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Who owns a river?
Land Registry details may tell you the answer although if the property has been in the same ownership for many years that may not be...
John Woolley
Dec 12, 20182 min read
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Diversify - and thrive
The Basic Payment Scheme is going to change in a few years' time, particularly when Brexit has been accomplished. The present Minister...
John Woolley
Jun 21, 20182 min read
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Purchasing property
Is it easy to buy a property? The answer may be 'No'. First of all you have to find it and that's not just looking in the right places -...
John Woolley
Feb 15, 20182 min read
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Christmas is coming, the geese are getting fat.....
Or is it the cows? If you stop by the Salisbury Christmas Prize Show & Sale being held at Salisbury Market you can see for yourself. It...
Karen Chalmers
Nov 23, 20171 min read
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A man in action
As soon as John mentioned he had been invited to commence the auction at the recent Ovington Down Farm Machinery & Implements Sale I...
Karen Chalmers
Oct 26, 20172 min read
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To plough or not to plough?
Perhaps it was Danny Boyle's amazing opening ceremony for the 2012 London Olympics that highlighted for many of us the change in...
John Woolley
May 25, 20172 min read
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What's it worth?
Valuations seem to have been coming in thick and fast lately. They are always interesting as every property and every assignment is...
John Woolley
May 8, 20172 min read
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Get it signed and sealed
A long time ago, 'Gentleman's Agreements' were all that were needed for two parties to settle the terms when transacting property...
John Woolley
Mar 23, 20172 min read
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'Tis the season to be trimming!
There are in fact strict timescales for carrying out this work, so that nesting birds are not disturbed and annual growth and blossom is...
John Woolley
Jan 26, 20172 min read
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While shepherds watch their flocks...
Nowadays, it is unlikely that they will be seated on the ground! And, in the UK, they are unlikely to be out in the open, or all gathered...
John Woolley
Dec 5, 20162 min read
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Cereals and Seasons
A question non-farming people often ask is what is the difference between winter and spring cereals. The crops are the same - wheat,...
John Woolley
Oct 17, 20162 min read
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Michaelmas, 29 September
Once an important quarter day in the calendar year of the farming world. Traditionally, especially in the south of England with arable...
John Woolley
Sep 29, 20162 min read
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Estate Management - the role of the Land Agent
A rural chartered surveyor's remit may also include a traditional land agency role of managing a landowner's property on his behalf which...
John Woolley
Sep 26, 20162 min read
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Harvest 2016
Mixed reports for 2016 in South Wiltshire, West Hampshire and Dorset. Abundant grass crops in a growing year with third cuts being...
John Woolley
Aug 15, 20162 min read
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A family focal point
Valuations featured this week. This time for Inheritance Tax purposes as a much-loved grandfather had died. The property was a special...
John Woolley
Jul 15, 20161 min read
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A bigger picture
It is perhaps the variety of work we undertake which I find to be as unexpected as it is often fulfilling. This was the national news was...
John Woolley
Jul 8, 20161 min read
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Harvest heat and cool water
This week brought the first heatwave of this summer and 30 degree temperatures. Harvest started with the winter barley. Oil seed rape...
John Woolley
Jun 22, 20161 min read
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