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Written by Maeve Hennessy from Agriland Two export businesses will join the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) at the Restaurants Canada (RC) Show in Toronto from Monday, April 8 to Wednesday, April 10. Canada’s leading foodservice and hospitality expo will provide the...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Four beef and lamb exporters from across the UK will join the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) at the Annual Meat Conference (AMC) in Texas this year. The red meat businesses will be attending the event, which takes place in...

Hello Thank you in advance for any advice. I have been flower farming on a tiny bit of land for the last two years and while it has been going well I’m looking to upscale and purchase a large piece of land. So I have started a crowdfunded but I’m wondering if there are any grants or...

I was half a sleep this morning but on Farming Today they were saying how bad things were for small farmers. I don't agree. Of course someone who owns 50 acre of land with development potential is very different to someone renting 50 acres of land at a high rent. But if we say perhaps 100...

I was recently chatting with an old uni mate, who is now a financial advisor, about a few acres that have been sold near me for £12k per acre. He was asking me why anyone would do this from a financial view point, because if they invested in the stock market they would get a lot better return...

Looking at taking a loan unsecured in next few months, what rate would i expect. Ball park figure

Don t know if ther s something on here, but i like to call out our knockers(ok could have put that better, she not here) and do gooders from higher places looking down with advice. VIRGIN MONEY seems to be in all the farming press just recently, telling us "we (is he a farmer)must learn to live...

Just a curiosity question here. Does the number designated to each size of transmision actually mean anything other than a way of identifying it. As in a 716 has a ml 140, 718-720 has a ml 180iirc and a 516 has a ml 90. Reason i ask is a ml 90 sounds quite small for a 516 compared to a ml140 in...

Went organic 8 years ago, that got rid of fertiliser spreading and spraying, which I enjoyed, but the figures work. Now looking at sfi which will likely fill in more gaps again... soon I won't much be needed for 3/4 of the year, ultimate streamlining maybe, and probably offensive to stock...

I've finally finished cash flows I'm happy with them, and looking at them I'm really surprised at how well things should look in 12-18 months time. I've been extremely hard on the figures, milk price is in at 32ppl and costs are all over the top rather than under. However, there's a period...

This is purely hypothetical. There is a lot of talk often on the 'dairy farms for sale' thread about people financing purchasing a farm through some pretty enormous loans. I'm sure some of it is probably willy waving but just wonder what levels of debt people think are sustainable to finance...

Been 'invited' to take part in the Soil Association exchange program by my bank manager. The email states:- The Purpose of the Exchange is to: Help a farmer accurately measure the sustainability of their farm against a set of outcomes metrics Determine strategies and actions that farmers can...

I'm enquiring regarding land mortgages. Is there such a thing?

We’re having a business restructure for tax reasons and we need to shift a loan into a new company. The current lender of said loan wants £12,000 arrangement fee to do this so I’m thinking of going to market and doing it with somebody else just because it’s annoyed me somewhat. We’ve been with...

As above, with the Bank of England now looking like they've got the bit between their teeth with wanting to control inflation, will any of your spending or investment decisions get postponed due to bank rate increasing?

A land owner next to me is selling up, it's a fair sizable operation. For sale as a whole or in lots. Now there's two lots that adjoin me it's going to be a fortune to try and buy. Even at the guide price I can't really see it paying for it's self for quite a while. I know I'm past my prime and...

Aye up, I’ve been banking with HSBC for over 25 years and when we first started in business we had a great bloke named David Harvey who looked after us. He left around 2009 and I haven’t spoken to anyone at HSBC since the day he left. And if I’m honest, I wouldn’t know where to start. We’ve...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) is set to launch a new export strategy later this month. AHDB will launch the strategy, which includes plans to encourage businesses to develop their export potential, at its export...

Britain’s ageing farmers are on the cusp of a wave of retirement that casts serious doubt on the Government’s plan to boost domestic food production. New census figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that farmers are one of the oldest occupational groups in the UK. More...

I wish to purchase a small block of land I will need to borrow money, what are the best lenders? Thanks