Land Rental

[Maybe_soon]

Hi all, this is one of those 'no such thing as stupid question posts'...

I worked on a farm years ago and have since moved on. I still live in the country side and have been thinking recently about having a few sheep (not for profit because I miss farming!!).

Looking at land rents I see loads of posts at say 100/acre, can't for the life of me find it that is monthly, quarterly, yearly etc.. can anyone shed any light?

Also yes I know you can't just rent a field and stick sheep on it please don't point that out Thanks guys

 

[Danllan]

Where? Cuttable land here goes for anything between £90 - £200 per annum, depending upon potential. Rough grazing is significantly less, the thing is... you'd need to be renting a fair-sized block to get a decent price per acre.

You can just rent a field and stick sheep on it, that's how loads on here make a living.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Summer lets as they say, 6 Month, can be anything from £40 to £160 acre , a lot of those will then let it for sheep over the winter, than again can be anything up to £1/head week, No idea how much long term lets would cost

 

[Maybe_soon]

Where? Cuttable land here goes for anything between £90 - £200 per annum, depending upon potential. Rough grazing is significantly less, the thing is... you'd need to be renting a fair-sized block to get a decent price per acre.

You can just rent a field and stick sheep on it, that's how loads on here make a living.

Derbyshire so there is quite a variation! I picked 100/acre as a random figure just to ask the question if it was yearly etc

 

[Nearly]

Yearly if agricultural.
Monthly if equine.

It will cost you to find a few acres for a few woolys.

 

[Maybe_soon]

There is nothing round me anyway at the moment, mind you not exactly the best time..

I will keep my eyes out not in a rush anyway! At the moment pasture round here is about 7k per acre to buy so might get lucky and a nice 1/2 acre plot comes up

 

[spin cycle]

got any second home owners about...they sometimes have bits.....or retired ppl with paddocks

 

[kfpben]

Anywhere in the south, east of about the A34, you may find ground to keep a few sheep for free. Plenty of big houses about with 10 acres who just want the grass kept down.

Even larger areas can be cheap or free if there’s no fencing, water supply or if the ground is in a wildlife agreement

 

[Grassman]

Massive variations to your question. 100 acres nicely fenced and watered with a good clean ley and in amongst a few land hungry farms could be ridiculously high. But 3 acres no fencing or water and poor grass I would want for nothing. Also it depends if the land is claiming payments

 

[Yale]

Maybe soon.......you might come to your senses...

 

[farmerm]

Hi all, this is one of those 'no such thing as stupid question posts'...

I worked on a farm years ago and have since moved on. I still live in the country side and have been thinking recently about having a few sheep (not for profit because I miss farming!!).

Looking at land rents I see loads of posts at say 100/acre, can't for the life of me find it that is monthly, quarterly, yearly etc.. can anyone shed any light?

Also yes I know you can't just rent a field and stick sheep on it please don't point that out Thanks guys

Cant see why you cant "just rent a field and stick sheep on it"? Though that doesn't make it wise

 

[lloyd]

Why dont you pay me a few grand a year to look after
some of mine, that way you can do the work,keep fit ,get that
good feeling you desire and lose less money than taking
expensive grass keep . ?