Our in-house rural research team reviews the latest information and trends and produces briefing papers for clients and for our Rural team, so it is as up-to-date as possible. It is led by Dr Jason Beedell, who is part of our team of 49 researchers which works across Europe on all major property markets. We produce a series of rural market reports, on crop yields, returns from contract farming and the farmland markets in England and Scotland, as well as occasional papers. The team also produces Land Business Update, a free fortnightly e-bulletin on the latest property news and issues.
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Land Business Update | Week Commencing 15th April 2024
Farming More details on the Scottish Agricultural Reform Route Map The Scottish Government has published some more details of changes from 2025: Scottish Suckler Beef Support Scheme – calves will only receive a payment if their mothers have a calving interval of less than 410 days or if the calf is the first registered birth […]
Land Business Update | Week Commencing 1st April 2024
Farming Much lower profits forecast for English farms in 2023/24 Farm Business Income is the government’s main measure of the net profits earned by farms from farming, agri-environment, Basic Payments and diversification. The forecasts for the year that includes harvest 2023 are based on information available in early February 2024 for prices, yields and input […]
Land Business Update | Week Commencing 18th March 2024
Land Reform in Scotland New wide ranging land reform bill introduced The new bill could have significant implications for land management, communities and land sales. We will produce a full briefing note in due course but the headlines are: Land holdings over 3,000 hectares will be legally required to show how their land use contributes […]
Land Business Update | Week Commencing 4th March 2024
Farming Agricultural transition in England – net income from agri-environment schemes is growing Net income, after deduction of the variable and fixed costs of the environmental management, has risen by 73% across all types of farm since 2020/21, according to the latest data from Defra. £ net income per farm per year 2020/21 2022/23 % […]
Land Business Update | Week Commencing 19th February 2024
Farming 70% of Scottish farm support will be ‘direct’ payments under tiers 1 and 2 The Scottish Government confirmed how it intends to split the farm budget, with 70% spent on income support and payments for enhanced management, reiterating its commitment to its proposed four tier framework. However, it could not make any long-term commitment […]
English Farming Update | Spring 2024
Welcome to this quarter’s English Farming Update, which is produced by our Farming Research Group and reports on market and administrative issues that affect farmers’ business decisions and on which they may need to act. Defra secretary Steve Barclay used the 2024 Oxford Farming Conference as a platform to launch an update of the Agricultural […]
Land Business Update | Week Commencing 5th February 2024
Welcome to our fortnightly update on key land management, farming, planning, forestry, environmental and energy issues. Farmland market in England English farmland market – non-farmers bought more than half of farms and estates in 2023 Farmer buyers accounted for the lowest level of transactions on record – 44% of open market transactions in 2023 when […]
Land Business Update | Week Commencing 22nd January 2024
Welcome to our fortnightly update on key land management, farming, planning, forestry, environmental and energy issues. Biodiversity Net Gain start date delayed… again… but should now start on 12th February (England) The start of mandatory BNG, which was already delayed from November to January, was postponed again but the government has now said it will […]
Land Business Update | Week Commencing 8th January 2024
Welcome to our fortnightly update on key land management, farming, planning, forestry, environmental and energy issues. Farming Refresh of the Agricultural Transition Plan in England The government has announced a series of changes to the post-Brexit plan for farming and forestry, which is says is the biggest upgrade to the plan since leaving the EU. […]
English Farming Update – Winter 2023
Welcome to this quarter’s English Farming Update, which is produced by our Farming Research Group and reports on market and administrative issues that affect farmers’ business decisions and on which they may need to act. According to Defra’s national statistics, all the main cereal crops saw reduced yields in 2023 compared to 2022 (see overleaf) […]
Land Business Update | Week Commencing 11th December 2023
Welcome to our fortnightly update on key land management, farming, planning, forestry, environmental and energy issues. COP28 update Declaration signed by 134 countries on making food systems an essential part of national plans to reduce climate change This is the first time that food production and distribution has been on the agenda and included in […]
Land Business Tracker | November 2023
Welcome to our quarterly tracker of key land management, farming, planning and energy regulation and legislation. Perhaps I am becoming long-winded – I hope not – but I have not been able to shorten our Land Business Tracker since our last update in August, despite wanting to. It feels like there is more and more […]
Land Business Update | Week Commencing 27th November 2023
Welcome to our fortnightly update on key land management, farming, planning, forestry, environmental and energy issues. Forestry Commercial forestry transactions shrink, but values holding – John Clegg & Co’s interim Forest Market Review 2023 Greater caution has crept into the commercial forestry market in Great Britain than there was 18 months ago. The amount of […]
Opportunities and risks for the rural sector in 2024
Our annual London Land & Property Briefing saw experts from Strutt & Parker’s Rural team share their insight on the risk factors and opportunities facing landowners and land managers as we head into 2024. Here is a roundup of some of our key messages: The pace of change in the rural sector has sped up […]
Land Business Update | Week Commencing 13th November 2023
Farming Basic Payment statements and delinking Basic Payment claimants should receive a statement of how their delinked payments for 2024 to 2027 have been calculated by the RPA. The calculation is based on the payments they received in 2020, 2021 and 2022, if they made a claim in 2023. Please contact your local S&P farming […]
Land Business Update | Week Commencing 30th October 2023
Welcome to our fortnightly update on key land management, farming, planning, forestry, environmental and energy issues. Farming Tests and trials – fourth call to help develop Defra’s Environmental Land Management schemes Land managers who would like to take part can submit an application by 30th November 2023. Defra would like to explore topics including: what […]
Land Business Update | Week Commencing 16th October 2023
Welcome to our fortnightly update on key land management, farming, planning, forestry, environmental and energy issues. Farming Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Bill starts parliamentary process This Bill, which is expected to be passed in 2024, provides the new framework for support for Scotland’s new farming and rural policies. The main elements of this Bill […]
Land Business Update | Week Commencing 2nd October 2023
State of Nature report highlights its worsening state but ways to support it are clear This latest report is the most accurate study of UK nature available, using information from more than 60 research and conservation organisations. The Green Alliance summed it up as, ‘the latest numbers still have the power to shock. Almost 1,500 […]
Land Business Update | Week Commencing 4th September 2023
Farming Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme (SFI 2023) open for applications from 18th September (England) The scheme includes 23 sets of actions that land managers can take, including on soil health, moorlands, hedgerows, integrated pest management, farmland wildlife, buffer strips and low input grassland. Please contact our farming team if you would like to discuss what […]
Land Business Update | Week Commencing 21st August 2023
Farming Countryside Stewardship Scheme (CSS) application deadline extended to 15th September 2023 Following recurrent technical issues with the Rural Payments online service, the deadline for submission was extended. The extension will be an opportunity for late applicants and may also allow for the new Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) 2023 scheme to be open at the […]
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