Sarah Jones

Tourism Firm Favourite Farm Diversification

The most common farm diversification option for farmers is tourism with many transforming traditional farm buildings into holiday accommodation. Nowadays, if you fancy making cheese, picking cherries, smoking fish, shearing sheep or indulging in your One Man and his Dog dreams, you can head down to a farm to stay whilst learning a new skill. On a farm holiday you can bed down in a cosy cottage or camping barn, a B&B or boutique hotel. Some of these ventures are so successful that they have overtaken the farming income on some farms.

BPS Appointments filling up fast

With the 2019 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) application window now open, we are urging farmers in both England and Wales to book an appointment with one of their expert land management professionals to complete this year’s form as soon as possible.

Ask the Expert about CIL Payments

Paul Middleton is our Expert this month and has answered the question: “I’ve been told I have to make a CIL payment to my Local Authority as I’m developing my farm house. What does this mean and what’s it for?”