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Concerns raised over how country's tenancy legislation will affect family farms

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Martin Kennedy has called on the whole industry to send a crystal clear message on what it must deliver in its Budget on December 4

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As farmers prepared to protest the Budget implications in London, farmers at the Scottish Agritourism event heard about the impact on the growing agritourism sector

"I wonder what people who are struggling to feed their families think when they hear the Conservatives crying foul over policies which protect people (farmers) from paying tax on assets worth up to £3 million in certain areas"

"For generations, farming families have served to grow food for us all. They are a service to their country and they are custodians of the countryside"

"I know this is already having a chilling effect on farming and rural businesses"

Falkirk farmer Robert Baird pleaded guilty to causing unnecessary suffering and failing to ensure the welfare of his border collie which was found in a trailer measuring approximately two by three metres, with a single small window obscured by mould

"It (farming) is an industry we can do without. We do not need small (family) farmers"