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Tenant family forced to find new dairy farm

A lack of communication and little willingness to negotiate from the landlord are pitfalls of insecure Farm Business Tenancies (FBTs). A Surrey farming family are now searching for a new home for their pedigree jersey herd after 17 years.

Rachael Brown
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Tenant family forced to find new dairy farm

A lack of communication and little willingness to negotiate from the landlord are two of the pitfalls of insecure Farm Business Tenancies (FBTs), with a Surrey farming family now searching for a new home...

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