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LAND MARKETS

Planning consent and lotting - when do they help a farm sale?

Maximising the value of your assets is clearly a sensible strategy when preparing to sell your farm, but sometimes the rewards don’t outweigh the time, effort and costs involved. Securing…

LAND MARKETS

Land Registry delays improve but process still frustrates

All registration applications are now being processed within 10.9 months of submission, according to new data from the Land Registry. This is ahead of the goal the organisation had set…

BUSINESS CLINIC

Business Clinic: Options for grassland after semi-retirement

Whether it’s a legal, tax, insurance, management or land issue, Farmers Weekly’s Business Clinic experts can help. Anna Hicks, an associate partner with Carter Jonas, sets out the options for…

LAND MARKETS

Theme park development brings farmer opportunities

Sitting in the middle of the reinvigorated Oxford-Cambridge development arc, Bedfordshire is already set to benefit from new transport upgrades. However, the announcement that Universal Studios is building the largest…

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Case studies

BUSINESS

Farming partnership prompts move from Hampshire to Somerset

Ben and Molly Foote made the move from Hampshire to Somerset in October, to start milking on a former dairy farm where they are renovating and adding to the buildings.…

PARTNERSHIPS

Joint land ownership allows Dutch milk producer to extensify

Dairy producer Pieter van der Valk is balancing profitable farming with ecological benefits through an innovative model whereby farmers and private investors jointly own land. When he heard that his…

LAND MARKETS

Why we’re selling the family farm during coronavirus

Jane Clark and her son, Fred, have decided to sell their family farm in Essex during a time of global uncertainty. The coronavirus pandemic has given the family a chance…

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

How HS2 compensation battles have hit two family farms hard

The high-speed rail project set to link London, Birmingham, the East Midlands, Leeds and Manchester has proved controversial. The project has cost taxpayers £4.1bn even before construction has started, according…

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Insights

MARKETS AND TRENDS

Where next for forestry market as investor caution deepens

More than £250m worth of commercial forestry changed hands in 2025 – a record sum and represented almost entirely by sales of conifer forests. However, caution from investors means sales…

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

Land control contracts: what they are and the privacy risks

A new land registration requirement will come into force in April 2027, requiring the disclosure of details contained in option agreements, conditional contracts and pre-emption (first refusal) rights over land…

LAND MARKETS

Why a private project is looking to buy farmland for forest

The Heart of England Forest currently spans 3,650ha across Worcestershire and Warwickshire, with ambitions to expand to 12,140ha. But what really sets it apart is not its size, but the…

LAND MARKETS

Months of rain hold back spring launches

Months of sustained rainfall are casting a shadow over many aspects of agriculture, including the farmland market. Spring is always a busy season for new launches and 2026 was set…

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News

LAND MARKETS

Choice of commercial farms on market expands

Top end commercial farms are launching across several counties this month, including a 966-acre prime arable estate in ­Northumberland, with four dwellings and diverse income sources. The Wark Estate, near…

LAND MARKETS

Surge of land and farm launches as spring market picks up

A host of land and farms are on offer across the UK as the spring market picks up. We take a look at some of the newcomers to the market. See…

LAND MARKETS

Major farms and prime arable land hit the market

The UK land market sees several significant launches this week with substantial blocks of prime arable land and whole farms coming to the market. See also: Farms and bare land…

LAND MARKETS

Farmland prices robust despite sharp drop in sales

The volume of farmland coming onto the market in England and Wales has fallen sharply at the start of 2026, as uncertainty around politics, the wider economy and global events…

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LAND MARKETS

Large Lincolnshire arable estate selling in lots

One of the largest commercial arable holdings to come to market in Lincolnshire for 20 years is being sold off in several lots to a variety of buyers. Rainthorpe Farms,…

LAND MARKETS

Video: Farming family sells estate after 70 years

Succession planning is commonly defined as the process of passing a farm from one generation to the next. Done properly the outcome should provide clarity over the future of the…

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VIDEO & PICTURES: Stunning Leicestershire dairy farm for sale

Property agent Howkins & Harrison is selling a 235-acre Leicestershire state-of-the-art dairy unit that will seriously whet the appetite of all milk producers. The firm's Jeff Paybody says Ridgefield Farm at…

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BUSINESS

Landowner-led development series

Landowners may live with the consequences of their development decisions for years to come. "Legacy developments" allow landowners to exert a certain level of control in the design, construction and…

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