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Tenant farmers report 'success and stalemate'

With the focus on landlord-tenant relationships at the NFU tenant conference, some farmers felt more needed to be done to tackle bad practice by landlords and their land agents

Rachael Brown
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Tenant farmers report 'success and stalemate'

Farming Minister Mark Spencer has been accused of ‘brushing off' what has been described as a ‘despicable' situation faced by tenant farmers in Cumbria and in other parts of the country. ²ÝÁñÉçÇø attending...

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