SAVE BRITAIN'S FAMILY FARMS: The Bennett family, Worcester: "The land has been in the family for 100 years...and I'll pass it onto my children hopefully in a better state"

In a new Farmers Guardian campaign to support family farms, farmers across the country have voiced their concerns about the future of the industry. In a new series for the campaign, family farm focus, you will hear straight from farming families talking about their worries for their business and legacy

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SAVE BRITAIN'S FAMILY FARMS: The Bennett family, Worcester: "The land has been in the family for 100 years...and I'll pass it onto my children hopefully in a better state"

Stef and Tristen Bennett have spoken out about their worries around the new Inheritance Tax rules which were announced at the Autumn Budget on October 30. In a video for Farmers Guardian's Save Britain's Family Farms campaign, the couple who run a 240 head dairy farm said they see their farm like a tenancy, because you never 'really cash in', you are simply 'looking after it'.

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