The sun doesn't shine very long in the English summer so farmers have to move quickly to make and store feed for their cattle in the winter.

Lush footage shows Naylor Agricultural Contracting and their magnificent machines making hay (well, silage) while the sun shone in the Derbyshire and Staffordshire Peak District area of the UK earlier in June 2021.

Edited together from four shoots in six locations over ten days, the film shows the whole process of silage making, from cutting the grass through to it being tipped into a silage pit.

The tractor drivers work 15-hour-days to get grass cut and collected to make silage. The process begins each morning from 9am, or as soon as overnight dew has dried, and often finishes after dark.

Silage is a type of animal feed made from grass and other green foliage preserved by acidification and fermentation. It is a winter feed fed to cattle and sheep.

Lens changes are best avoided in dusty conditions so the whole project was shot using the same two-camera lens combination - a DJI Mavic Pro drone and a Canon 1DX2 attached to a hefty 150-600mm lens.

To make this film, Rod Kirkpatrick used 18 drone batteries, was bitten three times by horseflies, and consumed a whole box of antihistamines!

Lush footage of Naylor Agricultural Contracting making hay while the sun shines (It's really silage, but we thought 'hay' sounded better!).

Edited together from four shoots in six locations during the last ten days, the film shows the whole process of silage making, in the Derbyshire and Staffordshire Peak District area of the UK, from cutting the grass through to it being tipped into a silage pit.

The tractor drivers work 15-hour-days to get grass cut and collected to make silage. The process begins each morning from 9am, or as soon as overnight dew has dried, and often finishes after dark.

Silage is a type of animal feed made from grass and other green foliage preserved by acidification and fermentation. It is a winter feed fed to cattle and sheep.

Lens changes are best avoided in dusty conditions so the whole project was shot using the same two-camera lens combination - a DJI Mavic Pro drone and a Canon 1DX2 attached to a hefty 150-600mm lens. To make this film, Rod Kirkpatrick used 18 drone batteries, was bitten, three times, by horseflies, and consumed a whole box of antihistamines!