Hill Farm Allowance replaced

4:00pm Wednesday 27th August 2008

DEFRA has unveiled how it plans to replace the current Hill Farm Allowance scheme.

Right to roam compensation claim from coastal landowners

3:55pm Wednesday 27th August 2008

LANDOWNERS must be compensated for any coastal land to which the public is granted a right to roam.

Duchy delight at green farming

3:48pm Wednesday 27th August 2008

THIS summer, Cornwall celebrates 21 years of green farming which has seen local farmers make a huge difference to wildlife and the landscape.

Run-off and erosion recording

12:25pm Tuesday 19th August 2008

FARMERS need to record any erosion or field run-off of water and soil following recent and sudden heavy downpours of rain, says cross compliance technical advisor Simon Draper.

Make the most of any ‘windfall’ profit

12:16pm Tuesday 19th August 2008

THE property market is facing a liquidity crisis, but farming has a funding problem of a different making, says Adrian Cannon, of Strutt & Parker's Salisbury office.

Secluded traditional Devon farm

12:13pm Tuesday 19th August 2008

ON the eastern flank of the popular Dartmoor National Park is Middle Westcott Farm at Doccombe. Wonderfully secluded, this traditional farmhouse has been renovated with the utmost care and is currently on the market with the farms department of Savills, Exeter either as a whole or in lots and has a guide price of £1,250,000 - £1,300,000 for the whole.

	Stags market 265 acres of land
	12:11pm Tue 19 Aug 08
	IT was widely reported throughout 2007 and the first half of 2008 that the lack of available farm land allied with strong demand was one of the key factors driving values upwards.

	Assess effects on quality and yields
	12:07pm Thu 14 Aug 08
	WITH the winter wheat harvest a few weeks away, farmers have already started to look at their crops with more than just a critical eye.

	Range of quality property on offer
	11:42am Thu 14 Aug 08
	DR KIVELL & Partners report recent sales include the very well presented Higher Coombepark, with spectacular views overlooking Roadford Lake, near Lewdown.

Nitrate ‘extra cost’ concern

11:41am Thursday 14th August 2008

TIM Farron has expressed his disappointment that the Government will not help British farmers in Nitrate Vulnerable Zones to meet, he says, huge extra costs that new regulations will bring.