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Tenant ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Association said the Sturdy family's story sends out a crucial message to all other developers that they cannot treat tenant farmers as 'merely collateral damage'

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 ²ÝÁñÉçÇø 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

Round two of the fund is expected to close at midnight on September 21. Given the extensive preparation time many farmers and landowners who expressed an initial interest in applying are a long way down the line by now

The Tenant ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Association have told the ²ÝÁñÉçÇø 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

With proposals to restrict Agricultural Property Relief on let land under consideration by Government, Rachael Brown takes a look at the argument on both sides

²ÝÁñÉçÇø 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

Tenant ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Association are encouraging farmers to complete the Treasury consultation on agricultural property relief and challenge the Government to change taxation rules

Tenant ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Association chief executive George Dunn said the Government's ‘steady as you go approach' was an unsatisfactory outcome