Push for Contract and Share Farming “Misguided” The Tenant Farmers Association has branded as misguided the current trend to support the increasing use of contract and share farming agreements. Speaking in advance of this ...

DEFRA TB Decision Will Lead to Farm Bankruptcies The Tenant Farmers Association has written to DEFRA Minister George Eustice MP calling for DEFRA to overturn its decision to ban partial derestriction of TB breakdown holdings. Currently ...

Beef Farmers Unfairly Bear the Brunt of Market Downturn The Tenant Farmers Association reports the anger of its members following news from EBLEX that at a time when beef prices are facing downward pressure, processors and retailers ...

Michael Halford 1931 – 2014: An Ambassador for the Tenanted Sector of Agriculture The Tenant Farmers Association is sad to have learnt of the death of one of its past National Chairmen, Michael Halford. TFA Chief Executive, ...

Budget 2014 – Another Missed Opportunity for Farm Tenancies The Tenant Farmers Association has written to Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne to express its disappointment that yet another Budget statement has passed by ...

TFA Wins Planning Protection for Farm Tenants The Tenant Farmers Association is pleased that the Government has listened to its concerns over the extension of permitted rights to develop farm buildings into houses and has agreed to ...

No Justification for Farm Rents to Increase This Year The Tenant Farmers Association has warned agricultural landlords and their agents that there is no scope for rent increases this year on farm tenancies regulated by the Agricultural ...

Tenant Farmers Association THIRTY-SECOND ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING WEDNESDAY, 05 MARCH 2014 Report from the National Chairman It is an honour to have the privilege of leading the Tenant Farmers Association for the next three years as ...

The Tenant Farmers Association has a new National Chairman – Stephen Wyrill who is a dairy farmer and County Council farm tenant from North Yorkshire. Stephen takes over from Somerset Crown Estate tenant farmer Jeremy Walker who has ...

Disaster Looms for Upland Farming and Environment The Tenant Farmers Association is warning that unless DEFRA and the Welsh Government change tack on CAP reform implementation, they risk creating a disaster for the uplands. TFA Chief ...

2014: A Year of Promises and Pitfalls The Tenant Farmers Association’s National Chairman, Jeremy Walker, believes that 2014 will be a year of both promises and potential pitfalls for the farming community. “After two years ...

Welsh Government Makes Wrong Decision on Farm Payments The Tenant Farmers Association Cymru has said that the Welsh Government’s decision to transfer 15% of the budget for direct payments to farmers into rural development ...

Government listens to industry on CAP implementation The Tenant Farmers Association has welcomed today’s announcement by the DEFRA Secretary of State on Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Reform implementation.  TFA National ...