Suffolk cider set to break into Japan
Cider made in Suffolk is to be sold in Japan, it emerged last night. Debenham-based Aspall is poised to sign an agreement with a Japanese distributor later this month, with the first exports of Suffolk Cyder to the Far East due in the autumn. 
09 May 2008
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Colman's adds an extra dash of profit to Unilever
Price hikes and squeezing costs helped consumer giant Unilever post better than expected sales and profits yesterday for the first three months of this year.
09 May 2008
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Unilever: Colman's brand to stay put
The Colman's of Norwich brand will continue to be managed in the UK, parent company Unilever announced as it revealed plans to transfer control of 14 other household names to a new operation in the Netherlands.
01 May 2008
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Farm costs soar at 'staggering' rate
Farming's costs have soared by a “staggering” 17pc in the past six months, the country's largest farm buying group warned last night.
16 April 2008
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Half organic produce sold is imported
Almost half of all organic produce sold in Britain's supermarkets is imported, a report from the National Farmers' Union has highlighted.
16 April 2008
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More bluetongue vaccine delights farmers
Livestock farmers warmly welcomed Defra's announcement that five million doses of the bluetongue vaccine could be ready by the end of next month.
04 April 2008
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Will you be top of the crops 2008?
Entries are invited for the East of England Agricultural Society's Farm Business Awards 2008 from farmers and growers across the region.
02 April 2008
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Defra extends bluetongue protection zone
Defra has declared ca major extension to the bluetongue protection zone to cover the whole of Norfolk.
20 March 2008
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Farmer sets industry a challenge
Campaigning pig farmer Richard Longthorpe has set a challenge for farmers and growers to get behind efforts to improve training across the industry.
19 March 2008
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Staff suspended in bribery probe
Senior staff at one of East Anglia's food suppliers have been suspended amid claims that they bribed a supermarket buyer £3m to stock its potatoes.
18 March 2008
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180 jobs to go at poultry processor
Nearly 200 people are set to lose their jobs when a poultry processing factory closes in Suffolk.
The Moy Park plant on Mildenhall Road, Bury St Edmunds, is to close, with production being transferred to a larger site in Lincolnshire.
14 March 2008
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Uncertainity for Bernard Matthews' workers
Workers at turkey giant Bernard Matthews face an uncertain future after bosses admitted they were planning to lay off staff.
12 March 2008
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Norfolk carrot grower wins top award
A Norfolk carrot and parsnip grower has been awarded the title of Vegetable Grower of the Year 2008 in recognition of its work getting children to eat healthily.
11 March 2008
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Brewer's thirst for expansion
A former headteacher who has revived a tradition of brewing in Yarmouth after a gap of nearly 40 years, has unveiled plans to expand his business at a new site and turn it into a “unique tourist attraction”.
08 March 2008
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Bluetongue vaccination impact on farmers
A mass vaccination strategy to halt the spread of the midge-borne bluetongue virus will cost livestock farmers from 55p per dose.
07 March 2008
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Farmers cry foul over sugar deal
Furious beet growers accused Defra's environment secretary Hilary Benn yesterday of “illegally” ripping up a compensation agreement for the industry.
06 March 2008
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Success still on the menu
The region's food and drink industry retains its world-class status despite some severe setbacks served up by a combination of bird flu, pricing pressures, modern eating trends and hard-headed restructuring policies.
05 March 2008
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Blueprint to help rural areas thrive
Gordon Brown's rural advocate has updated his menu on how to improve country life - but while the recommendations are heartfelt there is a sense of hiking over familiar ground.
03 March 2008
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 Consumers will pay more for food
A surge in oil prices to more than $100 a barrel will pile the pressure on the cost of growing food and even our daily bread, writes rural affairs editor MICHAEL POLLITT.
28 February 2008
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Boost for real ale brewers
The brewing industry is having a particularly tough time at the moment, but smaller cask brewers such as Norfolk’s Woodforde’s brewery say that their business is bucking that particular trend.
27 February 2008
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Profit at long last for cereal growers
Cereal growers in East Anglia were reaping higher prices as global demand for food has surged in the past year, delegates at the country's biggest farming conference were told yesterday.
22 February 2008
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Golden beer is a winner for Greene King
Greene King beer St Edmunds - a newcomer to the golden beer category - has been voted beer of the month for February by beer writer and taster Roger Protz and supermarket chain Morrisons.
14 February 2008
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Compensation sweetens cutback in sugar quotas
Beet growers will face a 13.5pc cut in quota as part of the latest reform of Europe's sugar regime.
07 February 2008
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Government backing vital, insists NFU
Producers must be given the tools and incentives to produce welfare-friendly and sustainable food, farmers' leader Peter Kendall told delegates at a major East Anglian conference.
07 February 2008
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Co-op ending sales of caged-bird eggs
The East of England Co-operative Society is to ban the sale of eggs from caged hens and covert its entire own-brand hot drinks range to Fairtrade after a six month consultation on ethics with its members.
04 February 2008
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