A great evening supporting RABI’s charity farm walk

Carver Knowles were delighted to support the South Central region of The Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution (R.A.B.I.) at their charity farm walk on Friday 6th July 2018. The farm walk was held at Guiting Manor Farms Ltd in the Cotswolds.   There were around 100 people in attendance for the farm tour which took us […]

Posted on July 9th, 2018 by

New Countryside Stewardship Evening

Carver Knowles and Green Farm Seeds are hosting an evening on the New Countryside Stewardship Scheme Venue: Pardon Hill Farm, Prescott, Gotherington, Cheltenham, Glos, GL52 9RD Date: Thursday 12th April at 5.30pm – 7.00pm The evening is aimed at farmers and landowners with Environmental Stewardship (ELS and HLS) agreements that are coming to an end in 2018 or […]

Posted on March 28th, 2018 by

Farming Rules for Water

On the 2nd April the new DEFRA requirements “Farming Rules for Water” will be introduced. These are supported by legislation in the form of The Reduction and Prevention of Agricultural Pollution (England) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/151). This comes from the EU Water Framework Directive which seeks to “set a baseline of good practice across the […]

Posted on March 14th, 2018 by

Embracing Brexit – Pershore Conference 2018

Once again Ray and the team at Upton and Pershore NFU had pulled together a diverse panel to discuss the challenges faced by Brexit and what should be done to embrace the change. The event was attended by over 120 farmers from the local area. The first speaker of the evening was Ali Capper whoi […]

Posted on January 22nd, 2018 by

The new Electronic Communications Code – What do property owners need to know?

The Government introduced the new Electronic Communications Code within the Digital Economy Act 2017 and it came into force on the 28th December 2017. The “new Code” will apply to both new agreements and agreement renewals going forward. The new Code provides some significant reforms generally in favour of operators compared to the previous regime. In […]

Posted on January 5th, 2018 by

Embracing Brexit at The Pershore Conference

Brand power

Carver Knowles at delighted to support the Pershore and Upton upon Severn Branch of the NFU for their annual conference at Pershore College on Thursday 18th January 2018 at 7.30pm.   The annual conference, organised by NFU group secretary Ray Foster-Morrison, has a host of quality speakers to discuss and debate the theme of ” […]

Posted on November 23rd, 2017 by

Farm finance for dairy farmers – Is yours the best deal?

  Over the last twelve months of low prices it seems the dairy industry is starting to recover and many farmers remain optimistic with the current milk price. If you are looking to invest to move your business forwards, make sure your farm finance is the best possible value with least hassle. The AMC offers […]

Posted on October 6th, 2017 by

Speedy agricultural tie removal without marketing

tie removal

Julie Newton of Carver Knowles has successfully acted on behalf of a client to remove the agricultural occupancy condition on a Farmhouse in Herefordshire despite the occupant complying with the condition. The tie removal was achieved within 6 months of Mrs S first contacting Carver Knowles. The background 1981 planning consent limiting the occupant of […]

Posted on October 3rd, 2017 by

Job Opportunity – Rural Surveyor/Graduate Surveyor

Job Opportunity

Carver Knowles are seeking an enthusiastic graduate/rural surveyor to join us.   We are an independent firm of Land Agents, Surveyors and Valuers covering Gloucestershire, Worcestershire and Herefordshire. Our clients range from large property owning organisations to family farms across the three counties.  The job will cover all aspects of our professional services including rural […]

Posted on September 28th, 2017 by

Why improve the farm business balance sheet?

  As AMC Agents we often wonder why the property valuation in the balance sheet is so out of date and generally very low.  Historically the reason has come down to the cost of constantly updating it as land values have increased year on year. However now that we are seeing more stable property prices […]

Posted on September 25th, 2017 by