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On Your Farm: Last Days of the Farm

Last Days of the Farm

19/11/2017

BBC Radio 4 - On Your Farm, Last Days of the Farm

How does it feel to leave your farm for the last time? Caz Graham reports.

How does it feel to leave your farm for the last time? Caz Graham visits Herefordshire, as tenant farmer Steve Clayton prepares to leave both his home and his business behind.

In Herefordshire, tenant farmer Steve Clayton is having to leave behind both his business and his home. His farm, which belonged to the local council, has been sold - as part of the cash-strapped council's efforts to balance their books. Steve couldn't raise enough money to buy the land, and so is left with no option but to move out. Now in his 50s, and after a lifetime in farming, he's not sure what may lie ahead. Caz Graham visits him and his family on the day of the farm dispersal sale. It's the day when Steve has to watch all his farm equipment - everything from tractors to fence posts - sold to the highest bidder. And with only a few days left to go of their tenancy, he's still not sure where they're even going to live when they leave. Caz finds out how it feels to take the first step into an unknown future.

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