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James Wright: "They can decide for themselves whether they want to have a life of farming, or enjoy fond memories

In Your Field columnist James Wright on the effects of the hot weather, bTB testing and Natural England decisions, and the lessons children learn from farming

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Since I last wrote, summer has been and gone. We had the hottest day in May on record, then two weeks of rain. Grass growth has slowed and my herbal ley seedlings have gone yellow, though they will come...

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