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Baroness Kate Rock: "It is one of Defra's key arguments - farmers need to diversify. If tenant farmers cannot diversify it is going to be hard"

Alongside calls for a Tenant Farming Commissioner, Ms Rock said legislative changes were needed to 'open up the ability for tenants to diversify their farm businesses'

Rachael Brown
clock 鈥� 2 min read
Baroness Kate Rock: "It is one of Defra's key arguments - farmers need to diversify. If tenant farmers cannot diversify it is going to be hard"

I will continue to be a little pain in everybody's side. I am not going anywhere, this is too important for tenant farmers. That was the message from Baroness Kate Rock speaking on a virtual meeting...

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