Farmland prices soar despite credit crunch

THE price of farmland is still increasing and many farms are not even making it on to the open market owing to strong demand and restricted supply.

Grazing will help species diversity

CHRIS Oates, an organic beef farmer from The Lizard, has welcomed government approvals which mean he can graze his cattle on three commons on the peninsula.

	Getting more from grassland
	IMPROVE the quality of your grassland and significantly increase your profitability. That was the message from ACT's grass products manager Neil Matson who addressed an ACT-hosted farmers' meeting at Folly Gate, Near Okehampton in Devon.

	Don’t forget about manure
	MAKE sure you incorporate manure management into your grassland management programme - that's the advice from Colin Bowers, marketing specialist at Dow Agrosciences.

	Grass helps control costs
	THE Button family are amongst the very best dairy farmers in the South West and appreciate the value of grass as a means of keeping costs under control and maximising productivity, as South West Farmer found out on a recent visit to their farm in Cornwall.

What a year for farmland

THIS year has been an exciting one for farmland values, which have increased by an average of 30% across Great Britain, according to Penny Dart of Savills farms department.