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In Your Field: James Robinson – "Our grassland is looking remarkably well considering"

James and family farm Dairy Shorthorns east of Kendal, Cumbria. The fifth generation to farm at Strickley, James is also vice-chair of the Nature Friendly Farming Network

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In Your Field: James Robinson – "Our grassland is looking remarkably well considering"

It is dry. Drier than a six-week-old bit of crust that has been left in the bottom of the bread bin. If that bread bin was in a tent in the middle of the Sahara. Lack of rain At the time of writing,...

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