Farming Youtubers

I posted a comment in IFarmWeFarm's most recent video of him cutting up the trees. It had been deleted and other comments which mention ivy and how it is in fact a native plant not invasive as described by Adrian have been deleted. Totally uncalled for. I know it's his channel and whatever but I was just stating facts. Not the first time I've seen people complaining of comments being deleted on his channel..

I know your cast in the dye massey men, but a few 14/15 plate 160 case pumas would be a great contractor tractor that's not loaded electronics and are fairly reasonably priced...

The ivy might have brought it down prematurely with the extra weight on it but I can assure you that a healthy tree is not affected by ivy. It is a native plant and when he says along the lines of - "the countryside is destroyed with ivy". What that actually means is - "I don't like the look of ivy on trees". It actually doesn't kill or suck the life out of trees at all. It plays a very important role in biodiversity too. Look around, it is one of the few plants that is actually flowering at this time of the year which benefits the insects and then provides a source of food for birds later in the year. Do a google of it if anyone doesn't believe me.

Ivy is not an invasive species and it is native.

Actually quite annoyed by him deleting that comment. He should be a decent skin and say in the intro of his next video that he has learned a few things about ivy since he posted the last video and explain to his very large audience that he wasnt totally accurate in his rant on the last video against ivy. He has a duty to not be spouting lies as there are thousands of people aling with a lot of children watching these videos who now think that ivy is an invasive species and should be got rid of at all costs.

Fair enough I am over reacting. I reread my post and comes across as a bit OTT alright. Look all I'm saying is there was a few inaccuracies and made me think that if he said something inccorect about cattle or silage making or something people would be on to him but because ivy is a plant noone cares really. Have to say I really enjoy all his stuff and all the other youtubers. Hours of entertainment.

Your fairly passionate about ivy lol

I've looked for that episode but cannot find it. Anyone got a link?

Phil, was rewatching your video review of the Abbey dribble bar tanker and you showed two cobo plugs in the cab - one for diverting between mascerator and arms and a second one for rear work lights - and were saying you could only use one at a time as you only had a single socket.

Something like this off ebay might be what you want and as you carry it to whatever tractor is pulling it:

Does the rear work light have a switch on its plug or do you just plug it in and out as you require it? I'm adding rear work lights to my tanker and was wondering what way the factory done them (or does anyone else have them fitted?).

I know it’s probably been covered here before but the video IfarmWefarm had up of the viability of herds of his size in Ireland going forward was the epitome of why there is going to be a significant decline in the number of young people entering the agricultural industry over the next 10/15 years.

Actively encouraging young lads to work all the hours god gives them so that one day they might be able to buy a big shiny piece of metal after 20 years of killing yourself on the farm for little return, sacrificing relationships and no social life just for the love of farming?

The sad reality is that there is a lot of farmers who carry on like Adrian does basically married to the farm, no time for as little as a weekend off no mind a weeks holiday in the summer and they expect the younger generation coming through to carry on like they ?!

Granted the man is an exceptionally tidy and well informed farmer which no one can deny but his representation of what life will behold you if you’re a young person watching his videos looking to go home to run a similar sized operation are totally misrepresentative. There are well established farmers milking 3-4 times the amount of cows he does and they don’t make half the capital expenditure in a year compared to what he has in this past 12 months.

Back to the video I mentioned at the beginning, I think for a YouTuber to be genuine to his audience he should disclose not figures of course, but if he has income outside of the farming income that props up his income or if he is supported by a partner during these mad spending campaigns.

Perhaps the kind of setup he is running is attainable at the number of cows he operates at but do we actively as an industry want to encourage our young people to marry themselves to the farm to attain this?

You don’t need to be married to the farm it’s all down to the choices you make

I’ve a friend over the road milking nice bit over 200 in a share farming agreement, he has about 8-10 days off a month

he has a great set up going and has a lot more time off than me

you really need to question yourself before making any machinery investment nowadays, only for I’ve dad here and a lot of it is machinery was built up over his farming career I’d do v little. We’re considering buying a 2nd hand slurry tank here and dribble bar but it finding it hard to justify

thats why I’d question Adrian buying that krone mower, he says he’s always flat out and then takes on another job and investment that will never pay for itself

don’t mind the rest of the gear he changed as they were all upgrades. The Massey is probably too big for what he’s at too tbh

@farmerphil135 - you were talking about a museum recently. In relation the the farm shop, do you get much footfall into the yard for purchases?

Did you consider or are you considering opening a farm shop in a village or placing some produce on a shelf in a shop in one of the bigger nearby towns?

You could just change the adaptor to one of the single pole ones. That's what I intend doing for the lights. DIN plug it's called I think.

Are they happy to get the stuff and go or do they expect tours of the farm or you/father to perform for them etc? Would a form of Open Farm interest you alongside the shop and museum?

I don't agree with this. Those plenty of people on youtube giving negative reviews may be in America where there are different rules. Have you seen American advertising where one brand openly gives a negative review on another brands product? You don't see that happening on Irish television for a good reason.

Also, the risk of litigation is just far too much of a risk in Ireland. While you may give a negative review and be right, the cost of defending such a case could cost hundreds of thousands against a big name manufacturer, it is just not worth the risk.

If you think it is so easy to give negative reviews, you might consider trying it yourself. Who knows, you might have your own "money making source". Post the link t it here, I'd be interested in viewing it.