90% of farmers who took part in the survey said they were in favour of appointing a Tenant Farming Commissioner to oversee the sector
Tenant farmers are finding it increasingly difficult to secure permission to diversify, as landlords do not want to ‘perpetuate their security' and, instead, push tenants to 'less favourable' short term Farm Business Tenancies
Lesley Griffiths issues final plea for farmers to get on board with Welsh support scheme
The selected projects will now begin their two-year development phase to finalise arrangements
With obstructive tenant and landlord relationships currently in focus, our chief reporter Rachael Brown looks at the Duchy of Cornwall and how it is working with tenants to achieve its net zero goals
When questioned at last weekend's English Winter Fair on whether he had wanted the role of Defra Secretary, Mr Spencer said it was not a question of ‘putting my hat in the ring'. "This was a decision for the Prime Minister," he said
The Secretary of State, Steve Barclay 'quickly' got the point that short-term tenancies are a problem when it comes to financing investment to drive productivity and participation in long-term environmental management
The new Secretary of State at Defra, Steve Barclay has pledged to ‘back British farming' as he takes up his new role following Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's reshuffle earlier this week
TFA has had 7,000 advisory contacts with its members and has spent more than 1,700 hours delivering advice in the last year, with many of those disputes between landlords and tenants
Baroness Kate Rock, who led the Rock Review into tenant farming said she was disappointed, adding there was already 'sufficient evidence' to back the need for a Tenant Farming Commissioner