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New working group launched to support tenant farmers

Opinion: Reform needed to make farm tenancies fit for purpose

Opinion: Reform needed to make farm tenancies fit for purpose >More in © Tim Scrivener Almost all Defra’s policy statements for the past few years have stressed the department’s desire to improve the environment and the need for sustainability. These are laudable aims with which I agree, although I happen to believe they lack balance and should give at least equal prominence to food production. About the author Farmers Weekly David Richardson farms about 400ha of arable land near Norwich, Norfolk, in partnership with his wife Lorna and his son Rob. According to the Tenant Farmers’ Association (TFA), the length of time FBTs are now being granted for is rarely more than four years and averages only a little over three.

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