The price of land.

[pappuller]

Being in a strong dairy farming area and also one with a lot of people with roll over money at our discussion group meeting last night it was mentioned that a 60 acre block of land had been sold for £14k+ an acre and had been strongly contested by several parties.
Another 18 acre block has just popped up for sale and is expected to yield similar money.
All the talk of brexit dosent seem to be dampening peoples enthusiasm for getting hold of more dirt !!!
Are other areas experiencing similar trends ?

 

[Beef farmer]

Yes, for what were doing, sell up and buy a farm 2 x the size on a hill in Wales. But home is home.

 

[Beef farmer]

And this your pub discussion group with @farmertom and @Ed15677

 

[coomoo]

Being in a strong dairy farming area and also one with a lot of people with roll over money at our discussion group meeting last night it was mentioned that a 60 acre block of land had been sold for £14k+ an acre and had been strongly contested by several parties.
Another 18 acre block has just popped up for sale and is expected to yield similar money.
All the talk of brexit dosent seem to be dampening peoples enthusiasm for getting hold of more dirt !!!
Are other areas experiencing similar trends ?

No it’s different up here the independence vote slowed the appetite for marginal stock/grass farms and Brexit is having the same effect. As always what is selling is quality but being bought by the mega farmers or some actually people moving from your 14k+ area and getting double for there money here.

 

[Bald Rick]

Location, location. location.

Even marginal land is making £4k+ on the Island with the best well north of £10k.
Neighbours will always try for it and for some reason, we Brits seem to value having our own patch of land to call our castle

 

[Cows 'n grass]

It's definitely dropped off a bit around here.

Good arable would have been just over 10k a couple of years ago and would be nearer 8 now but this isn't really a big dairy area.

 

[pappuller]

And this your pub discussion group with @farmertom and @Ed15677

Yes, but hosted at a farm last night pork pie, sausage rolls and rocky road on the menu, with a presentation on preventing banking cyber crime as it is the season ! Poor @farmertom didnt make it cos he had a little sniffle. Next months meeting is our annual silage judging comp so we'll be on the ale trail

 

[multi power]

No it’s different up here the independence vote slowed the appetite for marginal stock/grass farms and Brexit is having the same effect. As always what is selling is quality but being bought by the mega farmers or some actually people moving from your 14k+ area and getting double for there money here.

How much an acre for reasonable grass land ?

 

[Headless chicken]

Yes, for what were doing, sell up and buy a farm 2 x the size on a hill in Wales. But home is home.

They’re that tight in wales they’d want double what it’s worth anyway

 

[Cows 'n grass]

Yes, for what were doing, sell up and buy a farm 2 x the size on a hill in Wales. But home is home.

Unless you live where you do where for most people home equals second home

 

[coomoo]

How much an acre for reasonable grass land ?

Be around 5k

 

[Cows 'n grass]

There was a reasonable looking farm in Berwickshire in one of last week's magazines for about 5k an acre.

 

[Milkcow365]

Be around 5k

Where??

 

[coomoo]

Where??

Over Dumfries way not down with you. Bare land around 5 then some more depending on facilities houses. Would’ve loved this beauty.

This one not so much. G Barbour again I’ll guess.

 

[Henarar]

Be around 5k

land of milk and honey
the land is half the price and the animals up there sell for twice as much

 

[coomoo]

land of milk and honey
the land is half the price and the animals up there sell for twice as much

Yep and the winters 8 months

 

[Cows 'n grass]

I thought this looked good value

 

[vantage]

Yes, for what were doing, sell up and buy a farm 2 x the size on a hill in Wales. But home is home.

@Forage Trader

 

[coomoo]

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I thought this looked good value

Yep. @Thomas-milmain you never dipped your toes in for a rotary?

This ones a stunner but £££££££2.5m

 

[Milkcow365]

Yep. @Thomas-milmain you never dipped your toes in for a rotary?View attachment 608372This ones a stunner but £££££££2.5mView attachment 608374

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