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 Well if you are a small holder in my local Norfolk or surrounding counties, take care. SBV - a disease thought to have made its way over inside midges blown across the channel - has been causing havoc with the sheep farming community and has the potential to spread to other animals. SBV or the Schmallenberg virus is responsible for lambs being still born or with a defect causing them to...

Well its a shame this site hasnt really caught on in Norfolk. one of the major farming locations in the UK. (maybe as the land is still actual farms). Near to me we have 9.18km away 20 acre site for sub-division - Looking for rent. The rest are all nearly 1 year old listings and they dont give you any responses. I just want to find a small piece of land or some chickens, ducks, turkeys and some...

Here at the countryman we area small freehold pub situated within a 3,000 acre ex farming estate that in 2002 reverted from farming to re-wilding and introduced free roaming deer, cattle, ponies and pigs to the land. Here at the Countryman we have been growing our own vegetables for over 20 years, however the garden was quite small and never produced enough to supply our restaurant with...

Sting has announced that he will present a documentary about the first 'vertical farm' to be created in a major city in the USA. Based on the book by Dr Dickson Despommier (Sting has already snapped up the film rights, several months before the book is released) the documentary will chart the transformation of a vertical building into a thriving farm. Vertical farming refers to the reclaiming of...