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In your field: James Robinson - 'Trees were well watered in by the horizontal rain'

Winter is definitely here, both in a meteorological sense and in a farm management sense

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

We had a good do of snow a week ago, although we managed to miss the worst of the weather which filled the roads and towns with deep snow, which, in turn, filled the roads and towns with tourists who were...

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