Chris Hill

Agricultural editor

Chris Hill is the agricultural editor for the Eastern Daily Press and its Agricultural Review supplement - covering farming, food, the environment and other countryside issues across Norfolk and Suffolk. Winner of the 2022 Timothy Colman Prize, presented by the Royal Norfolk Agricultural Association (RNAA) for outstanding contribution to Norfolk’s food, farming and countryside, and twice winner of the British Guild of Agricultural Journalists’ Stuart Seaton award for regional agricultural journalists.

Chris Hill is the agricultural editor for the Eastern Daily Press and its Agricultural Review supplement - covering farming, food, the environment and other countryside issues across Norfolk and Suffolk. Winner of the 2022 Timothy Colman Prize, presented by the Royal Norfolk Agricultural Association (RNAA) for outstanding contribution to Norfolk’s food, farming and countryside, and twice winner of the British Guild of Agricultural Journalists’ Stuart Seaton award for regional agricultural journalists.

Latest articles from Chris Hill

The British Sugar factory at Wissington, in west Norfolk, is celebrating its 100th campaign this year

Record-breaking progress in milestone campaign for sugar beet industry
After a slow start to the harvest, beet growers and factories are making rapid progress in a milestone campaign for East Anglia's sugar industry.

Graham Shadrack has been elected as the next Norfolk chairman of the National Farmer's Union (NFU)

Norfolk's new agricultural leader says farms must find optimism and opportunities

Norfolk's next NFU county chairman said farmers must be optimistic and find new ways to fight for their financial future amid growing industry challenges.

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Farmers gathered in London for a day of action against inheritance tax changes

Farmers made a powerful case against inheritance tax - but is government listening?

Farmers protesting in London this week made a powerful case to scrap inheritance tax changes which threaten the future of their family businesses.

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Andrew Fundell, agricultural business consultant and partner in the Norwich office of Brown&Co

Farms urged to apply for free business resilience advice after budget upheavals

Agri-business experts at Brown&Co have urged farmers to secure free business advice from the Future Farming Resilience Fund (FFRF) following the financial upheavals of the 2024 budget.

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The team at Norfolk pig farming firm R&C Mellor, which won the Outdoor Pig Producer of the Year title at the 2024 National Pig Awards

East Anglia's champion pig farmers celebrate national awards victories
East Anglia's champion pig farmers are among the prize-winners celebrating victories at the National Pig Awards 2024.

Norfolk farmers travelled from Bradenham to London to protest against

Thousands of farmers take rousing tax protest to streets of London

Norfolk farmers helped bring the concerns of the countryside to the heart of London with a protest over "crippling" inheritance tax changes.

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Norfolk farmers ready to board the bus at Manor Farm in Bradenham before heading to London for the protest. Picture: Chris Hill

Updated Norfolk farmers in London for mass protest against inheritance tax

Norfolk farmers have joined thousands from across the country in London today to make their voices heard against a "devastating" inheritance tax raid.

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Mark Gorton, founding director of Traditional Norfolk Poultry

Return of bird flu is a timely warning for East Anglia's poultry farms

New bird flu cases in Yorkshire and Cornwall have served as a "timely warning" for East Anglia's poultry sector to be on their guard against the virus.

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Average farm business incomes for cereal growers fell by 73pc in 2023/24, according to Defra figures

Plummeting incomes illustrate 'stark' realities of farm finances

Plummeting farm business incomes across several key sectors have illustrated the "stark" financial situation facing food producers, warned NFU leaders.

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