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Commercial forestry values could see some upward pressure in 2024, with levels of activity starting to pick up and some encouraging market signals, according to latest analysis from Strutt & Parker’s specialist forestry and woodland arm John Clegg & Co. According to the company’s latest Forest Market Review, the outlook for the sector looks broadly […]

Simon Hart

Our Autumn/Winter 2023 edition of Land Business magazine is now available, bringing you the latest insight and advice on the opportunities and key issues facing landowners and rural land managers as we head into 2024. Managing an estate, farm or other rural assets is undoubtedly becoming an increasingly complex process, but we remain convinced that […]

Rhodri Thomas

You don’t have to look very far in the food and farming community now before you come across a reference to ‘regenerative agriculture’. Farmers are looking at their systems with fresh eyes, food manufacturers and retailers are refocused on the methods by which the products they sell impact the environment and investors in food and […]

Leo Page

The average value of arable land in England reached a new record high of £11,100/acre during the first half of 2023. Our Farmland Database, which records the details of all farms, estates and blocks of publicly marketed farmland over 100 acres, shows the average value of arable land rose by 2% during the first six […]

Matthew Sudlow

As more grants and schemes are being developed and launched by Defra during this Agricultural Transition Period, it can be difficult staying up-to-date. To help, we have updated our poster summarising the agricultural and rural grant schemes currently available in England. The main updates are set out below. Enhanced version of the Countryside Stewardship Scheme […]

Jason Beedell

Basic Payments Facts 2023 is the latest version of our popular, pocket-sized summary of the main rules of the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) in England and an overview of the new and developing support schemes. After 8 years, in its current form, this is the final year of BPS as we know it. However, 2023 […]

Andrew Atkinson

Forestry investment market hits record high, but global factors begin to bite. Our analysis offers new insight into the changing dynamics of the commercial forestry market. The total value of the forestry investment market hit a new record in 2022, although there are signs that global events have started to introduce more caution into the […]

Alex Brearley

Our Autumn/ Winter 2022 edition of Land Business magazine is now available, bringing you the latest insight from Strutt & Parker’s Rural Team on key themes which are reshaping the countryside and the future of the rural economy. We are all living through volatile times, with farms and estates seeing massive changes in input and […]

Rhodri Thomas

The government has said the aim of its food strategy is to create a more prosperous agri-food sector that delivers healthier, more sustainable and affordable diets. But has it got the right ingredients to deliver on that ambition? We have produced a four-page summary of the 33-page document which breaks down the main measures proposed by […]

Jason Beedell

It is becoming even more difficult to keep track of the web of new schemes that the government is introducing as part of its agricultural transition plan in England. Some have been renamed, some are now having pilots and ‘early schemes’, and many have been delayed. We have produced a (hopefully) simple poster that shows […]

Jason Beedell

Basic Payments Facts 2022 is the latest version of our popular, pocket-sized summary of the main rules of the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) and an overview of the new support schemes which are emerging in England. There are no major rule changes for the 2022 Basic Payments claim process for most claimants. However, farmers will […]

Jonathan Armitage

It is now widely agreed that the climate change and biodiversity crisis facing the world is one of the most urgent issues of our time. The effects of climate change are already being felt here in the UK, with rainfall patterns changing and extreme weather events such as heatwaves and droughts becoming more common. Met […]

Rhodri Thomas