FG EXCLUSIVE: Investment plans on tenant farms 'stifled'

With tenant farmers feeling overlooked in the discussion about the impact of Inheritance Tax changes on their farms, chief reporter Rachael Brown takes a look at the concerns coming from the sector

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FG EXCLUSIVE: Investment plans on tenant farms 'stifled'

Tenant farmers are being left ‘in the dark' by landlords and their agents, with on-farm investment stifled in the wake of the Chancellor's changes to Inheritance Tax (IHT), according to a new survey by...

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