Property Auction At Hay on Wye

[organic]

Sunderlands held a property auction at Hay on Wye this evening.

61.5 acres 'a prime block of arable land' made £730K.

 

[Werzle]

Sunderlands held a property auction at Hay on Wye this evening.

61.5 acres 'a prime block of arable land' made £730K.

Dairy farmer or Digester buy it?

 

[Bald Rick]

Pfft. Would have gone to £12k an acre me

 

[organic]

Two bidders - both local. Neither dairy or digester!

 

[Werzle]

Two bidders - both local. Neither dairy or digester!

oh aye , machinery dealer then would be my guess

 

[br jones]

Awful lot of wealthy people in that area,730k is loose change to some of them. It will be a wild flower meadow next

 

[Campbell]

Awful lot of wealthy people in that area,730k is loose change to some of them. It will be a wild flower meadow next

Maybe we should move over the border and feel that wealth effect............

 

[adda]

werzle you could be spot on with ur guess come on organic who was it

 

[kiwi pom]

About time Packham put his hand in his pocket for some of these places, then he can practice what he preaches.

 

[organic]

Not a machinery dealer.

 

[David.]

Ok, if you were a farmer who had sold a yard or a couple of acres development land, what else are you going to do with the money?
There was an under bidder too.

 

[czechmate]

oh aye , machinery dealer then would be my guess

So 3 wrong guesses; are you going for a fourth?

 

[adda]

Not a machinery dealer.

but was he the under bidder

 

[organic]

No!

 

[idgni]

Pfft. Would have gone to £12k an acre me

About £14-16k acre + around here.

 

[Werzle]

So 3 wrong guesses; are you going for a fourth?

No i'm beat .

 

[hill farmer]

Just guessing but could the price of lime spreading go up locally

 

[organic]

We'll have to wait and see!

 

[CORNFLAKE]

About £14-16k acre + around here.

Where’s here?

 

[Northeastfarmer]

We'll have to wait and see!

Why can’t you just tell us? Was it you?