Farming in France

[seedman stains]

Your situation is a lot more certain than mine farming wise

 

[robs1]

Sounds typically french, very complicated

 

[slackjawedyokel]

A word of warning to those looking in France… in the time I have been here, my home farm is still worth the same as I paid for it whereas land/houses in England have trebled.
still, at least there are no gains tax to worry about

What are approximate land prices around you @czechmate ?

 

[czechmate]

What are approximate land prices around you @czechmate ?

€3,500/ha, bare land

 

[pellow]

A word of warning to those looking in France… in the time I have been here, my home farm is still worth the same as I paid for it whereas land/houses in England have trebled.
still, at least there are no gains tax to worry about

Would that be true of land price all over France? When you say gains tax, is that something that would looked at annually or on death/sale of property?

 

[pellow]

It all sounds very complicated …
My two farms in France are owned by a uk ltd company. I can just transfer my shares to my kids just as if that ltd company owned land in the uk (as it did before)

If you don't mind me asking, did you buy your farms with a LTD company or did you sell them to the company yourself

 

[czechmate]

Would that be true of land price all over France? When you say gains tax, is that something that would looked at annually or on death/sale of property?

i don’t know about the rest of France. By a gain I mean the profit on a sale which at the moment, after 10 years would be nothing

 

[czechmate]

If you don't mind me asking, did you buy your farms with a LTD company or did you sell them to the company yourself

i farmed in the uk as a ltd company and the land was owned by said ltd company (at least profit on land was taxed at just 19%), so all I had was shares in that ltd company, so that is what bought the farms in France

 

[Leoch]

Wat kind or size of farm did u buy over there czmate

 

[czechmate]

Wat kind or size of farm did u buy over there czmate

two farms of about 120 ha each. Which is quite a normal size of farm around here

 

[Leoch]

Fair play is it all arable

 

[czechmate]

Fair play is it all arable

no, 75% grass. We have limousine cows

 

[nxy]

Would that be true of land price all over France?

I would say land prices in most of france are linked to the value of their potential output unlike the UK where land prices are influenced by many factors not really linked to farming.

Land prices have risen slightly but more in line with general long term agricultural prices.

I would say you need to sell roughly the same tonnes of wheat or kgs of beef etc to buy a hectare as you did 20 years ago.

 

[le bon paysan]

Sounds typically french, very complicated

It's really not
It's why Farmers can buy land and pay for it by farming. It's why rents are a €110 a Hc.

 

[steveR]

Hardest part is getting the next generation to want to farm here in the first place

Or here too I suspect might be the case in coming years...

 

[Farmer_Joe]

I would say land prices in most of france are linked to the value of their potential output unlike the UK where land prices are influenced by many factors not really linked to farming.

Land prices have risen slightly but more in line with general long term agricultural prices.

I would say you need to sell roughly the same tonnes of wheat or kgs of beef etc to buy a hectare as you did 20 years ago.

its how it should be in the uk, land price should be worth its viable financial output.

 

[daithi]

Hi all
Just back from my holiday in SW France near Perpignan on the coast,not a lot happeningaround there farming wise, just some vineyards, then spent a few days in the Pyrenees near Axles th thermes, highly recommended the scenery and mountain passes are stunning.
So driving from Foix to Toulouse was the only farming area that we passed, so I have a few questions on things that we saw.
The main arable crops seem to be sunflowers and maize.
What is the maize used for, I take it that its combined is it used for animal feed or human consumption ?
We passed on field of maize that seemed to have leaves topped off, what would they do this for?
What are the Sunflowers used for? (I never see French sunflower oil for sale or is it used for other purposes).
Another observation was that the French are such good motorway drivers, they always pull in after overtaking, no middle or fast lane hogging and traffic flows.

Thanks

 

[lloyd]

I dont see many new farms for sale on English sites does
land rarely come up for sale in France ?

 

[will l]

I dont see many new farms for sale on English sites does
land rarely come up for sale in France ?

Much more difficult post Brexit

 

[will l]

Hi all
Just back from my holiday in SW France near Perpignan on the coast,not a lot happeningaround there farming wise, just some vineyards, then spent a few days in the Pyrenees near Axles th thermes, highly recommended the scenery and mountain passes are stunning.
So driving from Foix to Toulouse was the only farming area that we passed, so I have a few questions on things that we saw.
The main arable crops seem to be sunflowers and maize.
What is the maize used for, I take it that its combined is it used for animal feed or human consumption ?
We passed on field of maize that seemed to have leaves topped off, what would they do this for?
What are the Sunflowers used for? (I never see French sunflower oil for sale or is it used for other purposes).
Another observation was that the French are such good motorway drivers, they always pull in after overtaking, no middle or fast lane hogging and traffic flows.

Thanks

Castrating mais means it is for seed
youll see made in france sunflower oil, We sell it for export, used in margarine etc,