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| Phenomenal NVQ Achievements at Anglia Farmers |
3 Jul 2008 |
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According to assessors at Easton College, employees at agricultural buying group Anglia Farmers have reached unprecedented levels in their National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs).
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| TURNOVER UP BY 33% FOR AGRICULTURAL BUYING GROUP |
24 Jun 2008 |
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Announcing results for the year ending 31st January 2008, Anglia Farmers Limited reports turnover was £95.75 million, up by 33% on the previous year.
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| Collaboration at its best |
17 Jun 2008 |
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In true collaborative spirit, agricultural buying group Anglia Farmers has secured an extra stand at the Royal Norfolk Show for 33 of its suppliers.
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| Pioneering Collaborators |
6 Jun 2008 |
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Pea growing groups are now commonplace but back in 1966 when the Middleditches formed Wrentham Growers Ltd with a few neighbouring farmers, it was a brave new step.
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| There's no Accounting for it |
28 May 2008 |
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Thanks to a project initiated by Anglia Farmers, First4Farming and Farmplan, farmers can now receive invoices on-line and transfer the information into their own Farmplan software at the touch of a button.
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| Agricultural Machinery rings in merger talks |
16 Apr 2008 |
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The directors of Eastern Agri-link Ltd and Norfolk & Waveney Machinery Ring (NWMR) have announced that they will be discussing merger proposals with their members.
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| Agricultural costs up by almost 17% in six months |
11 Apr 2008 |
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Latest figures from the Anglia Farmers Agricultural Inflation Index show an overall rise in costs of 16.65% since September 2007.
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| Growing Business Award |
3 Apr 2008 |
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Entries for the Norfolk Young Farmers’ Growing Business Award, which is part of the YFC Farming and Business Forum, have now been received.
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| Supporting the EDP Food Awards |
26 Mar 2008 |
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Anglia Farmers is supporting the category for Plough to Plate Champion in this year’s Eastern Daily Press Norfolk Food Awards.
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| From one acre of carrots |
19 Mar 2008 |
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For the Heading family it all began with one acre of carrots on the outskirts of Chatteris.
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| What a load of rubbish |
13 Mar 2008 |
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Response to the “Anglia Farmers/J & H Bunn Recycling Scheme’ has exceeded all expectations.
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| AGREVISE COMING ON BOARD |
5 Mar 2008 |
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Members of Northampton-based buying group Agrevise Ltd are being offered additional services through Anglia Farmers.
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| Put TAG to the test - For Free |
28 Feb 2008 |
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Anglia Farmers has negotiated a win, win offer from TAG for its farmer members. Trial membership of TAG Direct is free for March and April and there is no obligation to join after this.
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| Goodbye Guestimates |
26 Feb 2008 |
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Thanks to agricultural buying group Anglia Farmers (AF), reliable inflation figures can now be applied to agricultural inputs.
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| Conferences Galore!! |
22 Feb 2008 |
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Anglia Farmers arrange a breakfast for professional advisors, the Norfolk Farming Conference and a conference for their suppliers.
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| SPECIALIST TEAM GROWS |
15 Feb 2008 |
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Chris Haydock has joined Anglia Farmers as arable products co-ordinator.
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| It is a win win for suppliers |
11 Feb 2008 |
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More than 200 people attending the Anglia Farmers’ Suppliers Conference were told that collaboration with the group provides a ‘win, win’ situation for all involved.
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| BUYING GROUP SOURCES 200TH CAR FOR 2007 |
11 Feb 2008 |
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Agricultural buying group Anglia Farmers has sourced 200 cars for its members during 2007. The 200th car, a Toyota Landcruiser LC3, was supplied by Dingles in Attleborough to Derek Jones who farms at Great Plumstead.
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| Norfolk Farming Conference |
18 Jan 2008 |
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With a more promising price formula for beet growers and a volatile grain market, February’s Norfolk Farming Conference – Back to Basics, Farming for Profit - promises to raise some useful guidance for delegates.
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| Increase Your Margins |
19 Dec 2007 |
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Cutting costs is key to all businesses and deer farming is no exception. The good news is that some deer farmers, including BDFA vice chairman Edward Stanton, are benefiting from membership of Anglia Farmers.
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| Member Profile - Alistair Beales |
19 Dec 2007 |
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“Farming is sexy again,” says Alistair Beales who manages The Earl of Romney’s 3,200-acre estate at Gayton, West Norfolk. “New words like agflation, recently coined by leading economists to link increasing food prices and agriculture, give me confidence. World food shortages mean there’s a reason to grow as much as possible. I believe the future for agriculture has never been stronger.”
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| Back to basics - Farming for profit |
11 Dec 2007 |
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Speakers for the 2008 Norfolk Farming Conference are starting to reveal the content of their presentations based on the event’s theme - “Back To Basics – Farming For Profit”.
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| Growers Urged to Review Farm Insurance Cover as Grain Prices Surge |
5 Nov 2007 |
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Farm insurance specialist Alan Boswell Group is urging UK farmers to review the extent of their farm insurance cover as grain prices hit record levels.
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| Collaborative Buying Booms |
9 Oct 2007 |
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Farmer-controlled buying group Anglia Farmers reports its highest-ever monthly turnover which reached £9.42 million during August.
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| Greener than Green |
5 Sep 2007 |
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Nick Deterding’s concern for the environment is apparent in everything he does. In fact the numerous projects on his family’s Kelling Estate are all a careful balance between generating new income and adhering to an energy management policy.
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| AF Supports Scheme for Norfolk's Rural Young |
31 Aug 2007 |
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Anglia Farmers has pledged £1,000 to a new enterprise, The Farming & Business Forum. The Forum has been set up for and with young people in rural Norfolk who aspire to creating and running their own businesses.
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| Buying group attracts 150 new membes in six months |
22 Aug 2007 |
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Latest figures show that 150 members have joined agricultural buying group Anglia Farmers during the last six months. This is an increase of 30% on the previous six months.
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| Farming and Business Forum |
9 Aug 2007 |
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The “Farming and Business Forum” has been set up for and with young people, who aspire to creating and running their own businesses.
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| The show is not over |
13 Jul 2007 |
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You may have thought that the Region’s agricultural shows for 2007 were part of history when the last marquees from the Royal Norfolk Show were packed away at the end of last month. However, thanks to collaboration between the UEA-based CRed Programme, Anglia Farmers and the organisers of the Suffolk Show, East of England Show and the Royal Norfolk Show a valuable legacy lives on in households up and down the Region.
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| Six Staff Clock Up More Than 100 Years |
13 Jul 2007 |
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Six members of staff at Anglia Farmers have received long service awards under a scheme which recognises those that have served the group for increments of 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 years
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| Collaboration provides fine local fare and the UK's largest Agricultural buying group |
18 Jun 2007 |
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In line with the Royal Norfolk Show’s theme to use local produce, Anglia Farmers is taking its support one step further by sourcing as much food as possible from its Norfolk members.
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| Kelling Woodfuel Event will be greener than green |
5 Jun 2007 |
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Free places available at the next Anglia Woodfuels hosted by Nick Deterding and supported by the Country Land & Business Association (CLA), at Kellling Estate near Holt on Thursday, 21 June starting at 3pm.
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| Member profile - Ed Wharton 'Spreading the risk' |
5 Jun 2007 |
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East Norfolk farmer Ed Wharton continues his family's tradition to ensure there is never a quiet week on the 3000 acre estate around Filby and Acle. The family business has a diverse range of arable and livestock enterprises with produce leaving the farm 365 days a year.
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| What's your Carbon Footprint? |
4 Jun 2007 |
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Have you ever wondered what your carbon footprint is and the affect you are having on the environment? And, even if you could reduce it, can an individual really change the impact of climate change?
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| Turnover up by 23% for Agricultural buying group |
19 Apr 2007 |
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Anglia Farmers reports turnover was £72.2 million, up by 23% on the previous year.
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| All it takes is one call to comply with 15th May waste regs |
17 Apr 2007 |
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Farmers are being urged to make legitimate arrangements in time for the Environment Agency’s Agricultural Waste Regulations which come into force on 15th May.
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| Great Savings to be made for Fen Farmers |
7 Apr 2007 |
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Farmers, including those in The Fens, can save of up to £70 per hectare, according to agricultural buying group Anglia Farmers.
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| Woodfuels Events in Suffolk, Herts and Norfolk |
5 Apr 2007 |
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With support from the Sustainable Development Fund, co-operative group Anglia Woodfuels is running a series of events to promote the use of woodfuels.
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| Sustaining a Future |
2 Mar 2007 |
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With a rural land management degree and considerable experience as a land agent, now with Smiths Gore in Newmarket, William Edwards is certainly planning for a sustained future as the sixth generation to farm at Hardingham, near Norwich.
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| Farmers' Buying Group Helps Parishes Save Money |
16 Feb 2007 |
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Parishes and clergy within the Diocese of Norwich are reaping the benefits of buying heating oil and other ancillary items through Anglia Farmers.
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| Opportunity for King's Lynn Farmers to boost Buying Power |
7 Feb 2007 |
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Members of King’s Lynn Farmers are being invited to transfer their membership to Anglia Farmers in a bid to reduce the amount they pay for their main agricultural inputs such as agrochemicals, feed, fertilizer, seed and fuel as well as building supplies, electricity, mobile phones, insurance and weather forecasting.
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| Supplier Benefits highlighted at Conference |
7 Feb 2007 |
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With negotiating turnover surpassing £100 million, Anglia Farmers used its third annual suppliers conference to reassure delegates that its strength was of benefit to all involved in the supply chain.
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| Anglia Farmers in Top 10% for FIAS Certification |
25 Jan 2007 |
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Anglia Farmers, the UK’s largest agricultural buying group, has gained full certification to the new Fertiliser Industry Assurance Scheme (FIAS).
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| Life on Holbeach Marsh |
23 Jan 2007 |
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The Hays’ agricultural life on Holbeach Marsh all started in the 1920s when Alec Hay fled the depression in Scotland and married into the long-established Cauldwell farming family at Holbeach St Matthews.
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| FCBs are the Answer |
5 Sep 2006 |
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Farmer-controlled businesses such as Anglia Farmers and the Norfolk & Waveney Machinery Ring are an essential part of the agricultural survival kit according to farm manager Mark Ruffles.
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| New East Anglian Co-operative to Halve Domestic Heating Costs with Woodchip |
18 Jul 2006 |
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Woodland owners in East Anglia are being urged to join Anglia Woodfuels - a new co-operative – so they and others can benefit from a significantly cheaper way of heating homes and other places such as business centres, holiday cottages and swimming pools.
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| Big Uptake for AF / Bunn Recycling Scheme |
5 Jul 2006 |
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With plastic and cardboard waste collection prices ranging from 10p to 40p per acre, the recently launched joint venture between Anglia Farmers and J & H Bunn is proving extremely popular.
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| Anglia Farmers’ Farm Walk |
4 Jul 2006 |
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More than 200 members gathered at Sir Nicholas Bacon’s Raveningham Estate near Norwich for the Anglia Farmers’ annual farm tour of the 5,000 acre estate.
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| New company secretariat for Anglia Woodfuels |
1 Jul 2006 |
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Anglia Farmers has been appointed the company secretariat for Anglia Woodfuels Limited.
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| Agricultural Group reaches £90 million |
5 Jun 2006 |
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Analysing the results for its third year of trading as Anglia Farmers, the buying group says it is achieving its vision to be the best agricultural purchaser in the UK.
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| Member Profile - Verden Walker |
23 May 2006 |
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Growing up on the family farm at Long Sutton in Lincolnshire, Verden Walker, like many farmers, learnt about agriculture from a young age. But he could never have predicted where that knowledge would eventually take him.
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| Colloborate on Input Purchasing |
19 May 2006 |
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Visiting Anglia Farmers at Cereals 2006 (Stand 118 – immediately on left through main entrance) can give growers the chance to see how joining forces with one of the UK’s largest buying groups can significantly reduce input costs.
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| New Director for Anglia Farmers |
3 May 2006 |
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Agricultural buying group Anglia Farmers has co-opted Fenland grower Verden Walker onto its board of directors.
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| 2006 Norfolk Farming Conference - Biofuel represents Real Opportunity for Norfolk Farmers |
8 Mar 2006 |
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The John Innes Centre in Norwich was full to capacity when 400 farmers and others from the agricultural industry attended the Norfolk Farming Conference to hear answers to the event’s title ‘ Commodity Crops – Food or Fuel?’.
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| Member Profile - Jeremy Mason |
7 Mar 2006 |
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Representing the sixth generation of Masons to farm in Norfolk, Jeremy Mason comments on the benefits of being a member of Anglia Farmers.
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| Suppliers Given a Boost by Agricultural Buying Group |
27 Jan 2006 |
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It’s not all gloom and doom for the agricultural supply industry according to buying group Anglia Farmers. Nearly 300 delegates attended the group’s 2006 suppliers conference in Norwich and were given an insight into how the future could become brighter.
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| Grain Maize Potential highlighted by Anglia Farmers |
15 Dec 2005 |
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Highlighting the benefits of growing grain maize, Anglia Farmers invited its members to an event kindly hosted by Elveden Farms in Suffolk. Elveden Farms have grown grain maize for the past four years and grew 160 hectares in 2005.
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| A Diversity of Farming in Mid-Norfolk |
9 Dec 2005 |
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Managing 970 hectares from his farm office at Hyde Hall in Great Fransham, Robert Salmon and his wife Margaret keep a close eye on the diversity of their business.
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| Norfolk Farming Conference 2006 - Commodity Crops Think-Tank |
8 Nov 2005 |
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Industry and agriculture are to join forces at the 2006 Norfolk Farming Conference to analyse the future of commodity crops in the region.
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| Kit Papworth Joins the Board |
28 Jul 2005 |
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High profile Norfolk farmer Kit Papworth has joined Anglia Farmers as a director.
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| Professional Growing is the Key to Success |
26 Jul 2005 |
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There is an understandable sense of urgency in agriculture to survive but if, like Andrew Pitts, you are a professional grower – a job description he prefers to ‘farmer’, you will not be dashing into contract farming just to expand.
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| Two Buying Groups Link with AF |
1 Jul 2005 |
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Farmer members of two buying groups have agreed that Anglia Farmers will negotiate their purchase prices with effect from 1 July 2005.
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| Staff Receive Long Service Awards for 154 Years of Work |
30 Jun 2005 |
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Although Anglia Farmers has only been in existence since 2003, eight members of staff have been with the founder companies – Mid-Norfolk Farmers and Loddon Farmers – for up to 28 years.
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| Fen Farm benefits from the Generation Game |
15 May 2005 |
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Now in its third generation, Arthur Markillie Limited, a 465 hectare family farming business at Walpole Highway near Wisbech, has always embraced the challenges of agriculture
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| Forward Buying Farmers make Big Savings |
4 Apr 2005 |
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Anglia Farmers backs its claims with the latest results from its model farm.
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| Wax Coating from Bunns helps Forward Buying |
15 Mar 2005 |
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Anglia Farmers is one of J & H Bunn’s biggest accounts and close links have been forged with Heather Claridge-Jones, who buys fertiliser on behalf of members.
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| 2005 Norfolk Farming Conference |
2 Mar 2005 |
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Maximum attendance and positive feedback from delegates at the Norfolk Farming Conference on 24 February has secured the event as a firm annual fixture in the region
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| Anglia Farmers Urges Closer Partnerships with Suppliers |
27 Jan 2005 |
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Creating strong partnerships for the benefit of its members was one of the main messages at Anglia Farmers’ recent conference for its suppliers.
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| Farmers could save a further £43 per hectare |
10 Jan 2005 |
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Members of Anglia Farmers are being urged to make further savings of up to £43 per hectare on inputs through forward planning.
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| Farmers make huge savings on health insurance through buying group |
1 Dec 2004 |
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Members of agricultural buying group Anglia Farmers are benefiting from considerably lower premiums for private health insurance.
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| Firestone announces new agreement at Smithfield |
1 Dec 2004 |
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Firestone announced a new agreement for members of Anglia Farmers Limited.
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| Planning Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 |
25 Nov 2004 |
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The new Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 introduced a radical overhaul of the planning system in England and Wales.
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| Spare time is key diversification for Fenland farmer |
9 Nov 2004 |
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Fenland farmer William Martin believes in simplicity with the cropping plan on his 425 hectare farm at Black Horse Drove and Littleport comprising winter wheat, sugar beet, linseed and onions.
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| Farmers Get Major Savings On Mobile Phones and Land Line Costs |
3 Sep 2004 |
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Farmers who have responded to their buying group to become part of a corporate contract with Vodafone are already reaping the benefits.
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| MultiI-Award Winning Farmers Planning To Go On Growing |
13 Aug 2004 |
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You only have to see the vast array of awards in the farm office at Lodge Farm, Felmingham, Norfolk to know that the Papworth family run a group of highly professional businesses.
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| Opinion Formers To Get Insight Into The Successful Future for Farming |
25 Jun 2004 |
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Agricultural buying group Anglia Farmers has taken up the initiative with The Royal Norfolk Agricultural Association to show opinion formers how Norfolk farmers are forging ahead with new farmer-controlled ventures.
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| Keeping Members Happy at the Norfolk Show |
24 Jun 2004 |
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Agricultural buying group Anglia Farmers is expecting more than 500 members to eat and drink on its stand during the Royal Norfolk Show.
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| Developing Excellence in Agricultural Purchasing |
23 Jun 2004 |
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Case Study on Anglia Farmers comissioned by English Food & Farming Partnerships (EFFP) - June 2004
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| Merger Meets Key Objectives |
23 Jun 2004 |
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The eagerly awaited annual report and accounts for Anglia Farmers’ first year of trading have been released and show that business is on track following the merger of Mid-Norfolk Farmers and Loddon Farmers in 2003.
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| Trading Position To Strengthen As Samuel Rose Members Transfer To Anglia Farmers |
10 Jun 2004 |
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In a bid for keener prices, a bigger choice of suppliers and a greater product range, members of the Northamptonshire-based Samuel Rose Buying Group (SRBG) are being invited to transfer their membership to Anglia Farmers Limited.
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| High Profile Farmer's Livestock Attract the Birds |
1 Jun 2004 |
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Norfolk farmer William Brigham, who has been interviewed by the media more times than he can remember, is convinced that the wide variety of birds on his farmland are attracted by the dairy herd.
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| Landowner and Farm Manager thought their estate was big enough to ignore Agricultural Buying Group |
11 May 2004 |
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Back in 1977 when Ian MacNicol of the Stody Estate near Melton Constable, Norfolk was asked to join Mid-Norfolk Farmers, his immediate reaction was that he had enough buying power on his own. Given that he farmed 1,700 hectares, this was perhaps understandable. But persuaded to look at the comparative costs and the hours used by his office to hunt out the best prices, he soon ate ‘humble pie’ and joined.
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| Agricultural Buying Group Speeds up Admin through First 4 Farming |
3 Feb 2004 |
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In an effort to reduce the onerous task of manually processing up to 15,000 invoices each month on behalf of its 900 members, Anglia Farmers has entered the First 4 Farming online agricultural community.
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| Anglia Farmers Launches Promotional Package for Suppliers |
3 Feb 2004 |
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Agricultural buying group Anglia Farmers has launched a three tier promotional package to help suppliers develop business with its members.
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| The Future for Norfolk Farming |
27 Jan 2004 |
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Norfolk’s farming community will find out how agriculture is performing and what the future holds for the county when leading specialists present their findings in March at a major regional conference.
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| Buying Groups Increase Purchasing Power for Farmers |
16 Dec 2003 |
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Agricultural buying group Anglia Farmers is set to boost its turnover from £48 million to £65 million next year by adding the requirements of the Orion Farming Group to its purchasing power.
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| Norfolk Farmer Turns to Sunflowers for a Brighter Future |
3 Dec 2003 |
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Norfolk farmer Richard Garrod of B E Garrod & Partners is taking a pro-active stance to combat the falling returns on cereals, particularly malting barley.
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| Buying Group’s Gas Oil Supplyhelps Hard-Pushed Waveney Mushroom Grower |
21 Nov 2003 |
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These days UK mushroom growers’ existence relies almost entirely on the value of the pound. Facing considerable competition from imports, it’s become a very tough business. It is labour intensive and with a minimum agricultural wage of £5.15 labour accounts for 50 per cent of costs.
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| Profile On John Andrews, The Normans, Rockland St MaryNew item |
1 Nov 2003 |
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With support from a farm manager and seven men, John Andrews of E & EJ Andrews Limited farms 1,050 hectares from his base at Rockland St Mary, south-east of Norwich. The six hundred hectares around Rockland St Mary are family-owned while the remainder, on nearby farms and on his brothers-in-laws farm at Spixworth, north of Norwich, are farmed under contract farming and partnership agreements.
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| Farmers Could Save a Further £30 a Hectare |
1 Oct 2003 |
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At recent regional meetings, members of agricultural buying group Anglia Farmers were shown how, in addition to savings already made through co-operative buying, a further £30 per hectare could be saved on inputs.
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| Profile On James Ashworth, Ashworths, Thorpland |
1 Oct 2003 |
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Unlike most farmers in East Anglia, James Ashworth does not grow sugar beet. He gave up the crop 18 years ago so that he could concentrate on his dairy cows which his grandfather successfully nurtured into a pedigree Friesian herd in 1939.
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| Anglia Farmers Secures Bargain Forecasts For Members |
1 May 2003 |
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Members of buying group Anglia Farmers are benefiting from WeatherQuest’s personal forecast service at massively reduced prices thanks to a new annual licence agreement.
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| East Anglia Farmers to Benefit from Buying Group Merger |
1 Feb 2003 |
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Around 900 farmers in East Anglia are expected to reap considerable benefits following the merger between two agricultural buying groups.
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