Farming Youtubers

jd_12345 wrote: »

Farmer Phil has a serious dedication to the whole thing but it looks like he almost has to. By the sounds of things he's getting very little out of the farm and the contracting is about the only thing bringing in any sort of cash. Calf mortality seems to be a big issue as they're so busy with slurry and mixing so many calves. They look like people that are racing around at 1000mph to get everything done and progress seems slow - i.e. it seems impossible for them to make any investment. I know beef is bad atm but maybe management isn't the greatest. They put up something recently about the bulls being only about (450kg/500kg). He also mentioned that even though they could more than justify having his girlfriend work on the farm they wouldn't be able to eat (i.e. she's the only person bringing in regular cash) From what I can make out Phil's main income is YouTube and that's why it has to work. Anybody looking to come home farming after school should take a good look at Phil's 13/14 hour days and realize that they should try something else fr a couple of years anyway! Last year during the winter himself anf the girlfriend booked their annual holiday in Centre Parks over Xmas and Phil had to go home for 5/6 hours each day to feed cattle etc. That to me sounds like hardship! Fantastic hard workers that maybe didn't think out how to justify having him at home!