Farming Youtubers

The aul algorithm isnt going well for them so.

i even see it myself from a viewers point of view u get fed up watching some of them after a while or u might stop watching some and then go back watching them after a while so u can see how the viewing numbers may fluctuate

Phil used to have a good bit more than him, then Ifarm went off spending like there is no tomorrow and that brings in viewers, he's becoming a walking advertisement whereas Phil has watchable content ,even on his instagram story Ifarm is asking people for recommendations for a silo bin, in reality he is saying I'm looking for a silo bin, if any company wants to give me one, get in touch.

ifarm on instagram

To be fair I think adrianni in ifarm is a good presenter and his production values are very good. Last night episode on the tef 20 was good. I wish he would found on what he is good and unique to him rather than chasing the big machinery and demo stuff.

I was nearly afraid to confess that myself for fear of retribution; could never watch more than a few minutes of it.

A few of the big ones had these really stupid clickbaity titles trying to entice a view for a while. It's no wonder the overall viewership went down.

I'd watch Post10 drain a flood before I'd click on titles like that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDTwF1gHN7w

That is frightening - a dust bowl in the making. It's April and the only green is on the tractors.

Playing up to the camera in fairness, hes a handy little set-up where 3 hours at each end of the day would do 99% of the work , has the girls to stand in a gap give him a hand with calves, moving stock etc, their is a carbon copy of him beside us, but the two lads are 17 and 19, thats the gold standard of as easy a job youll make of it at dairying, and on a sidenote any lad that can stay as clean in his work clothes as that man isnt under a ounce of pressure

That's the problem when the farm doesn't generate enough fresh video content naturally but the ego to make videos takes over.

I'd say the man is sick sh1t of lads asking him how many is he milking. I know I would be anyway. I think he's a breath of fresh air compare to the dairy hero's that are always singing. Nice family farm and everything done well.

10 out of 10 for honesty.

17 min of waffle I thought 🙈

Ah no, definitely a living to be made in 50 cows, was the typical herd size in the day

Wou.ldnt agree on his point of more cows means more poorer quality ones

We've increased from 50 cows and sending nearly 1000l more per cow compared to when we had 50 cows

I've never heard anyone dismiss 50 cow herds tbh

Oh ya. Another lad told me one day anyone under 100 cows now is the new 30 cow man. Sure god help us.

I know of a lad expanding locally who was asked by the usual nosey type how many he's milking now. His reply was "sure I milk all of them"

I thought the video was also a load of waffle. He didn't actually say anything about the financial aspect of farming. Take what spending he has done, say 40k with the trade in for the new tractor, 5k for the slurry tank, 10k for hedger and overseeder, probably another 5k between logsplitter, tyres and other bits. That's a debt level of 1200 euro/cow assuming he is milking 50 cows, which has to be paid for through savings or finance. Most big operators might have that kind of debt. None of those purchases with the exception of maybe the overseeder will help the cow produce more milk.

He was also talking about having his own baling outfit for second cut, so he'll have to buy a wrapper, baler and probably a mower to not have to pay 2k a year to the contractor which any good accountant will know what to do with that bill. Does he think those machines will cost him nothing to operate? Buying that mixer is another example, what he will save in the cost vs readymix, he will lose in having to pay an extra man to help mix and barrow the stuff in.

All he is doing is glorifying hardship. This is the same fella who didn't have a tractor with a loader up until maybe 2 years ago and was adamant he didn't need one. Imagine walking in the door and telling family you won't be going on holidays for the next 7 years? How many times has he mentioned he didn't go on holidays? He talks about investing all their income into the farm, that isn't sustainable. He talks about looking after the cow, I don't see any investments made towards the cows. He talks about how he is working all these hours, surely the point of making these investments is to reduce his workload, that doesn't make sense at all. He is doing a lot of pandering towards the camera.

I'm not arguing if there is a living to be made from 30-80 cows, of course there is. But the key to it is making sure your expenditure is less than your income.

He can write of the machines against tax, after thats done he still has to deal with the cost of depreciation, cost of operating and maintaining those machines. Probably have to get someone in to help him to do the work. Contractors bill can be offset every year. Only machines he bought that will pay for themselves is hedgecutter and palatine seeder.

IMO the video title and video content are different things. When I saw the title o was looking forward to a more financial focused side of it. Not him giving us his income, but based off future projections etc how the farm is viable financially. What we got was Adrian saying - "I think it is viable" and an assumption that a herd of 80-100 cows is of poorer quality. He's probably making a nice wee living and that is great. But not a whole pile in that video that surprised me or hadn't already picked up on from his other videos. Twas more of a rant about boys putting him down than anything else. Disappointed he didn't go more into the numbers.

what ever way he is making all his income he is doing ok for himself.

if he has all the cows and sheds paid off then he has a bit of financial freedom to play with boys toys so to speak.

he has a fine house too and like the farm, it’s immaculate, from the outside anyhow. See he’s putting on an extension and said the mixer will be used for putting in the floors. He must be very handy no matter what he turns his hand too.

another plus for him, he is home for school runs and time with the kids, but also able to help out with his elderly parents. He works hard and long hours, but are all the long hours truly necessary? From looking from the outside I don’t think so, at the stage he is at now anyhow. He seems like a lad who want to be busy. Plus for all he has, even if it was a different line of business, it would have taken long hours and hard work at some stage