Government must get on with Tenant Farming Commissioner appointment

NFU vice president and tenant farmer Rachel Hallos said the tenanted sector was in a ‘very precarious' position in the current climate, and that the Tenant Farming Commissioner must be put in position imminently

Rachael Brown
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Government must get on with Tenant Farming Commissioner appointment

Let us stop talking about getting a Tenant Farming Commissioner and let us get on with it. Tenant Farming Commissioner That was the message from NFU vice president and tenant farmer Rachel Hallos....

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