what happened to Farmcare

Grain Buyer

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Omnipresent

• Nov 12, 2018

• #1

After Farmcare announced they were no longer going to be "active farmers" and put their land out to rent. What happened after that? Did someone like Velcourt just absorb it all, or did it get split amongst a "few", or did it just get scattered to the wind with neighbours taking on bits all over the place?

 

Brisel

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Midlands

• Nov 12, 2018

• #2

Farmcare still exist, they just don't do in hand farm management any more. The farms were put out to management tender. Bedfordia took on Stoughton and Lockwood Estates took on Louth Park Farms, for example.

 

Grain Buyer

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Omnipresent

• Nov 12, 2018

• #3

ahh, that's what I was getting at. So large local farming companies just took on a block local to them. I'm guessing Stoughton and Louth park were their biggest land holding so everything else will have just been absorbed in a smaller way by other locals.....what about Goole? did they own that big estate at Goole?

 

KB6930

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Borders

• Nov 12, 2018

• #4

Same up here some big lads got bigger when farmscare stopped farming

 

Niteforce

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East Yorks

• Nov 12, 2018

• #5

Elveden estates are farming Goole estate now.

 

Flat 10

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Fen Edge

• Nov 12, 2018

• #6

Niteforce said:

Elveden estates are farming Goole estate now.

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From suffolk? Is it suitable for them to grow veg up there then?

 

Brisel

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Midlands

• Nov 12, 2018

• #7

Elveden do Coldham too I think, along with some Duchy land at Donington nr Boston.

 

T Hectares

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Berkshire

• Nov 13, 2018

• #8

Does anyone know who took on the Down Ampney farm near Cirencester, it seems to be operating as before ??

 

Brisel

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Midlands

• Nov 13, 2018

• #9

T Hectares said:

Does anyone know who took on the Down Ampney farm near Cirencester, it seems to be operating as before ??

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James Taylor, the manager who is still there, now has a Velcourt email address...

 

Niteforce

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East Yorks

• Nov 13, 2018

• #10

Flat 10 said:

From suffolk? Is it suitable for them to grow veg up there then?

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They did grow veg on some of the land some time ago and still grow quite a few spuds.

 

Beretta

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North Wiltshire

• Nov 17, 2018

• #11

T Hectares said:

Does anyone know who took on the Down Ampney farm near Cirencester, it seems to be operating as before ??

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Velcourt took on Down Ampney

 

David.

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J11 M40

• Nov 17, 2018

• #12

Did farmcare used to be CWS, if so I thought Wellcome Trust bought them out?
Additionally, Was Knaptoft dairy part of their estate?

 

chaffcutter

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S. Staffs

• Nov 17, 2018

• #13

Knaptoft was a BOCM demo farm, but that was a VERY long time ago....

Do Wellcome Trust own the farms and rent or contract farm them? That would make sense if Down Ampney is farmed by Velcourt.

 

David.

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J11 M40

• Nov 17, 2018

• #14

Drove past Knaptoft thursday and we couldn't remember, as you say, long time ago.

 

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midlandslad

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Midlands

• Apr 7, 2021

• #15

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Looks like Stoughton Estate is up to rent. This will test the FBT rental values!

 

Brisel

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Midlands

• Apr 7, 2021

• #16

midlandslad said:

Farms and Property - Stoughton Estate, Leicestershire

Farms and Property 1,225 hectares (3,026 acres) available to let from October 2021 on the Stoughton Estate, Leicestershire• Grade 3 arable land, south-east of Leicester • Extensive modern buildings including 8,250 tonnes of crop storage • O

www.fgbuyandsell.com

Looks like Stoughton Estate is up to rent. This will test the FBT rental values!

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Bedfordia were managing it before

 

Daniel

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Mildenhall, Suffolk

• Apr 7, 2021

• #17

Brisel said:

Bedfordia were managing it before

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A fair trek from Milton Ernest to look after it?

 

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mountfarm

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• Apr 7, 2021

• #18

Brisel said:

Bedfordia were managing it before

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Funny this has come up today as a fieldsman for a water authority was telling me about this today. He said Bedfordia were consolidating their setup.

 

ajd132

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Suffolk

• Apr 8, 2021

• #19

mountfarm said:

Funny this has come up today as a fieldsman for a water authority was telling me about this today. He said Bedfordia were consolidating their setup.

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Sounds sensible if they were travelling far for it.

 

B'o'B

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Rutland

• Apr 8, 2021

• #20

There will be quite a lot of land in the area looking for someone to farm it, as another fair sized operator not far away has changed the direction of his business and said 2021 will be his last harvest.