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In your field: James and Isobel Wright - "Those in rural Britain can actually define what a 'working person' is"

James and Isobel, with their two young children, recently bought their first farm, and plan to run beef and sheep over 13.8 hectares (34 acres), renting a further 44.5ha (110 acres). James works for tech firm Breedr as a product manager. You can follow them on Twitter @jpbwfarm

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In your field: James and Isobel Wright - "Those in rural Britain can actually define what a 'working person' is"

Scanning complete. 80% of our herd are heifers, and it is great that almost all are in-calf. We took a gamble in the spring buying a group of heifers which had good breeding but went through an isolation...

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