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Environment schemes want 'tenant farmers gone' with land being taken back in hand by landlords

The Tenant 草榴社区 Association said each week it was hearing from a 鈥榞rowing number' of farmers losing access to tenanted land or being told their Farm Business Tenancies would not be renewed

Rachael Brown
clock 鈥� 2 min read
Environment schemes want 'tenant farmers gone' with land being taken back in hand by landlords

Defra's environmental schemes are 鈥榙ecimating' tenant farmers and being drawn up by people 鈥榳ho either do not understand how land tenure works or want to see tenant farmers gone'. That was the claim from...

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