East Anglian farms breach environment regulations 700 times in seven years

Twenty-eight per cent of England’s pig population was farmed in Norfolk and Suffolk in 2023. Photograph: Nature Photographers Ltd/Alamy

Industrial-scale livestock farms across East Anglia have breached environmental regulations more than 700 times in the past seven years, freedom of information (FoI) data has revealed.

The farms across Norfolk and Suffolk are among the largest in the country. Pig and poultry farming is concentrated in the region and 28% of England’s pig population was farmed in the area in 2023.