In your field: James Robinson - 'as time has gone on, ELMs has been watered down to focus mainly on a broad and shallow approach'

Not wanting to break with tradition, it is raining outside and not wanting to break with tradition myself, I am writing about it

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In your field: James Robinson -  'as time has gone on, ELMs has been watered down to focus mainly on a broad and shallow approach'

We've not had many fine days since I last wrote for In Your Field, although there was a great week of weather just as the kids went back to school (great timing), but our third crop silage wasn't ready...

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