It was good to be at the NFU Council last week and meet with representatives of farming counties across England and Wales. There was so much to think about with the changing regulatory and policy in England and how this will affect farming businesses and the agri-food supply chain.
It was really interesting to go to the NFU Tenants Conference last week and here a presentation by Alan Laidlaw, the Commissioner for the Tenant Farming Sector . In England, 45% of holdings are either wholly tenanted or mixed tenure, and a third of all agricultural land in England is tenanted. This leadership role has a wide remit and significant potential for positive outcomes and impacts. This role will require courageous leadership the subject of a previous post on this blog.

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