The selling a farm clean-up checklist

A tidy farm is an attractive farm, and an attractive farm becomes a sold farm. Use this checklist and remove untidy elements of your rural property and start selling a farm with confidence.

Agrichemical waste

Agrichemical waste deserves a special mention due to the important measures required in their legal disposal.

Plastic waste

Plastic waste includes:

• Drums

• Silage wrap

• Silage covers

• Shrink wrap

• Feed bags

• Twine

• Polypropylene bags

• Bale net

• Pit covers

• Irrigation pipes

These can be disposed of through Agrecovery, Plasback or similar. Plastic waste is also suitable for recycling if clean and dry.

Green and brown waste

Vegetative waste present on the farm may include:

• Tree branches

• Fallen trees

• Hedge trimmings

Mechanical/metallic waste

• Scrap metal

• Used oil

• Tyres

• Machinery

• Motors

Many of these items can either be sold to scrapyards, or disposed of through the recovery services mentioned above.

Other common farm waste that needs to be disposed of before the sale includes:

• Animal welfare waste (syringes and vials)

• Domestic refuse

• Dead livestock