TFA 2023 Christmas Blog : In Our Christmas Feasting, We Need to Be Mindful of Our Food Security
22nd Dec

2023

This blog is the full (unedited) piece, written by George Dunn, TFA Chief Executive, for the Christmas edition of Methodist Recorder, published on 22 December 2023. For young and old alike, Christmas is a great occasion. As we wave ...

🎄 TFA Christmas Opening Hours 🎄
14th Dec

2023

🎄 TFA Christmas Opening Hours 🎄 Our offices will be closed over the Christmas and New Year period from 5pm on Thursday, 21 December 2023 and will reopen at 9am on Tuesday 02 January 2024. If you need to contact the TFA ...

TFA Mid-Week News Round-up | 13 December 2023 | TFA Chief Executive Meets DEFRA Farming Minister, RPA to Suspend SFI Applications Between Christmas and New Year and Don’t Miss Tonight’s TFA Webinar: Reimagining The Landlord Tenant Relationship In Agriculture
13th Dec

2023

  Read the Latest TFA Mid-Week News Round up from 13 December 2023 here: https://bit.ly/48e7mq2 Top Stories include: TFA Chief Executive Meets DEFRA Farming Minister RPA to Suspend SFI Applications Between Christmas and New Year ...

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 ...

Merry Christmas from all at the TFA
11th Dec

2023


We wish you Merry Christmas, health and prosperity and Happy New Year!

TFA Mid-Week News Round-up | 06 December 2023 | TFA Meets with 10 Downing Street DEFRA Team, TFA Presses Welsh Rural Affairs Minister on Her Budget and on Issues for Tenants Hoping to Join the Sustainable Farming Scheme in 2025 and Register Now for Next Week’s TFA Webinar: Reimagining The Landlord Tenant Relationship In Agriculture
6th Dec

2023

TFA Mid-Week News Round-up 06 December 2023 Read the Latest TFA Mid-Week News Round up from 06 December 2023 here: https://bit.ly/46FggM9 Top Stories include: TFA Meets with 10 Downing Street DEFRA Team TFA Presses Welsh Rural Affairs ...

TFA Lobbying #13 – TFA Cymru Signs Joint Letter Voicing Concerns Around 2024-25 Budget to Support Delivery of Food, Nature and Climate Ambitions
5th Dec

2023

Following a roundtable meeting between farming and environmental organisations at the 2023 Welsh Winter Fair, a joint letter has been written to the First Minister of Wales with a plea not to cut the Rural Affairs Budget for Wales in ...

TFA Blog #208 | My Journey to Improved Soil Quality
4th Dec

2023

Earlier in 2023, the TFA invited TFA member, Rob Garrett, to reflect on his  journey to improve soil quality on his Derbyshire farm. He writes: Firstly, a little about us: We were a new entrant tenant in 2010. Our farm is small scale, ...

TFA Blog #207: Apply Now for a DEFRA Funded Calf Housing Grant
27th Nov

2023

Farmers in England have until 30 November 2023, to apply for the grant funding for new or improved calf housing under the Animal Health and Welfare grant.   Before applying, it is important to read in full the guidance, which ...

TFA Blog #206: The Appointment of a Tenant Farming Commissioner – a Thoroughly Good Idea!
27th Nov

2023

This blog is the full (unedited) piece, written by George Dunn, TFA Chief Executive, for The Cumberland News and Westmorland Gazette, published on 24 November 2023. The report of the Rock Review into agricultural tenancies contained ...

TFA News Blog #205: DEFRA Open Slurry Infrastructure Grant, Round 2 to Applicants in England
22nd Nov

2023

DEFRA have now opened the second round of the Slurry Infrastructure Grant which will provide funding to install new or improve current slurry storage facilities and capacity. The grant is open to pig, beef and dairy farmers across ...