Farmland is ‘recession proof’

FARMLAND IS the new gold, due to the continued rise of values in both England and Scotland – but to maintain the rising prices, farmers must not flood the market with secondary and pasture farmland sales.

This was the message this week from Savills Scottish rural department head, Hugo Struthers, who told delegates at the firm’s Scottish Property Outlook conference that land prices have been driven up and maintained by a 50% drop off in the supply of farmland since the foot-and-mouth outbreak hit in 2000...

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Published: 15/09/2011 - The Scottish Farmer Website