Continuing uncertainty in the agricultural sector could see many farmers "farming at a loss", councillors have been told.
Coun John Riddle issued the stark warning at Tuesday's meeting of Northumberland County Council's cabinet, where members were discussing the council's response to the future of farming inquiry it launched last year.
That followed concern by Wooler councillor and farmer Coun Mark Mather, who faced losing a large amount of the land he rented and farmed due to the owner's desire to plant trees in response to DEFRA initiatives about rewilding farmland.
