glamping

Please could someone direct me to the rules on minimum spreading distances from a domestic spring or bole hole in England. On of my landlords is planning on drilling a bore hole in the middle of an arable field to feed his glamping pods. Are there spreading rules on Nitrogen or is it just...

Written by Michelle Martin from Agriland New legislation laid before the Scottish Parliament regarding short-term lets in Scotland is a setback for rural businesses already damaged by the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to rural consultancy Galbraith. “At a time when the...

Last night on S4C Ffermio there was an article about M4 trailers.. I thought they are well made but up to 6 months waiting time Exporting to New Zealand which is good but doesn't anyone there make trailers! Does he sell direct to customers saving a few quid for new owner or is there a rule...

Who can I contact to get advise on starting up a caravan/glamping site? I am in Northern Ireland and recon I have a fairly good site but have no experience at all of such sites. Is there anything like a caravanning site association that can offer advise on such things like planning or point me...

Morning all and happy new year. Further to the information we published about the Sustainable Farming Incentive in December (see https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sustainable-farming-incentive-how-the-scheme-will-work-in-2022), today we're publishing information about the 2 other new...

We Eat Balanced 2022 starts today, so thought I would be a good little levy payer and share the social media. Well, that's not happening. WTF is it with this industry ? Why are we so utterly incapable of promoting ourselves - all of us - rather than this constant 'some farms are better than...

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Evening Looking for some realistic input on alternative income streams for a 60 acre tenanted farm. Have 80 breeding ewes sell lambs as store. I work ft so needs to fit in with that. We are next to a busy road, I’ve done planning pre app and they support a farm shop type of venture. We have a...

Why won’t Brits pick vegetables for £30 an hour? Agricultural wages are rising sharply, but farmers struggle to find staff. How hard can the work be? ByHelen Chandler-Wilde17 October 2021 • 5:00am News Headlines News stories personally picked just for you Sign up Last year, with the pandemic...

Written by John Swire from Farm Business Chris Scott-Park of Portnellan Farm, on the banks of Loch Lomond, has been chosen as the winner of the final NEWBIE UK award for New Entrant of the Year for 2021. Originally a successful organic beef business and winners of the James Hutton Institute’s...

Evening all, my name is Alex and I'm from Suffolk. Last year my father in law passed away and left my wife and brother in law 5.5 acres of land in North devon. We have been down there afew times when the land was officially passed on to my wife and her brother. And have since spend £5000 getting...

What are people’s thoughts and what are you doing to get ready for the change

Hi my wife is restarting our local young farmers, and was just looking for ideas for games quizzes and things to get the ball rolling, has to be able to include 12 to 26 years old

Warham Camp is an excellent example of an Iron Age fort. Free entry, great place for an educational wander and a picnic. On top of being a scheduled monument, it is also a SSSI specifically due to the tightly grazed chalk grassland and the rare flowers and butterflies that thus thrive. In...

My wife has been watching grand designs. Sigh. Got an old grain store a bit too close to the road and overbearing. It's a central block of ten bins,5*2, with each ten foot square made of crittal. They are quite tall. On each side is essentially a lean-to with a 30*50 challow floor. Original...

The farmers who work in Defra Written by Ben Keene Ben Keene (Left) and Brian Longman (Right) Like most workplaces, staff in Defra come from a variety of different backgrounds. Each brings their own unique experiences and specialist skills to deliver public policy. But one area where Defra...

Hello all, Hypothetical question here. What would everyone do if they had a 300 acre greenfield site of grade 3 land? Build a dairy? Go all cereals? Sheep? Location; Northumberland Cheers Steakeater

How bad is it? I asked a rep to get my rape shifted asap this morning as need the space for barley but he said he would try his best but can’t promise anything due to the lorry driver shortage in the country. Personally think he’s at it but could be wrong.

Got a few corrugated steel bins (20ft high 60t capacity, I think). Wanting to move them out of a dutch barn a short distance perhaps for glamping. Do you think it is possible to move them without dismantling - say hoisting them up with a long telehandler arm??

Looking at the potential for buying a Shepherds hut or similar, what are the alternatives? Can't really get my head around pods, they look small, not keen on the Geo-domes, what else is there out there? Tried bell tents and don't want to go back there...:oops: How many nights do people want to...