Tenancy

Chief executive of the Welsh Dee Trust has warned ‘drawn out discussions' between tenants and landlords on who needs to pay for changes, means action to tackle pollution on-farm is often delayed

Tenant Farmers Association said tenants were often left in 'difficult positions' with the majority desperate to try and reach a settlement with the landlord to avoid costly legal fees

The Tenant Farmers Association have told the Farmers Guardian they have found themselves ‘regularly advising their members', who are faced with the prospect of losing land from their farm tenancies, where landlords have expressed an interest to divert land away from farming

A tenant farmer on the Cornwall Council Estate, who wished to remain anonymous, felt they were being treated as a ‘commodity' rather than a valued farmer, adding that local authorities should be more empathetic towards their tenant

Farmers have been reminded that the deadline for responses to the Environment Food and Rural Affairs Committee’s inquiry into tenant farming is Tuesday, June 20

A lack of communication and little willingness to negotiate from the landlord are pitfalls of insecure Farm Business Tenancies (FBTs). A Surrey farming family are now searching for a new home for their pedigree jersey herd after 17 years.

Not knowing whether they will have their farm in five years time or not is the biggest worry for most tenant farmers right now who are under a Farm Business Tenancy.

The Welsh Government has issued a series of amendments to the Agriculture (Wales) Bill saying that the changes will further support sustainable food production while helping rural communities to thrive.

Wales Rural Affairs Minister, Lesley Griffiths, has come out in support of tenant farmers, saying that if the new Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS) does not work for them, it does not work at all.

Tenant farmers in Wales have expressed fears that the Governments new Sustainable Farming Scheme will be unworkable, leaving them sidelined.