Farming Matters: Baroness Kate Rock - 'I am already seeing evidence of wealth advisers telling large estates to take back rented land'

Baroness Kate Rock is hopeful that newly elected Labour MPs in rural constituencies are already talking sensibly about finding a way forward to protect farms from ‘oblivion’

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Baroness Kate Rock is the author of The Rock Review
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Baroness Kate Rock is the author of The Rock Review

One thing which characterises farmers is long memories. Words spoken and deeds done live forever in the minds of individuals and are passed down through generations of farming families. Less than two...

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