Steevo
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- Gloucestershire
This is part of the issue though, farmers being encouraged to subsidise their farming with wedding barns, glamping and a farm shop and then calming it ‘agri business’ . It’s not agri business, it’s subsidising production in many cases with another business, simple as.
this has all detracted from the business of growing and is part of the reason why actual farming is so stagnant and so reliant on being propped up.
This is true to a great extent. Without that there would be a lot less farming done imo.
I can’t see farmers who stop producing letting it out because at low prices it would provide a living for all parties. I don’t see rents reducing to help this as there’s no point renting land out for minimal return so many would just leave it bare.
The future of land and farming in this country will be very different in 5/10 years imo. Sad situation.