Farms are owned by a variety of owners, corporate ownership is not such a big thing here, but a large amount of land is in the hands of hereditary landowners (Lords, Dukes, Lairds, Church and Royalty etc), particularly from land seized during the Norman conquests and passed down, some of this land will be rented to tenant farmers. A sizable amount is owned by medium-sized farmers and usually is passed down to family members, land and the buildings often exceeds the economic value that the land yields. There are quite a few small holdings, but from my experience they are heavily subsidized with second jobs, to pay off mortgages, livestock, food and equipment. The government has in recent history subsidized farming in some form. This is a short form explanation and by no means complete, could write a dissertation on this to fully explain it. Suffice to say, corporations might find it not so economically viable to purchase large swathes of land with the buildings and maybe stick to niches like intensive pig or chicken farms with a low land footprint and buy in feed.
EUR4ME: Farms are owned by a variety of owners, corporate ownership is not such a big thing here, but a large amount of land is in the hands of hereditary landowners (Lords, Dukes, Lairds, Church and Royalty etc), particularly from land seized during the Norman conquests and passed down, some of this land will be rented to tenant farmers. A sizable amount is owned by medium-sized farmers and usually is passed down to family members, land and the buildings often exceeds the economic value that the land yields. There are quite a few small holdings, but from my experience they are heavily subsidized with second jobs, to pay off mortgages, livestock, food and equipment. The government has in recent history subsidized farming in some form. This is a short form explanation and by no means complete, could write a dissertation on this to fully explain it. Suffice to say, corporations might find it not so economically viable to purchase large swathes of land with the buildings and maybe stick to niches like intensive pig or chicken farms with a low land footprint and buy in feed.
I have distant relatives in Carlisle that are neither poor, nor gentry. They own their own farm, and make some profit from it. I'm not British, so do not know the different tax and sales requirements. However, I understand (from them) that they get a certain allowance for being farmers, and their overall economics is above-average for non-royal citizens. They're what they describe as "sitting well".
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