TFA Media Release MR24/03 – Chancellor Blocks Tax Change That Would Have Delivered More Resilient Agricultural Tenancies
6th Mar

2024

The Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) is bitterly disappointed that the Chancellor of the Exchequer has closed the door on the idea of restricting Agricultural Property Relief from Inheritance Tax only to those landlords prepared to let ...

TFA Media Release MR24/02 – TFA Survey Reveals Bleak Farming Relations Between Landlords and Tenants
5th Feb

2024

The Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) has published the results of a survey of tenant farmers that paints a bleak picture of the relationships between landlords and tenants within the agricultural sector. The survey concludes that many ...

TFA Media Release MR23/14 – TFA Cymru Chairman, Dennis Matheson Receives an MBE in New Year Honours
2nd Jan

2024

The Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) is delighted that it’s Welsh Chairman, Dennis Matheson, has been given an MBE in his Majesty the King’s New Year Honours list recognising Dennis’ outstanding service to the tenanted sector of ...

TFA Media Release MR23/13 – Three Keys for Unlocking the Success of the Tenanted Sector of Agriculture in 2024
2nd Jan

2024

The Tenant Farmers Association’s National Chairman, Mark Coulman has identified three key developments that the TFA will be looking out for in 2024 to drive forward the tenanted sector of agriculture in the New Year. Mr Coulman said ...

TFA Media Release MR23/12 – Independent Dartmoor Review Calls for Complete Overhaul of Policy and Practice
13th Dec

2023

The Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) fully endorses the report from The Independent Review of Protected Site Management on Dartmoor published yesterday (12 December 2023). TFA Chief Executive, George Dunn, said “The TFA congratulates ...

TFA Media Release MR23/11 – Natural England Must Halt Assault on Grazing until Dartmoor Review Process Completed
16th Oct

2023

The Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) has submitted written evidence to the Dartmoor Review calling for a fundamental rethink of Natural England’s policy towards grazing within the protected sites on Dartmoor. TFA Chief Executive, ...

TFA Media Release MR23/10 – TFA Celebrates Victory for Tenant Farmers as Solar Farm Proposal Rejected
10th Oct

2023

The Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) has welcomed the decision by North Yorkshire Strategic Planning Committee, to refuse the application for a solar farm and battery storage system on tenanted farmland in Old Malton, North Yorkshire. ...

TFA Media Release MR23/09 – TFA Urges Prime Minister to Reject Solar Farm Plan That Threatens Tenant Farmers
3rd Oct

2023

The Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) has urged the Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak to lend his support to tenant farmers, Mr Rob and Mrs Emma Sturdy, and reject a proposal to install a solar farm and battery energy storage system on a ...

TFA Media Release MR23/08 – Pace of Delivery of the New Sustainable Farming Incentive Scheme in England is Unacceptable
19th Sep

2023

The Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) has today held meetings with Farming Minister, Rt Hon Mark Spencer MP and RPA Chief Executive, Paul Caldwell, to call for urgent measures which either significantly improve the opportunity for ...

TFA Media Release MR23/07 – Jeremy Walker 1944 to 2023
11th Aug

2023

The Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) is extremely sad to report that its former National Chair, Jeremy Walker, has passed away following an accident at his farm near Bridgwater in Somerset. He was 78. Jeremy was a long-standing member ...

TFA Media Release MR23/06 – New Tenant Farming Forum Must Avoid the Long Grass
24th May

2023

The Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) has warned the Government not to use the establishment of a new Tenant Farming Forum to push much needed change in the landlord tenant sector of agriculture into the long grass. The establishment of ...

TFA Media Release MR23/05 – Downing Street “Farm to Fork” Summit Must Be More Than a Tick Box Exercise
15th May

2023

The Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) supports the Prime Minister in holding a “Farm to Fork” summit looking at the importance of domestic food production and the role that it pays in both feeding our nation and delivering high ...

TFA Media Release MR23/04 – Tenant Farmers Association 41st AGM: National Chairman Report by Mark Coulman on 04 April 2023
4th Apr

2023

Tenant Farmers Association FORTY- FIRST ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Tuesday 04 April 2023 Report from the National Chairman When I made my annual report to members last year, Russia had just embarked upon its “special military ...