Sixth-generation farming family faces the prospect selling cattle over sale of land for new “nature haven”
A sixth-generation Derbyshire farming family faces the prospect of having to sell dozens of cattle amid the fallout over a new “nature haven” in the area. The Grammer family – the last farming family in the area – have farmed 93 acres of agricultural land around Sawley, alongside the River Trent, including their current herd of 280 cattle, for 100 years, through six generations. However, Erewash Borough Council (EBC) recently ended the six-generation tenancy of four acres of land off […]
