A Henry Stewart Briefing
How Much
is Your
Farm Worth?

Owning farmland, of whatever type and quality, is a business – IT CAN NEVER BE VIEWED AS A PASSIVE INVESTMENT. It is also a collection of businesses (a conglomerate if you will) with food production, in some cases, not the core business.

How much your farm is worth is dependent to a large degree on the collective value of these businesses – but only in part. Farms are also often residential homes or collections of homes. So what your farm is worth is the product of both the value of one or more businesses and possibly one or more homes. The whole may be worth more than the sum of the parts but more likely the parts will be worth far more as separate units than when they are assembled together in a single entity – the farm.

A great deal is happening that affects farm values, the mid-term review of the Common Agricultural Policy has now been completed, leading to a new world of decoupled support payments. Residential property values continue to underpin average farmland prices, with non-farming purchasers a significant factor in supporting prices while incomes from farms are increasingly supplemented by a diverse range of enterprises and many former agricultural buildings have been converted to commercial or light industrial uses. In addition, environmental stewardship is an emerging business activity and all farmland now has the potential to generate an income from it.

This briefing brings all the disparate pieces together. It answers two fundamentally important questions:

It also considers the alternative perspectives of investors, lenders and taxation advisors, giving delegates a rounded view of farm values.

It is PRACTICAL, RELEVANT and packed with real world case studies. It is the guidance agricultural land-owners, agents, funders and advisors need at an uncertain time in the market.

Full documentation will be provided to all delegates and adequate time set aside for questions and discussion.

Friday, 30 September 2005
Radisson SAS Portman Hotel, London W1