Kieran Coughlan: Rent hikes mean many could be better off leasing than farming

For land owners, the option of leasing out remains hugely attractive.

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Nope, it’s land rental prices.

Land rents are certainly flying high this year spurred on by the perfect storm of decent profits made in 2022 - a change in the nitrates regulations demanding increase land bases in order that farmers can hold onto existing stocking rates as well as the continued demand for bare land by young trained farmers hoping to establish entitlements for themselves.