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In your field - James Wright: "Our eldest, aged four, even tried working Tess, our dog. I might have to start planning my retirement"

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 UK country manager. You can follow them on Twitter @jpbwfarm

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In your field - James Wright: "Our eldest, aged four, even tried working Tess, our dog. I might have to start planning my retirement"

Last year, we bought 30 heifers and a group of cows. I was worried we'd end up with tiny calves, but we've just weighed the spring-born bunch and they're averaging 1.2kg a day. That said, there is a...

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