The tour, entitled Learning to Farm With No Support is aimed at future leaders of the agricultural sector, the study tour will provide an insight to min/no till systems and role of GM’s together with establishing the competitive threat of low cost beef to UK Agriculture. Delegates will see how other farmers and competitors on the world commodity markets operate their businesses and how some of the simplicity of approach to production and margin protection may be applied to UK agriculture. This study tour is being run with grant support from Landskills East. For further information and booking details, please see the attached.
Private wildlife haven in Norfolk seeks new ownerA private wildlife haven in the heart of Norfolk created from arable land to provide a safe habitat for flora and fauna is for sale.
European funding provides boost for arable investmentArable farmers thinking of building new storage, buying machinery or processing equipment could access discounted borrowing from the Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (AMC) if they act quickly.
Arable farmers could be saving £100 per hectare on machinery and labour costs aloneProperty and business consultants Brown & Co will be challenging growers of combinable crops to identify their true costs of production, claiming that for some farmers improvements of up to £100 per hectare could be made on machinery and labour costs alone.
Brown & Co launches machinery sales in PolandProperty and business consultants Brown & Co is launching a machinery auction service in Poland where it has been offering a full range of agricultural, residential and commercial services since 1997.
Mysterious mannequin raises eyebrows at farm machinery saleAuctioneers at Brown & Co have been demonstrating the breadth of their ability at sales recently.
Brown & Co opens in ElyProperty and business consultants Brown & Co are opening an office in Ely adding to their network of ten offices throughout the East of England.
Newark vintage tractor auction goes from strength to strengthA vast crowd gathered for Brown & Co’s auction at the 8th Annual Newark Vintage Tractor and Heritage Show – featuring 250 lots of quality tractors and spare parts – helping make it the best so far.
Sale marks end of an eraBrown & Co’s machinery auction last Saturday marked the closing chapter in over 100 years of farming for the Toulson family of Anwick Fen.
Rural Surrey farm with excellent amenity and accessAn attractive rural Surrey farm, offering privacy, seclusion, good access and excellent amenity, has come to the market with a guide price of £3.25million.
Land prices still on the rise?Brown & Co’s recent Boston Auction saw all five parcels of land, around Benington, Leverton and Wrangle, fall to the auctioneer’s hammer..
Sam Smith joins Brown & Co’s expanding Spalding teamHaving graduated from Cambridge University, Sam Smith has joined property and business consultants Brown & Co as a graduate trainee surveyor in the rural and commercial departments.
Rural team expansion follows moveHaving recently moved to the Atrium, on St George’s Street, Brown & Co has wasted no time expanding its Norwich based rural team with two appointments – Edward Plumb as a graduate land agent and Henry Barringer as an assistant to the agri-environmentalconsultancy team.
Brown & Co summer machinery auctions exceed £1millionAfter a spate of successful auction sales earlier in the year, five Brown & Co specialist machinery sales in the East Midland from mid May to mid June totalled in excess of £1 million.
Thomas promoted to junior associateLand agent Thomas Birks RICS, based at Brown & Co’s Spalding office, has been promoted to junior associate.
Rain fails to dampen enthusiasm at farm machinery saleDespite the wet weather, buyers from across the country turned out in force to Brown & Co’s farm machinery sale at Waltham, near Grimsby, last week.
Prime second hand machinery goes under the hammerExceptionally well maintained farm machinery and equipment, owned by J W Gibson & Sons of Cobgate Farm, Cobgate near Weston, went under the Brown & Co hammer on 22 May attracting a high turnout of farmers and dealers from far and wide.
Two attractive residential Suffolk farms come to marketTwo attractive residential Suffolk farms, both enjoying stunning locations, have been launched on to the market by the Bury St Edmunds office of Brown & Co.
Trade for second hand farm machinery bucks economic trendThe trade for good quality, second hand agricultural farm machinery continues to buck the current economic trend says Brown & Co auctioneer, Ken Pritchard.
Rare offering – Norfolk residential farm comes to marketWhile the Norfolk land market has recently been dominated by large estates and blocks of bare land, a sizeable residential farm at Bradenham – complete with historic farmhouse – is being offered for sale by Brown & Co’s Norwich office.
Three East Anglian auctions exceed £1mThree onsite machinery sales in East Anglia over an eight-day period, conducted by Brown & Co’s specialist auctions team, have secured sales exceeding £1million.
Norfolk farm auction attracts buyers from far and wideOver 600 potential buyers turned out to Brown & Co’s machinery auction this week at Park Farm Kimberley, near Wymondham in Norfolk, where the star lot – a 2002 Claas Lexion 480 – fetched £70,000.
Specialist potato equipment auctionDue to changing farming practises, specialist potato growing, grading and irrigation equipment is going under the auctioneer’s hammer next month at Doddington, near March, in Cambridgeshire.
Shortage of supply equals premium pricesA large crowd from across the UK descended on North Norfolk last Thursday for Brown & Co’s machinery auction at Burnham Road Farm, Ringstead, which saw the star lot fetch in excess of £20,000.
Historic combine harvester to go under the hammerAn important piece of Norfolk farming history, the first trailed combine harvester to be brought to the county in 1935, is going under the auctioneers hammer at a large sale next month.
Sellers land market forecast for New YearForecasting a sellers market in the New Year, Brown & Co land agent Robert Fairey says East Anglian farmers and landowners anticipating selling land in 2010 should consider moving swiftly to capitalise on prices in the spring.
Machinery auctions on the upReflecting back over the year, Brown & Co land agent Elizabeth Allen says well looked after farm machinery is fetching ever increasing prices at the fall of the auctioneer’s hammer.
Record Newark vintage auctionWith a record number of entries, Brown and Co’s auction of vintage tractors and spare parts – held at the 7th Annual Newark Vintage Tractor and Heritage Show – produced excellent results.
Rare woodland opportunity in King’s LynnSpring Wood, off Gayton Road, in King’s Lynn is being offered for sale by Brown & Co and according to agent Jim Major is expected to generate significant interest both locally, and from investors further afield.
Lincolnshire farmland in demandThe Lincolnshire countryside may seem an unlikely place for investors, however there is growing interest in the region’s farmland as a form of secure investment.
New Spalding property auction gets off to good startBrown & Co’s first Spalding Collective Property Auction – featuring potential building plot, investment land and development opportunities in Crowland, Boston and Skegness – produced encouraging results.
Attractive Lincs livestock and arable farm for saleA rare opportunity has arisen to purchase a well-maintained residential farm adjacent to Market Rasen Racecourse in Lincolnshire. Woodhill Farm, which extends to approximately 48 ha (118 acres) of arable land, is being offered for sale by the Brigg office of Brown & Co with a guide price of £1.3million.
209ha of highly desirable Lincolnshire land for saleThe tight supply of Lincolnshire land coming to market is relieved with the launch by Brown & Co, jointly with Strutt & Parker, of 209ha of highly productive land at Friskney, near Boston.
Vintage machinery causes frantic biddingCaterpillars and John Deere tractors, owned by a Spalding farming family since the early forties, caused a great deal of interest at Brown & Co’s auction at Bees Farm, Whaplode St Catherine, yesterday.
Combine is star of the showA New Holland TX68 Plus combine harvester proved the star lot at Brown & Co’s machinery auction at Holton le Moor yesterday.
Fruit machinery auction draws large crowdA large crowd turned out to Brown & Co’s farm machinery auction at Clenchwarton Marsh, near King’s Lynn this week. The 200 lots, including specialist fruit growing equipment, drew potential buyers from across the UK.
Vintage tractor goes homeA vintage Massey Ferguson 135 was bought back by its original owner at Brown & Co’s Collective Machinery Auction in Brigg last Saturday.
Quality Broadland arable farm comes to marketAvenue Farm, Halvergate, an excellent commercial arable farm in the Norfolk Broadland area, is being marketed by Brown & Co’s Norwich office with a guide price of £4.5million.
Rare farming opportunity arises on Buckminster Trust EstateA rare opportunity to rent a significant area of productive land in Lincolnshire and Leicestershire has arisen. The Buckminster Trust Estate have decided to let part of their land holding due to farming re-organisation and a wish by the trustees to give an opportunity to new and/or existing businesses.
Charlie Bryant becomes Brown & Co partnerExperienced Lincolnshire land agent Charlie Bryant has been appointed a partner of property and business consultants Brown & Co.
Lots welcomed for collective machinery saleFurther entries are being invited for Brown & Co’s annual Collective Machinery Auction to be held in Brigg next month.
Architectural designer wins two excellence awardsNorfolk architectural designer Chris Stenhouse, of Brown & Co, has won two awards celebrating the best of Fenland design and buildings for his work involving a former Wisbech convent.
Golden Oldies beat the Credit CrunchA large crowd of eager buyers arrived at Brown & Co’s recent machinery auction at Old River Farm, Tilney All Saints, King’s Lynn to witness a classic sale of low-houred and well-maintained equipment.
Three useful blocks of Lincolnshire land come to marketThree useful blocks of farmland, just south of Brigg near the village of Waddingham, are being offered for sale by Brown & Co.
About turn for Kings Lynn & Spalding Land AgentsTwo of Brown& Co’s land agents are swapping places. Elizabeth Cave, who has been with the firm’s Kings Lynn office for nearly four years, joins senior partner Tom White, partner James O’Brien and associate partner Charlie Bryant in the Spalding office.
Pooling expertise helps UK farmers move to FranceProperty and business consultants Brown & Co is linking up with an international business specialising in buying land and farms in France.
Brigg auctioneer helps Charlie raise Daisy Appeal fundsBRIGG auctioneers Brown & Co are lending a helping hand to Charlie Murray to raise funds for the cancer support Daisy Appeal.
Lincolnshire Young Farmers produce budding auctioneersTeams of young farmers across Lincolnshire gathered near Grantham recently to compete in a mock farm auction organised by Brown & Co.
North Lincs farmers hear it from the professionalsThree of the region’s leading professional firms – property and business consultants Brown & Co; solicitors Grange Wintringham and chartered accountants RNS – have just hosted a breakfast seminar for farmers at Market Rasen racecourse to give their views on the sale of agricultural land.
Devon auction proves the cream of the cropFreak hailstorms and flash flooding did nothing to deter auctioneers Brown & Co from conducting a landmark sale.
Machinery auctions ignore the credit crunchWith all the doom and gloom of the banking crisis and the credit crunch, it seems that at least one market remains strong – agricultural machinery auctions.
Hindringham farm machinery auction draws large crowdOver 400 potential buyers turned out to Brown & Co’s recent machinery auction at Church Farm Hindringham, near Fakenham, to see the full dispersal of machinery from the holding including the star lot – a 1997 Massey Ferguson 36 Combine Harvester which fetched over £25,000.
Emigration leads to largest unreserved farm machinery saleLeading West Country agricultural contractors, Curtis Contractors, are holding what is thought to be the UK’s largest unreserved sale of modern agricultural machinery next month with auctioneers Brown & Co.
James Walton appointed graduate land agent at Brown & CoGraduate land agent James Walton has joined Brown & Co’s expanding land agency team based in Grantham.
Inaugural Sale in the ValeDespite the forecast of heavy showers, a good crowd gathered at Sedgebrook for Brown & Co’s inaugural Sale in the Vale Collective Auction of farm machinery and implements last week.
Versatile land and traditional barn for sale at BoxtedOver 100 hectares (255 acres) of versatile arable land, plus a traditional Essex barn with development potential (subject to planning), has come to the market with the Bury St Edmunds office of Brown & Co.
Sizeable productive South Lincs farm comes to marketOne of the most significant residential farms to come to the open market in South Lincolnshire recently, Waite Farm at Thornton Le Fen near Boston is being offered for sale by the Spalding office of Brown & Co.
North Lincolnshire tractor goes to IrelandOne of the star lots from Brown & Co’s latest machinery auction, held last week at Messingham, in North Lincolnshire, fell under the hammer to a Southern Irish buyer.
Help at hand for rural business borrowingIn response to the credit crunch and hardening of the mortgage lending market, some rural investors are finding it more difficult to borrow the capital they require, says land agent Charlie Bryant, of Brown & Co’s Spalding office.
Strong commodity prices encourage bold biddingWith spring cultivations all but finished, a large crowd gathered at the Old Foundry in Brigg, North Lincolnshire, for Brown & Co’s 26th Annual Collective Machinery Auction last Saturday.
Combine star lot at Norfolk auctionA John Deere combine proved the star lot at Brown & Co’s machinery sale at Frith Farm, Great Moulton near Diss, last week fetching over £43,000.
Good time to sell second hand farm machinery“The recent rise in commodity prices is giving arable farmers the confidence to make greater investment in machinery”, says auctioneer Ken Pritchard of Brown & Co. Many of the region’s farmers are taking the opportunity to upgrade to more technologically advanced and larger models enabling them to take advantage of economies of scale.
Fierce bidding at Lincolnshire farm machinery auctionOver 350 potential buyers from across the UK, and from as far a field as Poland, turned out to Brown & Co’s machinery auction at Willowdene Farm, Friskney, last Thursday (21 February).
N Lincs farm to fall to the hammer in MarchA productive 111 acre (45ha) arable farm with two residential properties on the edge of Belton, west of Scunthorpe, is being put up for public auction next month.
Lots for sale at GainsboroughAt a time when demand for land in the region is outstripping supply, Brown & Co is expecting plenty of interest in 90 acres (36ha) of arable land near Gainsborough, which is offered for sale in seven lots.
Chris Purllant joins Brown & Co’sLand agent Chris Purllant BSc MRICS has joined property and business consultants Brown & Co’s expanding King’s Lynn rural team.
Bring land forward in good time says Brown & Co2007 has been a year of rising prices in the land market at levels pretty much unprecedented, says land agent Robert Fairey, of Brown & Co. Now with sweeping changes likely to the capital gains tax rules in April, he urges landowners contemplating a sale or transfer to the next generation to bring land forward in good time over winter.
More machinery falling to the hammerReflecting back over the year, Brown & Co auctioneer Ken Pritchard says farm machinery auctions are on the rise and reports an increase in prices fetched at the fall of the hammer.
Wheat price hike encourages bold biddingA large crowd, and strong bidding, at Brown & Co’s machinery auction at Rowley Farm, near Swaffham, saw a Claas Lexion combine fetch over £35k.
New York auction pulls in the crowdsA snow flurry early in the day failed to deter a crowd of several hundred gathering at Dovecote Hall Farm, at Thornton-le-Fen near New York, last Friday for Brown & Co’s dispersal sale of farm machinery and equipment.
Chill wind, hot trade!Blue skies and a chill wind greeted the large crowd that gathered at Nocton Estate last Thursday for Brown & Co’s auction of arable machinery and equipment.
New life breathed in to vintage auctionTwenty-five vintage tractors, dating back to 1943, headlined Brown & Co’s machinery auction at the 5th Newark Vintage Tractor & Heritage Show last Saturday.
Lots welcomed for collective machinery saleFurther entries are being invited for Brown & Co and Peacock and Binnington’s annual Winter Collective Machinery Auction, in Brigg, this month (November).
Cumbrian stock rearing investment opportunityA versatile and attractive stock rearing farm near Kendal, in Cumbria – offering an excellent investment opportunity – is being offered for sale by informal tender by Brown & Co.
sIn his ‘pre-budget statement’ this week, the Chancellor suggested sweeping changes are likely to capital gains tax rules in April. Charles Birch, of Brown & Co, believes these look set to cause a radical upset from agriculture’s viewpoint.
Outstanding auction land fetches up to £10,100/acreTuesday evening saw a packed Barley Mow, at Friskney, for Brown & Co’s auction of 258 acres of Lincolnshire’s highest quality agricultural land, including outstanding toft silt.
Sunshine brings auction crowds out to ThetfordA good crowd gathered in the sunshine yesterday at Catsholme Farm, at Methwold Hythe, near Thetford, for Brown & Co’s machinery auction.
Suffolk free range egg farm comes to marketPark Farm, Syleham, an attractive residential farm on the Norfolk/Suffolk border with a large well-equipped free-range egg production unit, has come to the market with Brown & Co’s Norwich office.
Arable farm & fishing lake come to marketA good quality, well-farmed block of irrigated Cambridgeshire arable land, with a fishing lake, has come to the market with Brown & Co’s King’s Lynn office.
Attractive West Norfolk farm comes to marketAt a time when the market is hungry for East Anglian residential farms, joint agents Maxey & Son and Brown & Co are offering Home Farm, at East Winch in West Norfolk, with a guide price of £1.475 million.
Warm weather, hot tradeOnly a couple of passing airplanes interrupted the strong bidding at Brown & Co machinery auction at Southfield Farm Kirmington, adjacent to Humberside Airport, earlier this week.
Valuable fenland farm comes to marketBrown & Co’s King’s Lynn office is bringing forward a top quality, well-farmed block of irrigated black Fen at Wissington, near Downham Market in Norfolk.
Machinery auction looks ahead to next 25 yearsAuctioneers Brown & Co and machinery agents Peacock and Binnington celebrated 25 years of their Annual Collective Machinery auction at Brigg with a dinner at the Courtyard Barn Restaurant at Elsham Hall.
Two quality fenland farms for saleIn a land market where demand continues to outstrip supply, land agent Jim Major of Brown & Co is predicting a high level of interest in Willow and West Fen farms, two highly productive Cambridgeshire arable farms that are up for sale.
Fine weather does not dampen auction crowdDespite the exceptionally fine weather, several hundred farmers and dealers from across the UK and Ireland took time out to attend Brown and Co’s farm machinery auction at Pond Farm, Toft Monks, near Loddon in Norfolk, this week.
Land values upLand values in South Lincolnshire, the Fens of Cambridgeshire and West Norfolk have risen significantly over the past twelve months, according to Land Agent Tom White, of Property and Business Consultants Brown & Co.
Land values on the upLand values in Norfolk and the fens of Cambridgeshire and South Lincolnshire have risen by 10-25% over the past twelve months, according to land agent Jim Major of property and business consultants Brown & Co.Land in Norfolk is now rarely changing hands for less than £4,000/acre.
Park Farm Donington snapped up by Irish buyersHaving attracted considerable interest, Park Farm Donington, near Spalding, has sold well in excess of its guide price to Irish buyers.