THE Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) has called on all farming organisations to cooperate to produce a single post Brexit plan for British agriculture.

Stephen Wyrill, national chairman, said: "The decisions we take on farming policy today will have ramifications for decades to come. No one organisation, regardless of size or resources, has the monopoly on good ideas.

"All farming organisations have specific expertise and skills which we must bring to the table. I also believe that AHDB has a role to play to facilitate that discussion."

The TFA has come up with its own proposal for a British agricultural policy based on three pillars of support.

"Our suggested policy is open for discussion and challenge and to date we have had significant support for, and agreement to, the principles and mechanisms we set out but we need a much wider debate," said Mr Wyrill.

"We are already in touch with Defra which has asked for industry cooperation in developing its thinking and we must not miss that opportunity. The TFA will certainly be seeking to ensure that the voice of the tenanted sector is heard loud and clear."

Mr Wyrill is looking forward to a meeting of all livestock organisations which the Livestock Auctioneers Association is holding in Birmingham at the beginning of next month.

He was disappointed that the NFU had said it would not be in a position to talk to other organisations until the autumn when it has completed consulting its members.

"We have passed a month since the referendum and we are now into the busy harvest period and I fear that time is not on our side," said Mr Wyrill.