Agriculture Flashcards
In your example it appears to suggest that your firm arranged a 5 year tenancy without solicitors being instructed. Please explain the limited circumstances where surveyors can prepare leases exceeding 3 years.
Ordinarily, and as out in the Law of Property Act 1925, leases for a term exceeding 3 years must be in the form of a deed, and prepared by a solicitor.
The exemption to this is that Fellows of the CAAV and Fellows/Members of the RICS can prepare an FBT exceeding this term length, provided it is not lodged at the Land Registry or dealing with SDLT return. This does not count for tenancies under the AHA 1986.
What Act would prohibit a “reserved legal activity” to be carried out by a person not authorised nor exempt?
The Legal Services Act 2007. Acting against this would be a criminal offence.
What is the aim of regenerative farming?
Regen farming has soil health at it’s heart. The aim is to restore soils that have been degraded.
Explain the 4 principles of regenerative farming.
1) Minimising soil disturbance - low or no till, and no chemicals
2) Keeping soil covered - to prevent erosion, moisture evaporation and weeds germinating
3) Maximising crop diversity - poor nutrient cycling in crops from poor diversity.
4) Integrating livestock - producer of organic matter and new plant growth
Give me an example of a typical crop rotation in your area
I have a client near Sittingbourne in Kent who is currently on a 5 year rotation.
1) Winter beans
2) Winter wheat
3) Wheat again, or barley
4) Oilseed rape
5) Winter wheat
What are catch crops?
Catch crops are grown in between the main crops to prevent nutrient leaching from the soils.
Examples would include sunflowers, linseed, or buckwheat.
What is the purpose of farm Stocktaking Valuations?
Farm stocktaking valuations are required to assess
the closing stock value, and thereby the proper profits
or losses and balance sheet of a farming business, for
inclusion in financial statements.
They must be Red Book compliant and should be done annually.
What happens on the farm in January?
-General farm maintenance (hedging, ditch maintenance, fencing)
-Sheep are given additional feed
-Manure and slurry spreading
-Calves weaned at end of month and fed on concentrates
What happens on the farm in February?
-More maintenance
-Sheep pregnancy scans
-Manure an slurry spreading continues
-Early seed drilling (peas and beans)
What happens on the farm in March?
-Sheep sorted into lambing groups. Lambing begins. Ewes feet trimmed against foot rot.
-Calving underway
-Spreading continues
-Fertilise and spray crops
-Sow sugar beet
What happens on the farm in April?
-Potatoes, peas and beans planted.
-Fertilising grass production fields.
-Calving in full swing.
-Cereal crops sprayed with pesticides and top dressed with fertiliser.
What happens on the farm in May?
-Lambs tailed, castrated and tagged. Shear long tails to prevent flystrike.
-More crops fertilised
What happens on the farm in June?
-Sheep shearing, drenching, etc.
-Haymaking and silaging
What happens on the farm in July?
-Harvest begins. Oilseed rape, winter barley and wheat
-Sheep shearing continues.
-Haymaking and silaging continues.
-Baling and carting straw
What happens on the farm in August?
-Harvest in full swing. Looking for correct moisture levels. Too wet and needs to be expensively machine dried, too dry and yield goes down.
-Some silage being taken.
-Some fields being ploughed and sown with winter crops, or even catch crops.
