This week's letters from Farmers Guardian readers
The Sturdy family, who are tenant farmers from Yorkshire said their ‘heart sank' after being told an appeal had been lodged against a decision to block a solar farm being developed on half of their farm
The increase in funding for farm productivity from 40 to 50 per cent, on top of the extra money available for solar panels, means the Improving Productivity Grant is likely to be even more popular among farmers this time around
Solar developers have been criticised by many in the industry for adopting an opportunistic approach to obtain tenanted land where a ‘cheap grid connection' could be sourced
South Derbyshire farm campaigners hail Lullington Solar Park decision 'a win for local democracy'
This week's Farmers Guardian features Derbyshire tenant farmer Andrew Dakin who has launched a campaign to save Kidsley Park Farm from being 'lost forever' for a solar panel development
Baroness Kate Rock said with many of the responses from the Government packed into the Farm Tenancy forum, a lot was resting on its success, adding that the sector needed to start seeing ‘proactive thoughtful support'
Tenant Farmers Association said in the last few weeks alone, five tenant farmers had come forward with concerns over land being replaced by solar
Tenant Farmers Association said the Sturdy family's story sends out a crucial message to all other developers that they cannot treat tenant farmers as 'merely collateral damage'
Farmers' Union of Wales claim grid capacity and planning permission are the two main barriers preventing Welsh farmers being able to invest in small renewable projects. They said the Welsh Government must do more to ease the process