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In your field: James and Isobel Wright - 'A county council tenancy gives us security to expand the herd'

On our first date Isobel told me I was the first farmer she had ever met. Our second date was a trip to see my sheep and we ended up dagging out some fly strike and she didn鈥檛 balk then and hasn鈥檛 since.

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In your field: James and Isobel Wright - 'A county council tenancy gives us security to expand the herd'

On our first date Isobel told me I was the first farmer she had ever met. Our second date was a trip to see my sheep and we ended up dagging out some fly strike and she didn't balk then and hasn't since....

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