its future - including a planned farm shop and food hub at the "gateway to north Norfolk". The Raynham Estate, near Fakenham, has been famed for…...
Award-winning £1.65m Norfolk vineyard sold to former Essex farmer
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (385+ words) Crispin Binder (right), the new owner of Chet Valley Vineyard in Bergh Apton, pictured with Norfolk winemaker John Hemmant, who founded the business (Image: Newman Associates PR) An award-winning Norfolk vineyard has been sold to a former farmer with three…...
Farmers fear 50m-wide cable corridor for solar project will 'cut our farm in two"
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (838+ words) Farmers fear the 50m-wide cable corridor from a vast neighbouring solar development will "cut our farm in two" - preventing dairy cattle accessing up to 80pc of their pastures. Old Hall Farm is based in Woodton, near Bungay, next to land earmarked…...
Andy Newman: All I am saying is give peas a chance
6+ day, 4+ hour ago (678+ words) When you pen a regular newspaper column for any period of time, you will never be short of people coming up with ideas about what you should write about. These well-meaning suggestions often centre around a simple thought which could…...
Norfolk banana company acquires major firm in worldwide expansion
6+ day, 5+ hour ago (185+ words) A Norwich-based company developing gene-edited bananas has acquired a banana plant propagation business which operates across Latin America, Asia and the Middle East. Tropic, headquartered at Norwich Research Park, is using gene-editing and breeding technologies to develop Cavendish bananas with…...
Parish council contacts police over solar farm developer's tactics
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (587+ words) A Norfolk parish council was so concerned about the pressure being put on locals by developers trying to build a solar farm nearby that it urged police to investigate. Hempnall Parish Council contacted Norfolk Constabulary about the tactics being used…...
Science breakthrough bolsters farmers' genetic defences against slimy crop pest
1+ week, 5+ hour ago (315+ words) Norfolk crop scientists have made a breakthrough which could open the door for the development of new slug-resistant wheat varieties. Researchers at the John Innes Centre in Norwich have identified parts of the wheat genome linked to resistance against the…...
Record demand for turkeys and chickens prompts call for more free-range farms
1+ week, 23+ hour ago (460+ words) Mark Gorton is managing director of Traditional Norfolk Poultry (TNP), which is seeking more farmers to rear its free-range chickens and turkeys (Image: TNP) Record demand for free-range chickens and seasonal turkeys has prompted a Norfolk poultry company to call…...