Farmers earn more from YouTube than their crops

icanshootwell · Sep 9, 2021

Plain steer said:
I ve just watched only s blog and I don’t know if anyone else noticed but his combine computer said it had cut 2160 acres and had harvested 4700 tons I know he had a few beans and oilseed rape but the lions share would be wheat and a lot of that he seemed to be cutting at over20% so no wonder the combines for sale because his yield seem very mediocre to justify all that kit just saying

I would love to know who pays for all the kit, i have sleepless nights when i,m thinking about changing a tractor or TH, but that firm has new kit flying in every 5 minutes, tractors, combine, sprayer, drill and the list goes on, what does the general Jo think when they see all this new metal, on the one hand Jeremy clarkson is saying he,s made no money and runs modest kit and Olly blogs, well he has more kit than most dealers do in there yard, can someone please explain to me in simple terms what the f#uk i,m doing wrong because even with wheat at £180/t my 10 year old tele handler is staying on the farm for the forcible future.

D14 · Sep 9, 2021

icanshootwell said:
I would love to know who pays for all the kit, i have sleepless nights when i,m thinking about changing a tractor or TH, but that firm has new kit flying in every 5 minutes, tractors, combine, sprayer, drill and the list goes on, what does the general Jo think when they see all this new metal, on the one hand Jeremy clarkson is saying he,s made no money and runs modest kit and Olly blogs, well he has more kit than most dealers do in there yard, can someone please explain to me in simple terms what the f#uk i,m doing wrong because even with wheat at £180/t my 10 year old tele handler is staying on the farm for the forcible future.

I suspect he runs all his business's as one. They've got the offices and units, mobile homes rented out, houses rented out, recycling going on, commercial grain storage and maybe some other stuff. If you chuck all that into one set of accounts then justifying the kit would be easier. He's also trying to reduce the time the farm work takes by having bigger wider equipment he will keep longer and then finally he has always said that he farms to have the equipment, because he loves farm equipment. Thats why he does it. Don't forget the new bateman is being paid for by his you tube channel earnings which I think is about £2500/month and another thing he has always said is that anything in the yard is up for change at any time, as long as the payments stay the same or very similar. So if the whole business can afford a set amount every month on equipment to do the variety of jobs they cover and new equipment does not alter that amount then why not is the answer!

Clive · Sep 9, 2021

icanshootwell said:
I would love to know who pays for all the kit, i have sleepless nights when i,m thinking about changing a tractor or TH, but that firm has new kit flying in every 5 minutes, tractors, combine, sprayer, drill and the list goes on, what does the general Jo think when they see all this new metal, on the one hand Jeremy clarkson is saying he,s made no money and runs modest kit and Olly blogs, well he has more kit than most dealers do in there yard, can someone please explain to me in simple terms what the f#uk i,m doing wrong because even with wheat at £180/t my 10 year old tele handler is staying on the farm for the forcible future.

the answer is simple down to an individual’s attitude to money / finance and leverage

A lot of people fail to see the above as tools / inputs essential to grow successful business

there seems to be a direct correlation between how many generations the farm has been running for i have noticed

A good friend has just floated his company for a 1 billion valuation ! - stated from his parents garden shed 16 yrs ago ………. he didn’t do that without leveraging everything he could …….. hasn’t worked out so badly though!!

icanshootwell · Sep 9, 2021

Clive said:
the answer is simple down to an individual’s attitude to money / finance and leverage

A lot of people fail to see the above as tools / inputs essential to grow successful business

there seems to be a direct correlation between how many generations the farm has been running for i have noticed

A good friend has just floated his company for a 1 billion valuation ! - stated from his parents garden shed 16 yrs ago ………. he didn’t do that without leveraging everything he could …….. hasn’t worked out so badly though!!

I,m all for having a bit on finance etc but that kit he has would cost £2k a month per item, fair play to him but farming is not predictable.

Clive · Sep 9, 2021

icanshootwell said:
I,m all for having a bit on finance etc but that kit he has would cost £2k a month per item, fair play to him but farming is not predictable.

he’s growing a business, like my friend who just floated for 1 billion that will happen painfully slowly if he saves up for everything (or probably never)

it’s just an attitude thing but super successful people tend not to be risk adverse

icanshootwell · Sep 9, 2021

Clive said:
he’s growing a business, like my friend who just floated for 1 billion that will happen painfully slowly if he saves up for everything (or probably never)

it’s just an attitude thing but super successful people tend not to be risk adverse

I have no problems with him growing the business but most of us would have older kit with the odd new item every now and then. It just seems a different world to the one I'm in.

Clive · Sep 9, 2021

icanshootwell said:
I have no problems with him growing the business but most of us would have older kit with the odd new item every now and then. It just seems a different world to the one I'm in.

new / expensive (capital cost) kit doesn’t always mean more cost

the cheapest car i ever owned was the most expensive I’ve bought new and some of the cheapest to own farm kit i have had has also been new / premium brands

I've also owned some secondhand / none premium brands that has cost me dearly !

it's never black and white really

important to separate capital cost from cost of use

Tomr10 · Sep 9, 2021

icanshootwell said:
I would love to know who pays for all the kit, i have sleepless nights when i,m thinking about changing a tractor or TH, but that firm has new kit flying in every 5 minutes, tractors, combine, sprayer, drill and the list goes on, what does the general Jo think when they see all this new metal, on the one hand Jeremy clarkson is saying he,s made no money and runs modest kit and Olly blogs, well he has more kit than most dealers do in there yard, can someone please explain to me in simple terms what the f#uk i,m doing wrong because even with wheat at £180/t my 10 year old tele handler is staying on the farm for the forcible future.

So I watched it and hes talking a bit of sense. Hes done his bit can sell it on for around what he paid and its cost him little. He suggested hed buy another new one for next year

icanshootwell · Sep 9, 2021

Tomr10 said:
So I watched it and hes talking a bit of sense. Hes done his bit can sell it on for around what he paid and its cost him little. He suggested hed buy another new one for next year

Thats fine doing that but on hp there would be a set up fee and end fee to factor in.

kiwi pom · Sep 9, 2021

I've only seen a few of his videos but it seems like he has a lot of other things going on. Perhaps they pay for him to have a go at farming?
Is he renting all his ground or does he own it all?

Gerbert · Sep 9, 2021

Well there is no way to know is there? Even if he told you wether all his ground is owned or rented, you still don't know as you can not be certain.
Some here say something along the lines of "what kind of an example is he setting" which I think is a completely incomprehensible as it pretty much the same thing as worrying about what kind of example your assshole neighbour is setting on how to be a good neighbour.

oil barron · Sep 9, 2021

Tomr10 said:
So I watched it and hes talking a bit of sense. Hes done his bit can sell it on for around what he paid and its cost him little. He suggested hed buy another new one for next year

If he can pull it off it’s very smart. Combining for free. I spoke to a guy who does the same every year in america. Cuts wheat up through California and Colorado then sells the combine into the mid west for the bean/corn harvest. He usually manages to sell the combine for new price to someone who is desperate for a machine for whatever reason.

Rowland · Sep 10, 2021

D14 said:
Ollys farm will be earning more than £2500/month. He's got about 100k subscribers where as Ollys Bloggs has about 25,000 subscribers but don't confuse the two. Ollys farm is a uneducated pratt where as Olly Bloggs does a fantastic job behind the camera.

I didn’t confuse the two, there a tad different and would be very hard to mix them up .
I did correct myself and post that young Olly get a fair bit more views than the other Olly who makes @ £2500 a month from his videos but he does one a day I believe.
Ive not watched much of Ollys farm ( young lad ) he’s not that stupid to get the followers etc on YouTube which from he’ll be making a few quid from thank you very much.

Rowland · Sep 10, 2021

icanshootwell said:
I would love to know who pays for all the kit, i have sleepless nights when i,m thinking about changing a tractor or TH, but that firm has new kit flying in every 5 minutes, tractors, combine, sprayer, drill and the list goes on, what does the general Jo think when they see all this new metal, on the one hand Jeremy clarkson is saying he,s made no money and runs modest kit and Olly blogs, well he has more kit than most dealers do in there yard, can someone please explain to me in simple terms what the f#uk i,m doing wrong because even with wheat at £180/t my 10 year old tele handler is staying on the farm for the forcible future.

He’ll possibly be getting a tidy sum fir the biomass grain dryer along with many other things he seams to do .

Cheesehead · Sep 10, 2021

Rowland said:
He’ll possibly be getting a tidy sum fir the biomass grain dryer along with many other things he seams to do .

Also lower yields don't necessarily mean lower profits what dictates that is the cost of growing vs money made from crops. You may get £10000 less due to lower yields but if you're spending £20000 less to grow it and harvest it you're still making £10000. If you go the other way all you are doing is lining the pockets of others.

Lewis · Sep 10, 2021

Olly blogs also says on numerous occasions that some of the machines aren't his, but his self employed workers. For example the johndeers , the mini JCB, pretty sure the diggers and the lowloader.

From what he posts and shares he seems pretty open and honest with what's going on ect.. quite refreshing actually hearing what the potential earnings are from doing what has become a hobby for him.

Good luck to him I say.

Chae1 · Sep 10, 2021

Lewis said:
Olly blogs also says on numerous occasions that some of the machines aren't his, but his self employed workers. For example the johndeers , the mini JCB, pretty sure the diggers and the lowloader.

From what he posts and shares he seems pretty open and honest with what's going on ect.. quite refreshing actually hearing what the potential earnings are from doing what has become a hobby for him.

Good luck to him I say.

Looks like the John Deeres are gone.

He seemed very calm about the guy tramlining every run with the new drill. I'd be jumping.

Oliveau · Sep 11, 2021

TripleSix said:
We enjoy watching Tom Pemberton and Welker Farms.

I used to watch George Saunders too.

@Loading shovel

I find George is very good. Enthusiastic about what he does and no bull. Very watchable.

icanshootwell · Sep 11, 2021

Chae1 said:
Looks like the John Deeres are gone.

He seemed very calm about the guy tramlining every run with the new drill. I'd be jumping.

It,s amazing how often this seems to happen, i have know lots of farmers who have gone out with there new drills and tramlined every bout!!
I have an ageing air drill which is ok but i still check the tramliner is working correctly every so often.

pedro · Sep 14, 2021

Another good one is Wardys Weekly Waffle.

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