The Rural Practice Branch is the
body of professionals primarily employed to manage the County Farms
Estates in England and Wales.
The purpose of this website is to provide information to Councillors,
prospective tenants and fellow professionals as to the role and potential
of the County Farms Estate. more
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What cash and assets do I need?
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Every farm will vary, but you need to have sufficient cash and assets to demonstrate that you can stock and equip the holding for what you propose to do, and have sufficient cash at hand to pay for the items covered in the ingoing valuation. This will include items such as silage, harvested crops in store, growing crops (including pasture), and straw. The relevance of these all depend on the type of farm and the time of year in which the tenancy is commencing. The valuation will also cover any fixtures to be taken over (such as cow cubicles, feed bins, some buildings, and some items in the dwelling house and so on). You also need to satisfy the authority that you have sufficient financial resources to cope with the initial period of trading.
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Again, some Councils invest in their estates based on a proportion of the income generated from sales of parts of their estates. Others don';t invest at all due to other financial needs within their respective Council.
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Some Councils have sold their estates in their entirety, some don't sell at all, however, most are undergoing rationalisation exercises to amalgamate farms to make them bigger and more viable, with the general aim of keeping the overall size of the estate the same, albeit that the number of farms on some estates will inevitably decrease.
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