Meet Norfolk farmer David Hurn - Follow a Farmer UK, David Hurn S1:E1

David Hurn is a third-generation farmer responsible for a 150 hectare farm in Norfolk. Having studied agriculture for four years at university, he spent a year in the United States harvesting green beans up and down the eastern seaboard before returning to his family farm where he has since made many changes with the aim of becoming more resilient.

In this introductory video, we get to meet David, learn about the crops around his farm, delve into topics such as soil health and using real-live data to make more informed decisions, and how his season has gone so far.

00:04 David Hurn introduction
01:23 Feeding crops and building soil health
02:22 Soils and worms
02:53 Struggling with the wet weather in 2023
03:41 Making informed decisions
04:57 Wheat crops
05:58 Sugar beet
07:16 Vining peas
08:04 Spring barley

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