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    #302
    timple23
    Registered Users Posts: 1,001 ✭✭✭timple23


    funkey_monkey wrote: »
    Takes all sorts but I don't know how Grassmen made it so big. It's just same sh1te different (very expensive) shovels with them. Always has to be the biggest and fanciest.

    To be honest Grassmen nowadays is for kids, they seem only interested in selling clothes. It doesn't appeal to the average farming person who isn't interested in a 200hp tractor.

    Farmflix are on to a winner with their onthepull event. They also have a mix of livestock and both new and old machinery.

    Really enjoyed farmerphil tidying up the workshop. Idoagri does a bit of small fabrication which is interesting too.

    The way ifarm was going on about the case not splitting you'd swear the housing was welded or something.


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    #303
    funkey_monkey
    Registered Users Posts: 8,056 ✭✭✭funkey_monkey


    timple23 wrote: »
    To be honest Grassmen nowadays is for kids, they seem only interested in selling clothes. It doesn't appeal to the average farming person who isn't interested in a 200hp tractor.
    Definitely. Kids and dreamers.
    Farmflix are on to a winner with their onthepull event. They also have a mix of livestock and both new and old machinery.
    I think there is a market space for someone going around farms with a more in-depth look at the set-ups in terms of herd/flock management, grassland management, machinery analysis etc from a more technical/in-depth standpoint. Maybe taking some ground from the print sources such as IFJ etc. Whether people would want to have open comments on YT for that type of discussion is another thing.
    Something beyond watching them sailing around the fields in tractors or putting pour-on on bullocks.

    I was watching Phil with the Pottingers and I was dying for him to ask the guy about the trailed/mounted debate and where they stand on it. He just kept saying it looked great. FarmFlix done a much better interview with McHale when they got the demo.


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    #304
    farawaygrass
    Registered Users Posts: 1,899 ✭✭✭farawaygrass


    Dinzee Conlee wrote: »
    https://statsmash.com/calculator/farmer-phil-net-worth

    That’s deadly. He’s making a nice touch to be fair but no doubt he puts in the hours


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    #305
    ruwithme
    Registered Users Posts: 1,183 ✭✭✭ruwithme


    Farmer Phil is probably a easier watch for most of us. A rough oul place your not envious off & is closer comparison to our own.all clean & tidy is grand if it's your own.

    Have to say i loved him only pulling out the silage machinery & stuff ready for knocking. Easy going.


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    #306
    timple23
    Registered Users Posts: 1,001 ✭✭✭timple23


    I see Ifarm is after putting up a post saying "think in buying a new tractor yip were starting to look around"

    Suppose there will be a plethora of videos of new tractors or else he is just fishing for demos.


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    #307
    dmakc
    Registered Users Posts: 860 ✭✭✭dmakc


    Grassmen to be fair does what it says on the tin. Silage is their memo?

    I eventually get bored of one farmer showing his farm 3 times a week a la Pemberton

    That's why farmflix is somewhat most appealing to me. I'd also like to see some southern farms in it. For me someone with a license to visit a day in the life of many farms (modern and old) is the most interesting market


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    #308
    Odelay
    Registered Users Posts: 3,784 ✭✭✭Odelay


    At least with Farmer Phil I could see myself having a pint and a bit of craic with him..... not so much with many of the others..


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    #309
    leoch
    Registered Users Posts: 888 ✭✭✭leoch


    Don't think u would get a pint with Phil unless it came out of the north....lol...


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    #310
    AntrimGlens
    Registered Users Posts: 1,080 ✭✭✭AntrimGlens


    Just sitting down to watch Clarksons Farm on Amazon. Looks like it could be quite humorous in a farm setting, very much in the vein of Top Gear. I know he’s not everyone’s cup of tea, my wife can’t abide him. Must be great to have a blank cheque to head of to a farm auction. Sounds like his girlfriend is Irish as well as a bit of eye candy. I can see quite a few fcuk ups along the way.


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    #311
    GrasstoMilk
    Registered Users Posts: 3,825 ✭✭✭GrasstoMilk


    Dinzee Conlee wrote: »
    https://statsmash.com/calculator/farmer-phil-net-worth

    Type in tom Pemberton!


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    #312
    jaymla627
    Registered Users Posts: 6,460 ✭✭✭jaymla627


    GrasstoMilk wrote: »
    Type in tom Pemberton!

    His playing the poor mouth routine is a serious pisstake when you see he has nearly 400k pulled in of youtube, i cant understand how he hasnt been shutdown by the uk department of ag especially since they bottle and sell their own milk, the place was literally falling down around them before they went at the new shed build


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    #313
    Tileman
    Registered Users Posts: 1,127 ✭✭✭Tileman


    jaymla627 wrote: »
    His playing the poor mouth routine is a serious pisstake when you see he has nearly 400k pulled in of youtube, i cant understand how he hasnt been shutdown by the uk department of ag especially since they bottle and sell their own milk, the place was literally falling down around them before they went at the new shed build

    Will u stop being a begrudger. Fair play to the man if he is making money out of it. It doesn’t cost u anything to watch it.

    Many a farm in Ireland wasn’t and isn’t in great shape either but they still look after this animals very well and the milk is kept clean.


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    #314
    Nekarsulm
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    jaymla627 wrote: »
    His playing the poor mouth routine is a serious pisstake when you see he has nearly 400k pulled in of youtube, i cant understand how he hasnt been shutdown by the uk department of ag especially since they bottle and sell their own milk, the place was literally falling down around them before they went at the new shed build

    Yeah, but unless their landlord spends the money, the sheds/yards, buildings aren't going to be improved much.


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    #315
    GrasstoMilk
    Registered Users Posts: 3,825 ✭✭✭GrasstoMilk


    jaymla627 wrote: »
    His playing the poor mouth routine is a serious pisstake when you see he has nearly 400k pulled in of youtube, i cant understand how he hasnt been shutdown by the uk department of ag especially since they bottle and sell their own milk, the place was literally falling down around them before they went at the new shed build

    Ah Jay, that's a bit unfair
    I don't know they only from watching the videos but I enjoy it because its down to earth and its not all.shiney gates and new gear

    We all know it takes time and money to build a yard/business
    They've quite a successful farm shop from what I gather
    You don't know what other commitments they hard that took priority over laying concrete

    He deserves it, he's put in the hard work and he came up with another way of pulling an income off the farm


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    #316
    Gillespy
    Registered Users Posts: 2,215 ✭✭✭Gillespy


    I've seen it said to take those youtube income sites with a big pinch of salt.

    Pemberton's yard is a bit dilapidated but his animals are always clean and healthy in good condition. That's what I look for. All seen it the other way around I bet.


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    #317
    Dinzee Conlee
    Registered Users Posts: 2,138 ✭✭✭Dinzee Conlee


    Gillespy wrote: »
    I've seen it said to take those youtube income sites with a big pinch of salt.

    Pemberton's yard is a bit dilapidated but his animals are always clean and healthy in good condition. That's what I look for. All seen it the other way around I bet.

    As twas I put up that link I should say I don’t know how the income is or net worth is calculated...
    Could be a load of bollox, I dunno Gillespy...


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    #318
    bogman_bass
    Registered Users Posts: 5,057 ✭✭✭bogman_bass


    Dinzee Conlee wrote: »
    https://statsmash.com/calculator/farmer-phil-net-worth

    Check a few others there. The hoof GP seems to be the one that’s really taking it in


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    #319
    roosterman71
    Registered Users Posts: 5,360 ✭✭✭roosterman71


    Can't begrudge people who document their lives for our entertainment. If ya don't like it, don't watch. Pempertons, especially the father, seems a very shrewd operator. Tom has lots to learn. Place is a wreck and they seem to doing things the hard way all the time. More power to them with the new sheds and things.

    Farmer Phil is top notch. Another place that looks dilapidated but again, all the animals are fit and healthy. They work serious hours there with so many irons in the fire.


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    #320
    Suckler
    Registered Users Posts: 2,169 ✭✭✭Suckler


    roosterman71 wrote: »
    Farmer Phil is top notch. Another place that looks dilapidated but again, all the animals are fit and healthy. They work serious hours there with so many irons in the fire.

    They put in serious hours and are good operators in some ways but other ways leave me bemused - they were pulling out the fusion baler recently, nettles and briars at the front of the shed and they just drage the fusion out through it. And the pick up reel still had clumps of last years grass sitting in it.

    I watch his more than most I'd say purely because they have so many irons in the fire.


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    #321
    jd_12345
    Registered Users Posts: 156 ✭✭jd_12345


    roosterman71 wrote: »
    Can't begrudge people who document their lives for our entertainment. If ya don't like it, don't watch. Pempertons, especially the father, seems a very shrewd operator. Tom has lots to learn. Place is a wreck and they seem to doing things the hard way all the time. More power to them with the new sheds and things.

    Farmer Phil is top notch. Another place that looks dilapidated but again, all the animals are fit and healthy. They work serious hours there with so many irons in the fire.

    My opinion only but fit and healthy at all times isn’t100% true. Not being harsh but every corner seems to be cut with calves. It’s a low input system with very little purchased footage but weight gain is poor there. I’d say of 300 calves bought every year they’d be lucky to be selling 250


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    #322
    ruwithme
    Registered Users Posts: 1,183 ✭✭✭ruwithme


    What's the subscribe button about? Do some pay to see more than me or is it a donation for their efforts in producing footage?


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    #323
    Nekarsulm
    Registered Users Posts: 11,191 ✭✭✭✭Nekarsulm


    ruwithme wrote: »
    What's the subscribe button about? Do some pay to see more than me or is it a donation for their efforts in producing footage?

    No, it means that you get notified when they upload a new video.


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    #324
    Fred Daly
    Registered Users Posts: 628 ✭✭✭Fred Daly


    Gillespy wrote: »
    I've seen it said to take those youtube income sites with a big pinch of salt.

    Pemberton's yard is a bit dilapidated but his animals are always clean and healthy in good condition. That's what I look for. All seen it the other way around I bet.

    They also run excellent farm shop.


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    #325
    vincenzolorenzo
    Registered Users Posts: 1,228 ✭✭✭vincenzolorenzo


    Farmer Phil did a video back in the winter where he showed exactly what he was taking in off YT. If I remember right is was around €600 a month on average. It would probably be a bit higher as I'd say he has 10k more subscribers now.

    I couldn't imagine any other youtuber being as open as he was.


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    #326
    jaginsligo
    Registered Users Posts: 142 ✭✭jaginsligo


    vincenzolorenzo wrote: »
    Farmer Phil did a video back in the winter where he showed exactly what he was taking in off YT. If I remember right is was around €600 a month on average. It would probably be a bit higher as I'd say he has 10k more subscribers now.

    I couldn't imagine any other youtuber being as open as he was.

    I think he's very upfront & I think he's content is interesting, himself & his father are good in front of the camera


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    #327
    funkey_monkey
    Registered Users Posts: 8,056 ✭✭✭funkey_monkey


    For all the work required to create x3 videos weekly I'd hope he'd be getting a bit more out of it now.
    All the times he has to do the drone, setup cameras, etc and the edit it all. A lot of work.


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    #328
    timple23
    Registered Users Posts: 1,001 ✭✭✭timple23


    funkey_monkey wrote: »
    For all the work required to create x3 videos weekly I'd hope he'd be getting a bit more out of it now.
    All the times he has to do the drone, setup cameras, etc and the edit it all. A lot of work.

    I reckon if you were to count the hours involved, they would probably make more money stacking shelves in the supermarket. But I suppose its only a hobby for them rather than their primary income.


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    #329
    youllbemine
    Registered Users Posts: 172 ✭✭youllbemine


    timple23 wrote: »
    I reckon if you were to count the hours involved, they would probably make more money stacking shelves in the supermarket. But I suppose its only a hobby for them rather than their primary income.

    And it can be done alongside their daily job. If you had to head off for a couple of hours to do something else it wouldn't be as achievable.

    He clearly enjoys doing the shooting/editing/uploading side of things. Not many hobbies you can earn €600-€1,000 a month from! Would pay for a few nice holidays away or a good deposit on his wedding that is coming down the line.

    In an alternative, any interest in the creation of a thread dedicated to land/holdings for sale? Could generate a bit of debate.


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    #330
    roosterman71
    Registered Users Posts: 5,360 ✭✭✭roosterman71


    funkey_monkey wrote: »
    For all the work required to create x3 videos weekly I'd hope he'd be getting a bit more out of it now.
    All the times he has to do the drone, setup cameras, etc and the edit it all. A lot of work.

    They get more out of it than money. They are nearly all building a brand with merchandise. Getting a good bit of free stuff for the farms plus the demo equipment too.


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    #331
    Donald Trump
    Registered Users Posts: 19,049 ✭✭✭✭Donald Trump


    funkey_monkey wrote: »
    For all the work required to create x3 videos weekly I'd hope he'd be getting a bit more out of it now.
    All the times he has to do the drone, setup cameras, etc and the edit it all. A lot of work.


    I'd say there'd still be a few quid dripping in every week from a video for a few years after it is put up, even after the "followers" watch it


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