We’ve got a license that won’t be used summer 2019 on an outlying block of land due to rotation. A farmer who will be growing some roots close to the land has asked if he can use it. Do people just recharge the license cost which won’t generate a profit or is their a specific way of charging? We’d submit the meter readings etc off his equipment but he’d be doing all the work. We don’t know him very well so it’s not as if he’s a near neighbour to keep good relations with either.
Irrigation license rented out
- Thread starter mountfarm
- Start date
- Location
- Yorks
£0.25 per cube is the going rate around here for that situation.
- Location
- West Suffolk
He pays for the water etc plus a one off “good will payment”?
That’s how I did it this year on some land I rented for spuds. I Wouldn’t of had a good crop without his licence after all.
That’s how I did it this year on some land I rented for spuds. I Wouldn’t of had a good crop without his licence after all.
Exfarmer
Member
- Location
- Bury St Edmunds
Can be a very lucrative source of income
essex man
Member
- Location
- colchester
If just renting license amount out i.e. not water from your reservoir or boreholes then i would charge £80 per acre they want to plant
warksfarmer
Member
The price appears to vary massively across the country but at the end of the day having the ability to irrigate can double yields so it’s worth massive amounts to the grower.
