On the 30th November the Government published ‘The Path to Sustainable Farming: An Agricultural Transition Plan 2021 to 2024’. To accompany the Agricultural Transition Plan’s publication, they have created the booklet called Farming is Changing. The booklet summarises the Agricultural Transition Plan, and was written with farmers and land managers in mind. The main points to note are: BPS to be at… Read more »
Yearly Archives: 2020
Annual Hay & Straw Sale – Tuesday 12th January 2021
The 2021 Annual Hay and Straw Auction Sale, in conjunction with Thimbleby & Shorland, will be held by online timed auction, due to current Covid-19 restrictions, ending on Tuesday 12th January 2021. All enquiries to Chris Boreham 0118 950 8611 or 07760 888 543 or email: chris@tsauction.co.uk CATALOGUE NOW AVAILABLE TO VIEW/DOWNLOAD HERE: 2021 Hay &… Read more »
Coronavirus Update – November 2020
Adkin would like to reassure their clients that the office will remain fully functional for the duration of the second lockdown. If you have any queries please continue to call the main office number. The majority of surveyors will be working from home. If you need to contact them directly please call their mobile number… Read more »
Rosie Dutson joins the Adkin team
We are pleased to announce that Rosie has joined the team as a Graduate Surveyor. Rosie graduated from Harper Adams University in 2020 with a BSc Hons degree in Rural Enterprise and Land Management. During her time at University, she completed a work placement year on a large Norfolk Estate as Trainee Land Agent gaining… Read more »
Simon Alden elected as Junior Vice President of the CAAV
We are delighted to announce the election of Simon Alden as Junior Vice President of the Central Association of Agricultural Valuers (CAAV). https://www.caav.org.uk/About_CAAV/Presidential_Team.aspx. Simon has been a member of the affiliated organisation, the Berks & Oxon Rural Valuers Association Committee for many years and was Chairman in 1999. He was an examiner for the Southern… Read more »
Farming Today – did Covid help us appreciate home baked food?
Click here for the latest article written by Kevin Prince for the Hampshire Chronicle Sept farm blog Hampshire Chronicle
Rectory Farm appears in Country Life
Adkin are currently marketing the beautiful farmstead of Rectory Farm in Northmoor, Oxfordshire. You can find full details on our own ‘Property Page’ but we were delighted to see it featured in this week’s Country Life as one of their ‘Properties of the Week’. Country Life Article
Rural Surveyors Required to Join the Adkin Team
We are looking for ambitious and motivated surveyors to join our team based in the picturesque village of Ardington in Oxfordshire. We are particularly interested in experienced graduates, recently qualified surveyors or those who have up to 5 years post qualification experience in a broad range of rural professional work. In addition, we have an… Read more »
The Changing Colour of Farming Today
Kevin Prince wrote the following article which recently appeared in the Hampshire Chronicle; News Item – July farm blog Hampshire Chronicle
Buying property with an agricultural tie: What you need to know.
This article appeared in Country Life Magazine in November 2019 and gives some insight into the pros and cons of buying or selling a property with an agricultural tie or Agricultural Occupancy Condition (AOC) https://www.countrylife.co.uk/property/buying-property-with-an-agricultural-tie-23428