Neil and Chris Natalier talk cattle and lucerne at Upper Tenthill.
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00:00Hello I'm Neil Natalia and I've been farming here all my life but started in 1974 predominantly
00:06lucerne growers. Now to make good hay you have to cure it well you must have the right sort of
00:12weather so that you don't have too much dew and if you have the right weather like this particular
00:18lucerne hay you'd have good green colour you bale it at the right time and you've got plenty of leaf
00:24and that is what you call quality hay and that's what the market demands especially
00:31horse owners this is the quality that they like and are prepared to pay a premium for.
00:38And I'm Chris Natalia farming with my dad for the last 15 years and this hay here is more the hay
00:46that cattle people would sort of chase it's your coarser hay it's been shedded for six months
00:53and this is the kind of hay that we feed our cattle.