Norfolk County Council Farms

Delighted to be back with @NorfolkCFarms to support prospective new entrants to the Estate reviewing their budgets, finance, diversification opportunities & with @NorfolkFWAG new opportunities with environmental works. #newentrants #britishfarming #Norfolkfarming

Thank you @ARCexpertise for helping us put on our 2024 Prospective Tenants Training Day. Such an invaluable day for potential new entrant farmers. Talking all things; budgeting, finance, environment and diversification.

We have some of the best welfare standards in the world when it comes to livestock.

Paul and Sophie Evans’ cows (unknowingly) joining in with #FARM24 🐄 The Evans’ are grazing their cows on fodder peas today. They are doing this to improve soil health and reduce chemical/fertiliser use. Plus, their cows go mad for it. We love to see happy cows!

Their seed contributes to the restoration and creation of 2,500 acres of species rich habitat every year. A reminder that farming comes in all shapes and sizes! 🌱🍃

The busy bees 🐝 from Emorsgate Seeds joining in with #FARM24. Emorsgate’s story is an interesting one. They started by collecting a crop of weed seeds in 1980 and now have a Royal Warrant and offer over 250 species of wild flower and grass seed native to the British Isles.

Harvest is massively important as it’s where all the years hard work comes to fruition. We are doing a sunshine dance for all farmers 🕺🏼What a comparison to last year! #FARM24

Peter Medler from Lingwood Care Farm pictured supporting #FARM24. Peter is proudly standing in front of this year’s winter barley. July 2023 has been one of the wettest on record and farmers have been battling constant showers to try and get crops harvested and into stores.

Today Norfolk County Farms will be supporting #FARM24. We want to help show the extraordinary role of British farmers to the general public as the nations most trusted food producers and guardians of our iconic countryside 🇬🇧🌾👨🏻‍🌾🚜👩🏼‍🌾🐄🐑. Watch our page today!

Highlights so far this morning 6 whimbrel flying over from Ouse Washes to Lady Fen, 4 cranes, garganey, common tern pair with fledglings, marsh harrier, spoonbill, great white egret, ruff, shoveler, oystercatcher, swallows and house martins. 📷Whimbrel - springtime stock image

A great tour around the western estate today for Councillors showing the diversity of our holdings and the importance of the County Farms Estate. Thank you @AlexWil92208892 @WWTWelney @EmorsgateSeeds and @IngleboroughCF

Notice to all of our tenants-look out for an email from the County Farms Team in your inbox today regarding the Royal Norfolk Show-tickets and a reception!

Tour of the Stody Estate today and what a day for it!

We are pleased to announce that our current tenant Tim Gurr and his partner Carolyn Abbott have been successful in their application to progress onto Poplar Farm on our Burlingham Estate from October, we wish them all the best and look forward to working with them 🌾👨🏻‍🌾👩🏼‍🌾🚜🐑🐄

We’d like to welcome Henry Pairpoint and Sommer Souster to Oak Farm, Burlingham Estate this October. We wish Henry and Sommer all the best and we look forward to working with them 🌾👩🏼‍🌾🐴🚜🐑👨🏻‍🌾

Some very happy pigs at Ottleys Blue Welly Farm today 🐷 😁

A wonderful evening at the @NorfolkCFarms AGM - talking about mental health & drawing the grand raffle, raising money for @yanafarming & @RABIEast Thank you to everyone for welcoming and supporting us 🙌

We’re going on a …beaver hunt🦫Wonderful day with some of our tenants at Wild Ken Hill Estate, seeing and hearing about rewilding and regenerative farming on the land 🌳🐷🌾

We are hosting our Annual Tenants Evening on Monday 5th December. We will be holding a raffle with proceeds going to two great agricultural charities- @yanafarming and @RABIcharity. If anyone would like to donate raffle prizes please DM us!