Farmers have been told that they will have to grow more food from less land PAFarmers should expect to farm less land after Brexit to leave more space for nature and new homes, according to the new head of a landowners’ lobby group. Tim Breitmeyer, the president of the Country Land and Business Association (CLA), which represents some of Britain’s richest and largest landowners, warned members they face tough choices if they want to make money, because “most of what we produce can be grown cheaper and easier elsewhere”. Farmers of the future will either have to grow more food from less land, with the help of new technology, “or use the land for other purposes”, the former army officer told the CLA’s Redefining Farming conference, in Westminster. “For some of us the choice might be to cease farming on…

Source: The Times November 28, 2017 12:00 UTC