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4 July 2023

Step 3 – Creating a balanced agreement

Once landowners and farming operators have agreed to work together, they need to define a business relationship that will last.

4 July 2023

Step 2 - Finding the right match

Make the most of the chances of creating and finding the best and most compatible business arrangements. This means: presenting your skills and assets in the best light and to the right sort of people; understanding what others might be looking for; and, ultimately, making good choices about who to work with.

4 July 2023

Step 1 - Taking stock

Before considering entering a collaborative farming arrangement, consider what approach will result in a viable and realistic business arrangement. The aim is to generate value by bringing together complementary assets, skills and aspirations.

4 July 2023

5 steps

This 5-step process will help you to design and address the technical and relationship building aspects of creating a strong business-to-business arrangement.

4 July 2023

What are your aims?

Understand your aims for a collaboration, and define your goals for a successful agreement.

4 July 2023

Who are you?

One of the most important elements of running a business is knowing yourself first. You can then move forward with making goals and plans that will achieve your ambitions.

3 July 2023

Choosing farm business options

When looking at farm business options, it is important to first establish who you are in terms of any existing business arrangement, where you’d like to be, and what your aims are. We have compiled a ‘5 step’ process designed to guide you through the technical and relationship-building aspects of creating a strong business-to-business arrangement.

11 June 2025

Carbon footprint calculators – what to ask to help you choose

With a number of carbon footprinting tools available, these are the questions you should consider when choosing which to go with.

4 July 2023

Trust

Understanding trusts, the key points around why they suit farm systems, tax implications of this business structure and the benefits to the people involved.

3 July 2023

Limited company

Understanding Limited Companies, the key points around why they suit farm systems, tax implications of this business structure and the benefits to the people involved.

3 July 2023

Farming partnership

Understanding partnerships, the key points around why they suit farm systems, tax implications of this business structure and the benefits to the people involved.

3 July 2023

Sole trader

Understanding sole trading, the key points around why it suits farm systems, tax implications of this business structure and the benefits to the person involved.