A Surrey ex-dairy farmer now rents his old buildings to a brewery and a boxing gym. Letting buildings is the most common and most profitable diversification on English farms. Here are the real rents, how to price and pick tenants, and the planning, tax and insurance traps to avoid in the UK, US and Canada.

The ONS counted a record 6,365 agriculture, forestry and fishing business closures in the year to June 2025. Here is what that number really means, the five-way squeeze behind it, and what six real UK farms did to stay open.