Land prices

[Kernowkid]

So where to people think the price of land will go over next 5-10 years?
Farm inputs are going through the roof at present, being offset to some extent by strong trade for meat, milk and grain.
But I don’t feel reality has truly set in yet reference subs disappearing, margins are going to get way tighter. But seems lots still happy to pay big money for ground.
Buy now, crack on and see what happens or wait 5-10 years? and maybe get some real value for money albeit in a harder farming scenario

 

[Doing it for the kids]

Depends on location.

farm profits only have a limited influence in many areas now

 

[deere 6600]

Depends on location.

farm profits only have a limited influence in many areas now

I heard the other day tree planting price of 4 grand an acre even a good trade for stock makes that hard to compete with. Big firms buying up to offset carbon footprint

 

[Werzle]

So where to people think the price of land will go over next 5-10 years?
Farm inputs are going through the roof at present, being offset to some extent by strong trade for meat, milk and grain.
But I don’t feel reality has truly set in yet reference subs disappearing, margins are going to get way tighter. But seems lots still happy to pay big money for ground.
Buy now, crack on and see what happens or wait 5-10 years? and maybe get some real value for money albeit in a harder farming scenario

Land prices will keep rising imo, demand from outside of farming , carbon off setting, solar, building etc is swallowing large chunks ontop of farmer demand .

 

[DaveGrohl]

I heard the other day tree planting price of 4 grand an acre even a good trade for stock makes that hard to compete with. Big firms buying up to offset carbon footprint

Prices only going one way. The net zero carbon bullpooing industry has hardly got going yet. It's the only way greenwashing can occur.

 

[Bald Rick]

UP

Ain’t making any more and one day a U.K. government will wake up and smell the coffee

 

[colhonk]

one day a U.K. government will wake up and smell the coffee

 

[Tarw Coch]

UP

Ain’t making any more and one day a U.K. government will wake up and smell the coffee

We live in hope...........or should that be, hope to live that long

 

[Wombat]

Heard of a hundred acres going for 16k an acre locally. So going up

 

[Bald Rick]

We live in hope...........or should that be, hope to live that long

We won’t see it.

 

[Gedd]

UP

Ain’t making any more and one day a U.K. government will wake up and smell the coffee

That will be imported then

 

[Bald Rick]

That will be imported then

Climate Change, dear boy.

 

[teslacoils]

Profits up.
Big solar developments in the planning pipeline will put £££ in landowners pockets.

It's not going down, unless interest rates go up more than 4 percent.

 

[Kernowkid]

Interest rates would slow it down for sure. Think back in the 80’s old man was paying 3% over base which was 12.5% at the time.

 

[Swarfmonkey]

Prices will only go one way: up. Just look at the types that are buying as much of it now as they can - big firms buying land to chuck trees on to offset their carbon emissions, rewilding loons trying to buy land up to turn it into theme parks (the latest example being a bunch of @rseholes calling themselves the "Really Wild Estates Company"), renewables companies buying it to chuck PV panels on.

 

[Billboy1]

up !

 

[deere 6600]

Up but probably ? Not bought by farmers ,,,,!,, unless they have had a lift somewhere

 

[Frank-the-Wool]

The best land will rise in price at a similar level to food price inflation or slightly higher.
However marginal land only fit for grazing is unlikely to increase by a similar amount unless it will be used for carbon offset.
Once BPS is finished, ELMS will never provide sufficient income, and the future for livestock farming will become increasingly precarious as these trade deals with lower production cost countries come into play.
The number of people who want to do the work on livestock farms are getting less every year and the costs on these farms will increase significantly.

 

[goodevans]

Interest rates will be the biggest factor in my opinion,low rates higher price,high rates lower price

 

[jackrussell101]

Two 150 acre blocks locally in the West Midlands made £14k an acre and £17k an acre this year. Definitely land price has had a big move up in the last 18 months. Pre pandemic most was fetching £9-11k an acre.