None of your children wants to farm, but you don’t want to sell the land that’s been in your family for generations. What are your options?

None of your children wants to farm, but you don’t want to sell the land that’s been in your family for generations. What are your options?

If you have no obvious successor but a strong emotional attachment to your farm, it’s hard to be fair to all your children when writing your will – but there are solutions

‘Many young people from a farming background would love to stay at home farming, but it simply is not a viable option and they are forced to choose another career path. Stock photo: Getty

Often nowadays there is no obvious successor to take over the family farm. This says more about the inadequacy of farm incomes than the attractiveness of nine-to five-employment or even hybrid working arrangements.

Many young people from a farming background would love to stay at home farming, b