A new research project looking at the potential of share farming to assist both new entrants and farm owners has been kick-started by NFU Scotland.
Led by the union’s new generation committee, the project sets out to outline the different share farming options available and also connect new entrants with farm and croft owners who want to relinquish some of the duties of everyday farming and landownership without having to sell on.
It follows a survey which found that the price and availability of land was preventing new entrants from progressing in the industry.
NFU Scotland’s Lindsey Macdonald said: “Share farming is an arrange- ment in which the new entrant and the farm owner carry out separate farming businesses on the same land with one party providing the land and often the machinery and the other providing the labour and expertise, while both share the profits.
“Each arrangement will be different according to the parties involved but this is an exciting opportunity for new entrants and farm owners alike to mutually benefit one another.”
