farm diversification

The Government is extending permitted development rights to give farmers greater freedoms to diversify and convert agricultural buildings for commercial uses

Making the most of their unique location in North Fife has enabled the Black family to develop a sustainable business to hand on to future generations. Ewan Pate reports

Kate farms alongside her husband Jim on their farm near Abergavenny, Monmouthshire. Farming 122 hectares (300 acres), the main enterprise consists of 800 breeding ewes and cider made on-site from their orchards. She is a mum of two, runs Kate’s Country School on-farm and is the woodland creation officer for Stump Up For Trees

Helen is a fifth-generation farmer who farms with her parents, David and Anne Shaw, husband, Craig, and their children, Alfred and Hattie, at Grey Leys Farm in the Vale of York. The farm comprises 162 hectares (400 acres) of grass, maize and wholecrop for the herd of 240 pedigree Jersey cows and more than 200 followers

Tenant farmers are finding it increasingly difficult to secure permission to diversify, as landlords do not want to ‘perpetuate their security' and, instead, push tenants to 'less favourable' short term Farm Business Tenancies

Award-winning Tipplemill gin is made from wheat grown on the family farm at Sutterton, South Lincolnshire, where sustainability and farming in harmony with nature are at the forefront of the business. Angela Calvert finds out more

The focus on diversification has never been more prominent. With exceptional volatility across all agricultural sectors, income from farming is unsurprisingly down

Working the farm diversification around their family has allowed Fenwick and Jasmine Jackson to build a successful farm experience for the public. Kate Chapman finds out more

Farmers Guardian’s first Farm Futures Exchange saw speakers with experience in various diversifications share their advice and top tips with Farm Futures members, as part of a digital roundtable.