Tenant farms estates to be sold off

Gloucestershire County Council (UK) has become the latest local authority to sell off a portion of its tenanted farms. Due to the spending cuts made by the Government, the Council has decided to sell 38 of its 88 tenanted farms over the next four years. The Tenant Farmers Association (TFA), said the decision to sell was a major blow to the farming ladder.

The TFA is calling the council to think again, pointing out that the farms help local authorities to meet wider objectives such as environmental, access to the countryside, learning outside the classroom, affordable housing and flood risk management the TFA will be stepping up pressure on Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) to look at a national co-ordination of county farms estates. Read more...