The application window for the next round of the Farming Equipment and Technology Fund (FETF 2026) will open on 17th March 2026. A total of £50 million will be available to farmers, growers, foresters and their contractors to invest in equipment and technology. Funding is split across 3 themes: • £20 million for farm productivity • £20 million for ...
An historic anniversary that marks PFK as one of the longest-standing land and property companies in the region. Founded in 1876, this milestone reflects a century and a half as trusted professionals providing best advice to all our clients, the very foundations on which PFK was built and which we still stand by today. We would like to take this op...
Making Tax Digital (MTD) is HM Revenue & Customs' (HMRC's) long-term programme to modernise the UK tax system. The goal is to move away from annual paper or manual accounting towards digital record-keeping and regular digital reporting. MTD has already reshaped how many businesses handle VAT, and its scope is now expanding to Income Tax Self As...
At the Oxford Farming conference today, Emma Reynolds, Environment Secretary, has made a welcome announcement with regard to the future of SFI. She has confirmed that DEFRA will open 2 application windows for SFI in 2026 – with the first window opening in June for farmers with small farms and farmers without existing environmental land management a...
The 81st Annual General Meeting of the Central Association of Agricultural Valuers (CAAV), was held at The Dalmahoy Hotel, Edinburgh on Friday 27th June 2025, where members elected Julie Liddle a Director of PFK Rural to the position of President, meaning Julie becomes the first woman to hold this position in the Associations long history. The CAAV...
The Department for Transport has officially confirmed full funding for the A66 Northern Trans-Pennine dualling project, which will upgrade the route between Penrith and Scotch Corner. The announcement forms part of a wider £92 billion national infrastructure investment package. This significant milestone means the long-awaited improvements to the A...
This land sale offers an opportunity to purchase a useful block of upland grazing land which benefits from roadside access and a natural water supply. The land is easterly facing, rising up from its eastern boundary to the most western boundary which adjoins Mungrisdale Common. The land offers good upland grazing, with diverse vegetation adding to ...
As many will be acutely aware, the Government stopped accepting new applications for SFI on 11th March 2025. The Government confirmed the reason for closure was due to the budget for SFI having been allocated, quoting more than 37,000 live SFI agreements. However, the closure was made very abruptly and without warning, leaving many farmers and land...
We are delighted to offer to the rental market by Informal Tender 40.25 acres (16.29 hectares) or thereabouts of agricultural land. Offers are to be submitted in writing by 12noon on Tuesday 25th March 2025. For more information, please click here
On the afternoon of Thursday 27th February 2025, PFK Rural offered for sale 43.46 acres of mowing and grazing land located close to Wickerslack near to Shap. Auctioneer Andrew Maughan, on the day assisting PFK Rural, offered for sale the land and after some rapid bidding, the land finally sold for a sum of £400,000 (£9,203 per acre). PFK Rural were...
The Energy Act 2023 received Royal Assent at the end of October with the aim being to lay the foundations for an energy system fit for the future. This is the most significant piece of energy legislation since 2013 and will doubtless be followed a raft of secondary legislation to set the detail behind it. This enormous undertaking by Government wil...