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

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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John Lowe (left) receiving Stoke Ferry Agricultural Society's sugar beet prize from Alistair Wright of BBRO

Farmer lifts club's trophy for growing biggest sugar beet of the year

West Norfolk farmer John Lowe has lifted the trophy for growing Stoke Ferry Agricultural Society's biggest sugar beet of the year.

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David Hill (top) and Nick Deane are among the Norfolk farmers travelling to London on November 19 to speak out against 'devastating' changes to farm inheritance tax

Furious farmers gear up for mass Westminster rally against ‘devastating’ tax raid

Furious Norfolk farmers will gather in London on November 19 to rally public support and lobby MPs for the reversal of a "devastating" inheritance tax raid.

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Louise Bond, who manages Bedingham Hall Farm near Bungay, is presented with the Ian MacNicol Trophy by Rob Holland, from sponsor Anglian Water

Farm dedicated to helping wildlife wins top conservation award
Bedingham Hall Farm near Bungay has won the 2024 Ian MacNicol Trophy for its conservation efforts to create and protect habitats for valuable Norfolk wildlife.

Ben Johnson, chairman of the Norfolk Young Farmers

Norfolk Young Farmers celebrate a milestone year of 'achievement and progress'

Norfolk's Young Farmers celebrated a milestone year of "achievement and progress" at their annual meeting at the Norfolk Showground.

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West Norfolk farmer Gavin Lane is deputy president of the Country Land and Business Association (CLA)

Inheritance tax bills could wipe out farms' profits for 10 years, warn campaigners

Family farms could be forced to sell 20pc of their land to pay inheritance tax bills which would wipe out their profits for 10 years, according to CLA research.

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