2015
Farm Rents Must Come Down in 2016 The Tenant Farmers Association’s National Chairman, Stephen Wyrill, has called for concerted action to get farm rents down in the New Year. “With little prospect of improvement in farming fortunes ...
2015
George Dunn Completes 5 Years as Chairman of Farming Charity The Tenant Farmers Association’s long-standing, Chief Executive George Dunn has notched up five years as Chairman of the farm charity, The Farming Community Network (FCN) ...
2015
New Strategy for the Dairy Sector Needed Urgently The Tenant Farmers Association is calling for a new strategy for the dairy sector to help hard-pressed dairy farmers faced with current low prices and little prospect of immediate ...
2015
Herefordshire Council Witholds Vital Farms Report The Tenant Farmers Association is pressing Herefordshire Council to release a report on its smallholdings estate which the Council is holding under lock and key. TFA Chief Executive ...
2015
Herefordshire Council Cabinet Lacks Sound Judgement The Tenant Farmers Association has accused Herefordshire Council’s Cabinet of riding roughshod over the Council’s own governance by overturning a recommendation from the ...
2015
TFA Holds Constructive Dialogue With AHDB Dairy The Tenant Farmers Association’s National Chairman Stephen Wyrill and Chief Executive George Dunn have met with the full board of AHDB Dairy for detailed discussions over concerns ...
2015
Welsh Government Needs to Pay More Heed to Tenant Farmers The Tenant Farmers Association in Wales, TFA Cymru, has called on the Welsh Government to ensure it is giving priority to issues affecting tenant farmers in Wales. Following the ...
2015
Welsh Capital Grants Scheme Must be Open to all Tenants The Tenant Farmers Association in Wales, TFA Cymru, has told the Welsh Government that it must not exclude farm tenants with short lengths of term from being able to obtain ...
2015
Chatsworth Takes Hard Line on Farm Tenant Repairs The Tenant Farmers Association has expressed its alarm at the hard line being taken by some rural landlords, including the Chatsworth Estate, in response to a statutory rebalancing of ...
2015
Dairy Sector Needs “Much Improved” Levy Board The Tenant Farmers Association has challenged the performance of the dairy sector’s levy board, AHDB Dairy. Following a meeting with a representative of the AHDB Dairy board and its ...
2015
Mike Keeble 1938 – 2015 The Tenant Farmers Association has expressed its deep sadness following the death of Mike Keeble. TFA National Chairman Stephen Wyrill said “Mike was a passionate stockman and staunch advocate of upland ...
2015
Farm Rents Beginning to Fall – Tenants Need Advice The Tenant Farmers Association has said that farm tenants are very much in the driving seat when it comes to this autumn’s rent reviews. Having seen a large number of farm rent ...
2015
DEFRA Drops the Ball With its “Dual Use” Decision The Tenant Farmers Association has criticised DEFRA’s decision to continue to allow two separate individuals to claim under different Common Agricultural Policy schemes on ...