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A flurry of launches across Wales and its bordering counties has sparked the regions summer farmland market to life. <\/p>\n
As Farmers Weekly reported last month, stunted supply was a feature of the Welsh land market last summer. <\/p>\n
However, 12 months on, a variety of sales have been announced that will peak the interest of buyers looking for high-quality bare blocks, as well as traditional mixed units. <\/p>\n
See also:Expanding farmers prop up Welsh land market <\/p>\n
One of the most unusual offerings of the year comes in the form of a large block of Grade 2 Flintshire loamy clay soil capable of producing root crops and first wheat yields of 10.5t\/ha. <\/p>\n
The River Dee borders the largest of the four lots a 150-acre parcel at Sealand Manor, Sealand, which has 306 acres in total. The smallest block is 37 acres. <\/p>\n
Fisher German has set a guide price of 3.363m as a whole equivalent to about 11,000\/acre. <\/p>\n
On a smaller scale, Halls has brought a block of arable and grassland to the market 40 miles away at Bacheldre, near Churchstoke, Powys. <\/p>\n
It will be sold in two lots 22 acres currently put to arable and 30 acres of grassland oilseed rape at auction on 14 September. <\/p>\n
In Carmarthenshire, Carter Jonas is selling a 178-acre livestock farm with two houses either together or in two lots. <\/p>\n
Ty Brych, Penmaen and Ty Uchaf at Llanddeusant is down to grass with grazing rights on a neighbouring upland common. <\/p>\n
The houses are in need of renovation and it has a range of stone outbuildings suitable for livestock housing. <\/p>\n
A guide price of 1.125m has been set as a whole, but farmers seeking 167 acres, a house and buildings will be interested in lot two, which is 800,000. <\/p>\n
Roger Parry and Partners has two new instructions one in mid-Wales and one on the England-Wales border. <\/p>\n
Cynewill Farm near Welshpool in Powys comprises 242 acres of pasture, a traditional stone building plus Dutch barn and timber-framed shed. <\/p>\n
A house is included in the guide price of 950,000 as a whole or in four lots, but entitlements are excluded. <\/p>\n
Just over the border, the firm is selling a 283-acre mixed arable and dairy unit in the shape of Longslow Farm, Market Drayton, north Shropshire. <\/p>\n
A well-equipped yard includes cubicle housing, a herringone parlour, 600t grain store and storage and sits centrally to the ring-fenced land, which is put to wheat, triticale and temporary and permanent grass. <\/p>\n
It is being sold with a 5m guide price as a whole, but is being offered in up to eight lots, which could encourage farmers who are looking for bare land. <\/p>\n
Scotland and Northern England is also seeing significant whole-farm summer launches. <\/p>\n
One of the most progressive dairy farms to hit the Scottish land market for many years is for sale in Stranraer. <\/p>\n
Sian Houston, associate director at Savills, said Challoch Farms relocating owners have spent the past five years investing to create a future-proof unit that focuses on cow welfare. <\/p>\n
The unit, at Leswalt, now boasts cubicles for 340 cows and a fully automated dairy complex with Fullwood 24:48 swing over parlour. <\/p>\n
Average yields have hit 7,200 litres with a 3.9% butterfat content and cattle can be grazed outdoors on the farms 380 acres from mid-February until November, with paddocks served by 2.3km of internal tracks. <\/p>\n
Offers over 2.5m are being invited through Savills, and the sale includes a farmhouse and three-bedroom farm workers house. <\/p>\n
George F White has a large upland beef and sheep farm in Cumbria as well as an investment portfolio in North Yorkshire for sale. <\/p>\n
Horseholme Farm at Gilsland has 763 acres of pasture and improved upland grazing land and is capable of stocking 450 hill ewes plus 50 suckler cattle across its two steadings. <\/p>\n
An HLS agreement runs until 2022, paying about 23,500\/year and the guide price is set at 1.6m. <\/p>\n
The Nether Silton Portfolio include four equipped farms let on AHA tenancies, plus six lots of in-hand bare land. <\/p>\n
Available separately or as a whole for 4.475m, the combined 659 acres near Thirsk in North Yorkshire is mainly down to arable cropping, with some pasture to support the mixed enterprises. <\/p>\n
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