Christopher Nicholson: Tenant farmers need a level playing field to meet environmental targets By Christopher Nicholson May 2, 2021, 7:30 am The STFA says short-term tenancies make it difficult for tenant farmers to invest in environmental schemes. Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Anyone glancing an eye over the English farming press recently would have noticed articles calling for reforms to address short-termism in the tenanted sector south of the border. New leases in England now average a little over three years, and in the case of the Church of England, one of their bigger landlords, are just over two years.