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In your field: James and Isobel Wright - "Maybe we'd all feel a bit less stressed if we farmed to live, not the other way round"

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 - "Maybe we'd all feel a bit less stressed if we farmed to live, not the other way round"

Tariffs, Trump and trade deals seem to dominate the headlines. Even when there are problems at home, it's global news like tariffs that stick in people's minds. And rightly so. It's hard to overstate...

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