The Euro/£ exchange rate has been set at 0.79805 for SPS 2012 payments. This means that claimants will receive nearly 7p less per Euro than last year resulting in a reduction in their SPS payment of 8%.
As the busy Entitlement Trading period approaches, recent trading has seen English non-SDA entitlements achieving between £180 and £200 per hectare (excluding VAT).
SDA and SDA moorland entitlements are guided at £160 and £35 per hectare (excluding VAT) respectively.
The Environment Agency (EA) is allowing spreading to take place until 15 October for tillage land and 31 October for grassland. It allows the spreading of slurry as a last resort for farms during the first two weeks of the normal closed periods. for further advice please follow link
Rostons Fodder Bank have the following available:- 18.5 acres standing maize at Norbury, 350 metres off A49 Contact Sam Starkey for further details. 25 acres standing maize at Sandiway 80 acres 3rd Cut Grass to mow at Sandiway Contact Carys Wiliams for further details.
Yet again the 2012 weather has bought disruption to the Cheshire Countryside. The Cheshire Ploughing Match which is normally the crowning glory of the Rostons Show season has been cancelled due to the bad weaher. The Rostons Team are very dissapointed that they are not able to extend their hospitality to all their clients new and old, but … Read more
Welsh Assembly are making progress with their Rural Payment Wales on-line system, such that Single Payment forms can be done online in 2014. Tony Rimmer, Director of Rostons, is involved as a Stake Holder in the initial design process.
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Rostons Land & Property Consultants, based at Chester are bringing Hill Farm, which is a modern well equipped dairy farm, to the market.
The farm comprises Farmhouse, workers flat, traditional and modern farm buildings, currently set up and milking over 200 cows on a summer/autumn calving basis.
The recent RICS/RAC Rural Land Market Survey published for the early part of 2012 shows that Nationally transaction volumes have fallen to their lowest level since 2006 and generally Agents throughout the country feel there is an underlying trend towards strong demand from commercial farmers amid these tight supply conditions.
Rostons, are pleased to welcome Carys Williams from Hanmer, Nr Whitchurch, to the team of professionals. Having recently completed her 4 year degree in Rural Enterprise and Land Management at Harper Adams University College, Carys graduated with a first class honours degree. During her placement year she worked for a well known firm of Livestock Auctioneers … Read more
Rostons are pleased to welcome Efa Jones, a farmer’s daughter from West Wales to the Rostons Team.