AUCTION MARTS
LIVESTOCK AUCTIONEERS &
LONGTOWN MART Tel (01228) 791215
EVERY THURSDAY - PRIMESTOCK
Prime & Cast Ewes at 7am followed at approx. 12.30pm by Prime Lambs
Cast & Feeding Cows at 1pm
Monday 13th January at 5pm
95 “LONGTOWN LADIES” EVENING SALE 95
Show & Sale of 67 Choice Texel in-lamb Shearlings & Geld Hoggs
47 shearlings & 20 hoggs ex Allanfauld, Cowal, Drumbreddan, Hexel, Knap, Midlock, New View, Orchilmore, Overburns, Sportsmans, Topgun & Vallum
10 Dutch Texel Shearlings & Ewes ex Kings Grange
5 Beltex in-lamb Shearlings ex Vallum
13 Suffolks Shearlings, Ewes & Hoggs ex Topgun MV Accredited. In the mart & live online via Marteye.ie
Tuesday 14th January at 10.30am
250 Store & Breeding Cattle
4,000 Store Hoggs, Cast Rams & Feeding Ewes
Tuesday 21st January at 10.30am
3,500 Store & Breeding Sheep including In-Lamb Ewes of All Classes
Thursday 16th January 2025 starting at 11:00am with Heifer Calves
The Winter Warmer Collective Dairy Sale
CATTLE
✰ 100 FRESHLY CALVED COWS & HEIFERS from Allerways, Beaconhill, Beneknowle, DWC & MA Brunt, Clenchers, Coombes Manor Farm Ltd, Davlea, Hislop & Son, Llanelen, Newmead, Peacehay, Shere Partners, & JB, M, MA & MJ Williams
✰ 38 INCALF HEIFERS HEIFERS from Braden, Chiselborough, RA & DA Plowright & Withamhall
✰ 4 BULLING HEIFERS from Chiselborough
✰ 23 HEIFER CALVES from Beaconhill (A Lots), Gorvin Farming Ltd & Peacehay (A Lots)
** Live bidding on MartEye, please register in advance at gth.marteye.ie **
Market Results
Dairies to £2820, Pigs 200p/kg - £153, Calves Lim Bull to £480, Lambs 369p/kg - £148, Ewes to £250, Rams to £250
Store Cattle Sales 400 STORE CATTLE
SATURDAY 18TH JANUARY 2025 – ENTRIES INVITED Store Sheep Sales
SALE OF 2908 STORE LAMBS & BREEDING SHEEP THIS
WEDNESDAY 15TH JANUARY
Dedicated slaughter market
PRIME CATTLE,SHEEP & PIGS
PIGS 9am SHEEP 9.45am CATTLE 10.30am
SATURDAY 18TH JANUARY
SALE OF STORE CATTLE, SHEEP & PIGS
Including 17 LimX Str/Hfr 15-24mth, Smith Bros
Lim Hfr, 8mth, Lim Bull 7mth, I Wilkinson 13 Bld X Strs, 18mth, RD Green 8 Lim Bulls, 12mth, A Smith
4 Linc Rd Bulls, 8-12mth DW Richardson
ShtH Hfr, 18mth, R Watson
Pigs 9am Sheep 9.45am Cattle 10.45am
*Selby Auction is Now in the Blue Tongue Zone*
Contact Office for Details
Contact Office for Details MART OFFICE: 01757 703347
MART OFFICE: 01757 703347
RICHARD HAIGH: 07768 594535
RICHARD HAIGH 07768 594535
www.selbymart.co.uk
www.selbymart.co.uk
SKIPTON AUCTION MART
Telephone: 01756 792375 www.ccmauctions.com
Auctioneers: Jeremy Eaton - 07747 780481
Ted Ogden - 07855 958211
Kyle Hawksworth - 07538 539077
Matthew Middleton – 07860 659803
Monday 13th January
SHOW & SALE OF CALVES
Show 10.30am Sale 10.45am
Entries & Enquiries to Kyle
PRIME, CAST & FEEDING CATTLE
Sale 11.30am (TB exempt section available)
SALE OF PRIME HOGGS - Sale 12.30pm followed by CAST EWES, RAMS & GOATS
Wednesday 15th January
SALE OF 1700 STORE HOGGS
Sale 10.30am Lingfield Ring
Saturday 18th January
250 STIRKS, WEANED CALVES , BREEDING & STORE GOATS & SHEEP
Inc NEW YEAR SHOW OF STIRKS
(Entries close Monday 13th January)
Wednesday 22nd January
Sale of 500 YOUNG BULLS, BEEF FEEDING COWS, STORE & BREEDING CATTLE (Entries close Wednesday 15th January)
Wednesday 29th January
ONLINE TIMED AUCTION OF WORKING SHEEPDOGS
(Entries close Monday 13th January)
Dairy Cattle
Monday 20th January
Fortnightly Show & Sale of DAIRY CATTLE
Monday 3rd February
Fortnightly Show & Sale of DAIRY CATTLE
Entries & Enquiries to Sarah 07710 795585
Skipton Machinery Sale
Saturday 8th February
MACHINERY LINES, VEHICLES, TRACTORS & PLANT EQUIPMENT, RECLAMATION & SALVAGE, STONE, TIMBER & BUILDERS SECTION
Inc Special Section of LAMBING TIME EQUIPMENT
(Entries for advertising by Monday 3rd February)
NORTH WEST AUCTIONS
LANCASTER AUCTION MART
Tel: 01524 63308
Every Monday: 10am PRIME HOGGS & CAST SHEEP
Every Friday: 10:15am 150 CAST / OTM CATTLE 10:15am 100 REARING CALVES & WEANLINGS 11:15am 300 STORE CATTLE
J36 RURAL AUCTION CENTRE
Tel: 015395 66200
Every Tuesday: 1pm PRIME HOGGS & CAST SHEEP –Tuesday 14th January 10:30am ALL TYPES OF PIGS
Thursday 16th January 10:30am 5000 STORE HOGGS
Special Entry of 150 in lamb Mule shearlings, Due end of March, to the Texel / Suffolk
Thursday 23rd January 10am REARING CALVES & WEANLINGS 10:30am CAST/OTM CATTLE 11:15am STORE CATTLE
Saturday 25th January ‘DIAMOND DELIGHTS’
Rough Fell Females on behalf of the RFSBA Swaledale & Bluefaced Leicester Females
Also this day Multi-Breed Sale of Individual In-Lamb Breeding & Commercial In-Lamb Sheep
Monday 27th January
Milking Herd Reduction of 60 Pedigree HF Cow & Heifers (due to change in farming policy) on behalf of MH&SJ Morris, Wraysholme Tower
MACHINERY SALES
Tuesday
Saturday 1st February
Annual Multi Breed Sale of Individual Breeding Sheep Dalesbred, Swaledale, Herdwick, Cheviot, Blue Faced Leicester, Teeswater & Others
Cruel blow to family farms View from the Rostrum
Richard Hyde on family farm tax and 2024 trade
What a wonderful year it has been for livestock producers in terms of the product price. It is so pleasing to see those who are calving, lambing and rearing get the rewards they richly deserve.
Breeding ewes, store lambs, store cattle, barren cows and prime cattle and sheep have been wonderful trades throughout the year, and it is very gratifying to see the deadweight price being led by auction trades.
Our Government has dealt a cruel blow to the family farms, who are the backbone of the food production system. How many of the massive landowners are livestock producers? Not many. The family farms have existed on low wages because ‘one day, this will all be yours’. The return on capital is pathetic when the value of land, livestock, machinery and crops are
taken into account. To now tax the inheritance shows a complete lack of understanding regarding the security of our food supply.
I have been in this business since 1981 and have seen a great deal of change, but never has there been a complete lack of incentive to produce food of any description. It is an absolutely incredible situation, which in hindsight we will bitterly regret. We are putting thousands of acres into crops that will produce zero food for
several years. No one can be blamed for taking advantage of a system that is there, but farmers generally take pride in producing food and it is incredible to me that the cereal prices are so low after a very poor harvest.
However, global events should surely encourage us to produce as much as possible to be as independent as possible. We have learnt no lessons from the pandemic when commodities were not available.
We have a temperate climate which is appearing to become milder but wetter. Grass and livestock could well benefit from this change, but weather cannot be relied upon. To have a Government that is totally against the backbone of our food supply is scandalous, reckless and incredibly stupid.
In relation to our long-term food supply, it is so sad that people in authority appear to have so little business brain or basic common sense not to understand what effects their policies will have. It is thankfully a long time since World War Two, but
the convoy films made an indelible impression on me, because without food and goods from America and Canada this country would have lost the war and starved.
That was extreme and thankfully we are not in the same situation, but the world is very unstable and the actions of the next incumbent of the White House will be very interesting to follow.
We have a sale today (January 7) with in-lamb ewes to £310, ewes with lambs to £320, baby calves to £500, and weaned calves to £1,140 for bulls and £860 for heifers. Ewe hoggs are to £150, rams to £159.50, mixed to £150, with 4,109 averaging £118.26.
Confidence is flying – if only Government would back the industry to make our food supply secure without dependency upon imports not produced to the same standards.
Richard Hyde is an auctioneer at Hereford Market Auctioneers. Call 07977 467 165, or email hma@herefordmarket.com
Richard Hyde
FARMSTOCK AUCTIONEERS, BROKERS & VALUERS
Saturday 11th January
BORDERWAY MART, CARLISLE
Tel: 01228 406200
Special January show and sale of 800 STORE CATTLE
Wednesday 15th January
Show 9.00am Sale -10.00am
Classes for best Bullock & best Heifer
YOUNG CALVES – 10.00am WEANERS & YOUNG BULLS – 12.00noon
PEDIGREE DAIRY DAY
150 DAIRY CATTLE SELLING
THURSDAY 16TH JANUARY
Show 10.00am Sale 11.00am
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40 COWS IN MILK – 98 HEIFERS IN MILK –11 IN CALF HEIFERS - 1 BULL SELL
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A quality selection of freshly calved cows & heifers sell producing oceans of milk sell, all bred from herds with excellent health status.
PREFIXES INCLUDE:
Acrehead, Annandale, Bankview, Berryholme, Chapelhouse, Coppside, Denmire, Drumtall, Dunnerdale, Ernespie, Errolston, Espland, Evening, Feizor, Highbeck, Holehouse, Lomond, Netherside, Nethervalley, , Northhill, Parkend/Lesmay, Ploughlands, Potstown, Stowbeck, Wormanby. BREEDERS CHOICE: Several elite pedigrees are included in this catalogue and include heifers from the; Mahala, Ricki, Delia, Roxy, Elegance, Lasenza & Siesme.
DISPERSAL SALE: The dispersal of the Langhill & Acrehead from the SRUC herds continue with a group of 41 cows and heifers in milk with 20 freshly calved and 21 confirmed pregnant again from April onwards. This is an excellent group of Holsteins.
IN CALF HEIFERS: 11 In Calf heifers from the Langhil dispersal sale are include due in February & March to sexed Holstein bulls. These heifers have high PLI indexes
Opening sale of INLAMB EWES
Monday 20th January
Please advise entries
BEEF BREEDING CATTLE
Wednesday 29th January
Entries close Wednesday 22nd January
POULTRY & WATERFOWL
Also hatching eggs, caged birds and equipment
Saturday 8th February
Closing date Monday 13th January
LOCKERBIE MART
Tel: 01576 202332
Show and sale of
NORTH COUNTRY CHEVIOT
INLAMB FEMALES
Saturday 8th February
Entries close Friday 10th January
MIDDLETON MART
Tel: 01833 640281
80 STORE CATTLE
Tuesday 14th January
Show 10.30am Sale 11.00am (Young handlers summering competition sale)
NEW SALE FIXTURE
Dispersal sale of FARM MACHINERY & IMPLEMENTS
Saturday 1st March
At Abbey Park, Bletarn, Appleby in Furness On behalf of Messrs DJ & S Atkinson
07955288800
9.30am WEEKLY CAST SHEEP & PRIME HOGGS 10am Opening sale of Store Cattle 22 BREEDING & FEEDING CATTLE, 44 YOUNG BULLS followed by 287 STORE STEERS & HEIFERS
Thursday 16th January
10:30am PRIME CATTLE then CAST CATTLE 10:30am REARING CALVES
11:00am SEMEX UK & JAMESON FEEDS show & sale of DAIRY CATTLE - entries to Eleanor by Mon 13th
Saturday 18th January
9:30am WEEKLY CAST SHEEP & PRIME HOGGS 10:30am BREEDING SHEEP & GOATS, followed by STORE HOGGS, Inc 1st in Lamb Sheep Sale Entries to office by Tue 14th 12noon
Thursday 23rd January
10:30am PRIME CATTLE then CAST CATTLE 10:30am REARING CALVES
11:00am WEEKLY DAIRY CATTLE - entries to Eleanor 12:30pm STIRKS- entries to the office by Tue 21st 12noon
Saturday 25th January
9:30am WEEKLY CAST SHEEP & PRIME HOGGS 10:30am BREEDING SHEEP & GOATS, followed by STORE HOGGS - entries to office by Tue 21st 12noon
Thursday 30th January
10:30am PRIME CATTLE then CAST CATTLE 10:30am REARING CALVES
11:00am WEEKLY DAIRY- entries to Eleanor TUESDAY 4TH FEBRUARY – FIRST MACHINERY Entries to the yard Monday 3rd between 8am-2pm STRICTLY
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Saturday 11th January
74 Store Cattle & Cull Cows at 10.30am
Tuesday 14th January
2000 Prime Lambs at 10am
400 Cast Ewes & Rams
20 Calves at 10:30am
Saturday 18th January
58 Ind. Registered Ewes & Gimmer Lambs on behalf of BFL Sheep Breeders Assoc, followed by
28 Ind. Reg. Ewes & Gimmer Lambs on behalf of Swaledale Sheep Breeders Assoc.
Sale of other Individual Pedigree Females including 2 MV Accredited Badger Face Texels, 3 Pedigree Dutch Spotted & 5 Herdwicks, Judging 10.30am. Sale at 11:30am
Sale of Flock Books to follow.
2 Auction Mart Shares for sale at 12.30pm Telephone: 01969 667207
Ian Atkinson 07957 256337 Kenton Foster 07711 469280.
160 In Calf Cows, 2 Cows and Calves and 4 Stock bulls. Prolific and well managed mainly Continental x Cows calving from 1st March 2025 within 12 weeks to British Blue and Limousin X Bulls Fully Vaccinated, Farm Assured, TB Free since 2021, 70% calved in march and only 6 assisted calvings total in 2024. Last Years bull calves averaged 613kg at 431days and averaged 390kg Deadweight, a 63.6% Killing out percentage, including 14% E Grade, 62% U Grade and 24% R Grades. Download the full catalogue from our website.
everyone at Halls, we wish you a very Merry Christmas and a prosperous 2025.
Saturday 18th January 2025 - 11am Start On Behalf of Apley Estate to be held at Apley Home Farm, Shifnal, Shropshire TF11 9EL Shrewsbury Auction Centre Halls, Bowmen Way, Battlefield, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY4 3DR 01743 462 620 market@hallsgb.com hallsgb.com/auctions
Penrith Auction Mart 01768 864700
Monday 13th January
9.30am Prime Bulls, Clean Cattle and Cast Cows. Special Section for TB area 1 Cattle.
650 STORE CATTLE Monday 13th January 650 STORE CATTLE Show 10am; Sale 11am
January Bonanza Prize Show and Sale of 650 Feeding Bulls and Store Cattle Champion and Reserve sold at 12.30pm
Monday 13th January
3pm - Sale of 300 Store Hoggs of all classes
Wednesday 15th January
8am- Cast Ewes and Rams followed at 10.30am Prime Hoggs (Hogg Ballot at 10.30am)
Friday 17th January
10am- Sale of 250 Rearing Calves and Weaned Stirks
Friday 31st January
Monthly Sale of Dairy Cattle of all classes including a Special Section for Dairy Shorthorns Entries close noon Monday 20th January
Friday 7th February
Onsite Collective Sale of Tractors, Machinery, Plant, Livestock Equipment and Small Tools
Please advise entries www.penrithauction.com
(02), Fendt 307 (89), Loaders: Avant 528 Loader (17), Linde H25D-02 Forklift (13), Sprayers: SAM SLc 4000 24m (07), John Deere R962i 36M Trailed (12), Cultivation & Drilling: Vaderstad Rapid 400s (04), Vaderstad Topdown 700 (17) & 300 (07), Horsch Sprinter 8ST (14), Sumo Trio 3 (11), Forage Equipment: Krone MX 370GL Forage Wagon (19), Malone Tedd-Air 570 (22), Claas Liner 3600 (17), Kuhn GA9531 Rake (15), Wessex AR180 ATV Topper (17), Trailers: Bailey 18T Beeteaper (13), Bailey 12T Root (05); Root Crop Equipment: Tong Caretaker 1200 Grading Line, Tong & Walthambury Baggers, Siat Box Sealers, Grimme Harvesters, Large assortment of Misc. Root crop, Irrigation Reels & Equipment, Misc. Conveyors and Roller Tables, Misc: Kuhn Axis 30.1 Fert Spreader (07), Spearhead Twiga Pro 600VFR Hedgetrimmer (14), Stocks Icon Duo (18), John Deere 1150kg Front Weight, Greenstar Starfire 3000 RTK, Assortment of Loader Attachments, Large Qty. Potato Boxes, Misc Wheels & Tyres, Forage: Large Qty. Haylage, Hay & Wrapped Wholecrop Barley
ON SITE AUCTION
On Instructions from C W Hardy
At Round House Farm, Wainfleet Road, Fishtoft, Boston, Lincolnshire PE21 9RZ
On Wednesday 22nd January 2025 at 10.30am
Viewing from 10am until 4pm on Tuesday 21st January 2025
Including: Tractors: Massey Ferguson 7618 Dyna 6 (14), John Deere 6910 (99), 2No Massey Ferguson 3095 (95), Massey Ferguson 675 2wd (84), Massey Ferguson 135 Multipower (75); Materials Handlers & Forklifts: Sanderson SB50 TC masted forklift (84), Samsung SF25D diesel forklift (99), plus attachments; Trailers: 2No Armstrong Holmes 10t grain trailers (87), Pettit 8t dropside (75), 2No Pettit 8t (77), 32ft 4 wheel bale; Cultivation Equipment & Implements: Kuhn HR5004DR power harrow (14), Kuhn HR3503D 3.5m power harrow, Dowdeswell DP7D2 4+1f rev plough (96), Howard 3m rotavator, Bomford Super flow, Massey Ferguson 4m trailed discs, Lemken Kompaktor 4m, Hardi 12m sprayer; Misc Equipment & Spares: various wheels and tyres, vintage implements, 20ft metal shipping container (09), wafer weights and large quantity of workshop equipment & spares etc.
For further details contact George Watchorn or Jon Clampin from our St Neots Office
UPCOMING AUCTIONS 2025
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15th May 2025 - 21st May 2025
ON SITE AUCTION
On Instructions from Walmsgate Estate
At Ketsby House Farm, Walmsgate, Louth, Lincolnshire LN11 8QW
On Thursday 30th January 2025 at 10:30am
Viewing from 10am until 4pm on Wednesday 29th January 2025
Including: Combine: Claas Lexion 670 Terra Trac with Claas V900 header (12); Tractors: John Deere 8RX 370 (21), John Deere 7310R (19), John Deere 6R250 (22), Ford 4600 2wd (76); Materials Handler: CAT TH407C (14); Vehicles: John Deere Gator 855D XUV (17), Land Rover Defender 90 (08); Sprayer: Househam Merlin M4-24 MK II 24m self-propelled (17); Trailers: Ken Wootton Marston KW14t grain (06), AS Marston Wootton ACMT 14t grain (01); Cultivation Equipment: Lemken Diamant 11 VOF 8f rev plough (17), Vaderstad NZA 600 (20), Vaderstad Topdown TD500 (17), Vaderstad Rexius Twin RST450 (03), Vaderstad Rapid RDA 600S (22), Dalbo Compact 1230 Plus Cambridge rolls (14), Bomford Hawk Evo 6.0 hedge cutter (15); Misc Equipment: Ryetec Derky DV20NPKS log splitter (21), 20ft (07) & 40ft (95) shipping containers, quantity of workshop equipment and spares etc.
For further details contact George Watchorn or Jon Clampin from our St Neots Office
George Watchorn St Neots 07919 015675 george.watchorn@brown-co.com
Jon Clampin
St Neots 07717 512498 jon.clampin@brown-co.com
Simon Wearmouth
Norwich 07768 465744
simon.wearmouth@brown-co.com
Victoria Walters
Norwich 07990 418021
victoria.walters@brown-co.com
James Walton Humber 07920 496350 james.walton@brown-co.com
Anita Riggall Humber 07966 597930 anita.riggall@brown-co.com
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Firstly, a happy New Year to all readers, Rostons clients and professional contacts.
The New Year and Christmas break is often a time for reflection and, certainly in my household, a time to reflect on the highs and lows of 2024, both professionally and in family life.
Sadly, 2025 has started for many farmers with more of the same: wet weather and flooding.
It is clear that years of neglect to watercourse and ditch maintenance is now coming home to bite, with fields of standing water, properties being flooded and old drainage infrastructure collapsing.
This, coupled with the fallout from last autumn’s Budget, continues to put extreme pressure on farmers’ mental well-being and it is becoming a topic that we as a team are much more aware of.
On a number of occasions, we have found that we need to signpost clients in the right direction to get support for the mental challenges they are facing.
We all need to take the time to check on our neighbours and nearest and dearest, and make sure that they ‘really are okay’ and not just giving the standard answer.
Much of this is caused, in my view, by the external pressures that are being placed on farmers.
No longer can farming be a way of life, it is a business – the external pressures are often outside of our control, and you need to concentrate on what is within your control and make sure you do the best that you can in these circumstances.
It is clear to me even while we are only in the early stages that 2025 is going to be a year of change.
More and more farmers and landowners are looking at their businesses and their personal and private expectations and desires, and in many cases questioning why they are doing what they have always done for years, while reviewing matters and putting an alternative strategy and plan in place.
While time to plan and reflect is often difficult to find in the busy 24/7 environment of farming, it can make a difference.
None of us know what is around the corner, all of us will know of people who have had life-changing illness in recent years that was not expected and therefore it really is important to understand what your personal and family desires and needs for the future are.
A plan does not have to be a big document, it can be a simple sheet of paper and a review of the different options open to you.
To enable this, you may need an external, trusted adviser such as your chartered surveyor and agricultural valuer, accountant or solicitor.
Often it will be the three working together to help shape a strategy that enables your business to move forward in the way you want.
Never in my 30 years of practice have I seen a time when it was so important to plan.
Whether that is how your business will be impacted by legislation and environmental measures, or how you can structure matters to pass the assets onto the next generation. To do this, good professional advice and a team around you that you know and trust is essential.
So, in conclusion, 2025 will be a challenging year, but for those who have the desire, drive and determination to make a success of it, they will find a way.
Tony Rimmer is a director at Rostons. Call 01829 773 000, or email tonyrimmer@rostons.co.uk
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Estates & Farmland Market Update
What impact the inheritance tax changes might have on the farmland market is something that is generating lots of debate. Land values are currently at historically high levels, with the average value of arable land in England at £11,000/acre and the average value of pasture land at £9,300/acre.
The announcement about changes to the IHT regime has caused a level of uncertainty, but to date we are not seeing signs of deals agreed before the Budget stalling and continue to receive offers for land that is currently on the market.
One of the reasons stated for the IHT changes is to deter non-farmers from buying farmland. Our data points to non-farmers – who are a mix of private and institutional investors and lifestyle buyers – accounting for 56% of sales in 2023, but as approximately 1% of land transacts in any given year this is not reflective of overall land ownership. In addition, in our experience the motivations for non-farmers buying land are very varied.
In conclusion there are some incredibly popular areas of the country where the land market has been very strong and is likely to continue to be so. There are other parts of England dominated by farmer buyers, who tend to be more cautious because they are almost entirely dependent on the income that can be derived from the land so there may be some downward pressure on values, but this is likely to be localised and scarcity of opportunities to acquire land will underpin the market.
Whether you are buying or selling, our expert team is here to help you make informed decisions in this evolving market. Please do get in touch.
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Bodmin, Cornwall
Guide Price
£3,895,000
A versatile arable & pasture farm with farmhouse and cottages.
About 235 acres.
Cockermouth, Cumbria
Guide Price
£1,500,000
Traditional Lake District farm with a cottage & consent to convert farm buildings. About 211 acres.
Ingatestone, Essex
Guide
£2,380,000
A first-class arable farm with a range of buildings suitable for alternate uses (STPP).
About 186 acres.
Saltburn-by-Sea, North Yorkshire
Guide Price
£3,250,000
A compact residential dairy, livestock and arable farm in a stunning location.
About 186 acres.
Okehampton, Devon
Guide Price £1,500,000
Livestock farm with farmhouse, farm buildings, productive woodland & river frontage. About 84 acres.
Stadhampton, Oxfordshire
Guide Price
£4,750,000
Regenerative farm & potential environmental, strategic & commercial opportunities.
About 280 acres.
Northampton, Northamptonshire
Guide Price
£3,900,000
Complete grassland farm with a cottage & farm buildings suitable for development (STPP).
About 227 acres.
Commercial mixed farm & a substantial range of buildings, Grade 2 arable land & salt marsh. About 650 acres. A selection of country
Cockerham, Lancashire
Guide Price
£5,850,000
