Tenancy

With tenant farmers feeling overlooked in the discussion about the impact of Inheritance Tax changes on their farms, chief reporter Rachael Brown takes a look at the concerns coming from the sector

When asked what an ideal tenancy would look like Oxfordshire tenant dairy farmer David Christensen said three things must be considered – length of term, investment and compensation

Mr Dunn said: "Out of the £2.4 billion of budget allocated for the full panoply of schemes under the Agricultural Transition Plan, we need to know how much has been allocated to each element"

Scottish MPs told James Murray, Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, his Government needs to amend section 177 of the Inheritance Tax Act 1984 to ensure Scottish tenant farmers are excluded from reforms to Agricultural Property Relief

The TFA has urgently called for answers following a decision earlier this week to allow a major solar development on the Sturdy family's tenanted farm in North Yorkshire

Emma and Rob Sturdy said they were devastated after Minister of State for Housing and Planning Matthew Pennycook granted permission for solar infrastructure to be built at Eden Farm in North Yorkshire, despite noting how the project could result in ‘irreversible detriment' to Eden Farm as an agricultural business entity

NFU vice president and tenant farmer Rachel Hallos said the tenanted sector was in a ‘very precarious' position in the current climate, and that the Tenant Farming Commissioner must be put in position imminently

Arable farmers Karen and David Yates said they have until February 24 to leave Earls Farm in Bolton

The county farms estate currently comprises more than 60 fully equipped residential dairy and mixed livestock farms

Liberal Democrat MP for North East Fife, Wendy Chamberlain, accused the Government of failing to consider the impact of its proposed IHT changes on Scottish tenant farmers, despite raising the problem ‘four times in the last three months'