Mr Ireland also said clauses in tenancy agreements for ‘agricultural use only' must change as they do not fit with the ‘entrepreneurial' ambition of tenants
NFU president Tom Bradshaw warned the Farming Minister that in light of the £358 million pound underspend of the farming budget, Defra was a department ‘very close to failure' if it was not careful
The Farming Minister Daniel Zeichner attended the Farm Tenancy Forum for the first time since being elected into Government
The Tenant Farmers Association has put forward a number of complaints to the council's senior management team
A new deal should treat farmers as 'trusted, talented and tenacious allies', says MP Tim Farron
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From September 1 2024, applicants for succession must prove they are both 'eligible and suitable' to be the tenant of the agricultural holding subject to succession
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It follows a decision made by an inspector in relation to a planning appeal from a developer which had been refused consent for a solar farm on land in Somerset
Property consultancy Berrys said farmers could face tax bills of £600,000 if inheritance tax is scrapped