Farming Youtubers

There was a few things i can remember.

the videos being too long, i agree some are quite long and i like to think we've got better on that especially since liv has started editing the videos, tho i will say from my youtube stats videos under 20mins do not preform as well as videos over 20mins

my intro being annoying, from my youtube stats any video where i dont do my opening speel within 10sec of starting has a much higher drop off rate than videos where i do

the "poor mouth" stick, i regret saying what i said in that video, it was just one of them days and i vented my frustration in a video, in hindsight i shouldnt of mentioned it. things are better now but the root cause of it and the lack of investment in the farm yard, staff, etc. is down to the tillage crisis of 2016 where we lost our shirts due to bad weather, it also didnt help that beef wasnt a great trade for the following years.

they are fair everyone is entitled to their own opinion, we are what you see and we will never please everyone

when uploading a video you can tick a box to say the video contains sponsored content, which promts a little tag on the video for a few seconds when you start watching, which is rarely ever used by anyone, generally speaking if theres a link in the description theres some form of sponsorship going on.

ive turned down quite a bit, from torches to animal products to demos to parts and tools to apps to websites to services. all for different reasons form bad experiences, bad products, poor design, no relevance to the channel, no use for the product, competitors to companies already working with, which would probably be the biggest end of it and the hardest to get your head round

New video from Evenflow is as mad as ever. Some trailer! Morris trailers I think made it. Has two rails either side to keep bales on board. I would have thought they still need straps though. Curtain side truck trailers still need straps.

Is all your grain kept for animals on the farm or is any of it sold to other farmers/ feed mills?

Please keep the into, I like it.

Have you plans to develop the farm shop further? Will you keep it as a farm shop or will you try expand?

How far ahead are your videos planned? Aside from the obvious farming jobs that are upcoming, eg finishing slurry, housing, animals to factory. Do you have plans for other videos made that aren't on farm, eg like the liffey mills tour video?

Great channel Phil. Keep up the good work.

are ye well in your way out of the financial difficulty now from the bad harvest?

will you stick with taking all sorts of calves, good, bad and indifferent?

Do the videos take up a lot of your time?

You seem to genuinely get on great with your family which is great to see too

Much enjoy the longer videos than the short ones myself. Around 20-25 is the sweet spot but a few of your epic harvest ones were excellent.

Try make some more time for yourself and liv away from farm. U don’t notice the tears going by and you’ll be still doing the same thing in 40 years so try enjoy the best years if yer lives.

keep up the good work.

just curious did anyone else get the vibe that the video was an advertisement for the trailer???

were getting there slowly but surely, if beef prices hold out into the spring without any hiccups we should be able to put a good bit of the debt behind us

we will yes, we had originally planed on getting into numbers of cattle and then start buying continentals for finishing but the profit margins are to similar and all wed end up doing is tying up a huge amount money into the same number of cattle for the same return

not really when im working and filming i have to film around working not work around filming. every video takes 2-3 hours to edit but it depends on the number of shots in the video, also youll know how busy i am at a job by the number of different angles i have in a video

Thanks for all the videos Phil. Really enjoy them and for me the main attractions are 1. the variety of stuff ye do and most importantly 2. its honest and shows the ups and downs of the family farm. Lovely to see the family all taking an active role too.

My own preference would be the 20-25 minute mark but the odd long one is great. The combine repair this year was epic.

Keep up the good work!

Thought that myself - one part especially seemed to linger at the Morris sign on it - then I thought what would they get out of advertising on that channel. Would have been better off going to either yourself or Gerry.

That's a cool looking heifer standing to his right as he counts the stock.

Gas to see some of the critics run into the woodwork when one of the lads they're slating comes on here.

Laura farms is well worth a look...Solely for the tillage content of course.😏

yes if i could have my way id be shifting a good bit of the older machinery we dont use to buy better more practical kit like trading in our old trailed mowers and buying a wide topper.

no we wouldnt sell any of the vinatge tractors, they all have stories and theyll make great additions to our planned museum. also if you havent noticed we are hoarders😂

sometimes they do yes especially when theres a reason for it but my hands are tied and i cant explain it in the video. but you have to take it like water off a ducks back its all part and parcel of putting yourself out there on social media

thank you 👍️

Its a good YouTube with lots of craic and the video was about machinery. The boys don’t be looking for free stuff and pushing merch and farm shops and herd watch at every turn, they are into fun and craic and fair play to them. Entertaining.

Anyone see Tom Pemberton injecting his cows today? What are those syringes like to buy - seem like a good job from a distance.

the only reason they left was the back mower was already sold and there wasnt another to be got till February 😉

Elephant in the room question Phil, is all your time and effort well rewarded from your tube? Obviously don’t mention numbers, that’s your business, but would you say you get a wage a week from it all?