In your field: James Robinson - "Nothing was out of bounds in the conversation" during bTB meeting with APHA top management

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

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In your field: James Robinson - "Nothing was out of bounds in the conversation" during bTB meeting with APHA top management

IT must have been an important meeting, because on large trays in the centre of the kitchen table were two of Mum's speciality cakes, coffee and walnut cake and a Kendal Show favourite, chewy fruit slice....

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