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In your field: James and Isobel Wright - "This week, we found ourselves in Buckinghamshire alongside a hundred other farmers"

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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Isobel & James Wright

It's November, and the cows are still out. In fact, at this rate, they may well be out till December. Every day they are not in a shed saves us hundreds of pounds in fuel, straw and silage. Earlier...

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