Land values could fall ... try to expand the size of their farms, if there is a material downward shift in price.” Investors were responsible for 56pc of UK farmland purchases last year ...
A proposal that inheritance tax on farms would only kick in if the land ... a farmer or crofter who is happy about the super-rich buying land for the purpose of tax avoidance.
The Welsh Affairs Committee now wants a register of all Welsh land bought by big companies ... Why are investment firms buying farms to plant trees? Tree planting used as a scapegoat, minister ...
A local authority is buying a dairy farm as ... current intensive use as a dairy farm was "not ideal" as it suffered from run-off and soil erosion. “The land is ideally located to deliver ...
A Derbyshire farm is to be turned over to nature after being bought following a fundraising campaign. More than 2,000 members of the public backed a Derbyshire Wildlife Trust project to buy a farm ...