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The property auction season gets off to a good start in Denbighshire in May with the auction of a charming country residence with land and speculative development opportunity near Ruthin and a productive farmland parcel on the outskirts of Waen, Nantglyn.
An increasing number of farming tenants are being offered the chance to buy their farms as landlords and Councils look to sell their farms while the land market is buoyant.
Farmland prices in the West Midlands reached record levels during the second half of 2012, as demand for commercial farmland continued to grow, says the latest RICS Rural Land Market Survey, H2 2012.
We recently received a letter from a reader of our Shropshire Star column enquiring about the milk price situation. The reader asked us how much milk is imported, where and what it is used for and whether this imported milk is mixed with our ‘good’ milk for sale. The reader also enquired what regulations other countries have for their milk in terms of quality and hygiene etc.
New permitted development rights will allow office space to be converted into homes without the need for planning permission.
The draft water bill published last year could lead to radical changes in the way in which we use and pay for the essential resource water.
Kathryn Lewis of Davis Meade Property Consultants at Oswestry, finds out more:-
With forecasts for farm incomes looking bleak following fluctuating prices and the second wettest year on record, tenant farmers in England and Wales should be prepared to negotiate if they are asked for a rent increase.
The difficult weather along with record feed prices and increasing demand for land for energy crops intensified the market for land lettings this season.
With the majority of existing Tir Gofal and Tir Cynnal agri-environment scheme agreements expiring on the December 31, 2013, now is the time for farmers in Wales to start considering an application for Glastir.
The draft water bill published last year could lead to radical changes in the way in which we use and pay for the essential resource water.
