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