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England's tenanted sector 'seven years behind' Scotland

With England considering a tenant farming commissioner, chief reporter Rachael Brown spoke to Scotland’s Dr Bob McIntosh about the sector north of the border

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clock • 3 min read
England's tenanted sector 'seven years behind' Scotland

Scotland's tenant farming commissioner, Dr Bob McIntosh said: "I cannot see why England would not benefit. The issues are very much the same, trying to maintain these good relationships"

The tenanted farming sector in England finds itself in a similar place to where Scotland was seven years ago and England would ‘benefit' from its own tenant farming commissioner. Scotland's tenant farming...

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