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The Tenant Farmers’ Association is campaigning for a minimum 10-year term for Farm Business Tenancies, along with tax changes to encourage this. CLA chief surveyor Andrew Shirley sets out the landowners’ case for more choice and fewer restrictions. There are big challenges facing the future of farming. We are experiencing increasingly unpredictable weather conditions and volatile markets for products. The techniques and equipment required to achieve profitable levels of production require capital, experience and skills that are making it ever […]