James Wright

@JPBWFarm

Farmer & Rural Britain Campaigner 🇬🇧 | Head of Growth & Marketing @_Breedr | Policy Director @ConRuralForum | Former Parliamentary Candidate

Exmoor • Devon & Somerset

james-wright.org.uk

Joined March 2009

James Wright
@JPBWFarm
Aug 26
Our technology, built in Britain, is helping improve the quality and productivity of livestock and beef produced around the world. Proud to help lead the team shaping the future. This investment means growing the team. Come and help us bring animal intelligence to the world.
Breedr
@_Breedr
Aug 26
Breedr has raised $27m in Series B funding to bring animal intelligence to every animal in the beef supply chain. With over two million cattle already on the platform. We’re now able to bring it to many more! Led by @PartechPartners, with Latitude and Outsiders Fund. 🐄
James Wright
@JPBWFarm
Aug 15
£65m is not new money, to suggest it is shows Labour has not changed, and is again trying to gaslight the countryside into believing they are on our side. Andy is not visiting my farm; if he was, he’d hear how his government’s failure on Bluetongue is devastating livestock in
Andy Burnham
@andyburnham
Aug 15
I know I’ve got work to do to win the trust of Britain’s farmers. Today we’re putting £65m more into supporting farmers through this drought and preparing for the summers ahead. They’re on the frontline of a changing climate and they shouldn’t be left to face it alone. The
Readers added context
The £65m is reprioritised from Defra's existing farming budget, not new money from the Treasury. Total agricultural spending remains unchanged as funds are diverted from other departmental programmes. fwi.co.uk/news/burnham-a… defrafarming.blog.gov.uk/2026/08/15/new…
James Wright
@JPBWFarm
Aug 14
Two healthy cows killed for nothing. Months of restrictions. Today we got the all clear. Andy Burnham was meant to be in Devon today. Did he meet any farmers? I doubt it.
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James Wright
@JPBWFarm
Aug 11
If it wasn't for this register, we'd never have found out that a Liberal Democrat MP had hired their son. IPSA rules clearly state that any MP elected after 2017 is prohibited from employing close relatives. Now we won't be able to check. What are they hiding?
Gabriel Pogrund
@Gabriel_Pogrund
Aug 10
A glorious day for opponents of transparency in public life. MPs have removed the names of their parliamentary staff from a decades-old public register - meaning we do not know who these people are and are left to accept the word of their employer when they say (as in the case
James Wright
@JPBWFarm
Aug 7
Our countryside is literally on fire. Why does the Government not care? £97m for wildfire teams, even London got one. For the South West? Nothing. Andy Burnham can find cash for his new vanity office in Manchester, but not for keeping us safe.
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