- Location
- southern riverina Australia
Lease payments should be tax deductible buisness expenses too.
Farmers earn more from YouTube than their crops
- Thread starter Bogweevil
- Start date
Wreckit Ralf
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A couple of other channels I quite like, that don't seem to get a mention on here, is 'H-S Agri' and 'KV6080'. Main thing I like is that they both do their own repairs and fabrication, quite enjoy watching videos of other peoples projects - like H-S Agri's recent slurry tanker, pipe holder video.
'Nicks Farm' is another i've started watching that i also enjoy.
'Nicks Farm' is another i've started watching that i also enjoy.
Landless Gentry
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- Location
- Northern Ireland
I can also recommend Farmer's POV as worth a watch and a bit different. Small, tidy farm in Slovenia. Just farming with no talking.
Steevo
Member
- Location
- Gloucestershire
- Location
- Kent
A couple I have been enjoying recently have been Farming Fixing & Fabricating, Farming With Duffy Ag and DGHD
ollie989898
Member
Point me at them and I will review them for you, honestly. I'm no expert on youtube mind or what the average youtuber wants.
Just whatever your opinion is
Chae1
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
When your in the work shop servicing and fixing a machine it would be interesting to watch the whole thing rather than cut to the end and said what you have done, the cursing and swearing make it more entertaining. Also I’ve watched some blogs and you have said your going to do something then the next clip you have already done and moved on to something else, please no more moving bales
ollie989898
Member
I do my best.
ollie989898
Member
I watched your video this morning. Just some points that spring to mind, I can only really compare yours to the few channels I regularly watch, again I don't know much about youtube or what the average subscriber wants to view or what 'sells'.
First up, the still 'title' picture or what ever it is called that you click on before the video itself plays- a lot of channels take a lot of time and effort to jazz these up and make them recognisable and associate with the channel- look at AvE or Project farm, for example. This will no doubt take time and computer tomfoolery to though. May not be possible for you or something that interests you.
Secondly, video length- I'm not sure how youtube works in terms of content length vs rewards etc, but I felt the video length was fine as you did include a lot of different stuff in it. In fact you almost had too many topics to cover maybe?
The tractors and machinery are an obvious draw for the younger crowd who love that kind of thing, make the most of your gear I'd say, individual showcases of your TM or CVX would probably be worth a video of their own (how do you drive and operate this X or Y- a lot of this will be a mystery to many, even people who have been involved in Ag might not know anything about that vintage of CVX). You may well have already done these or similar, apologies if you have as I can only go on this one video.
Ditto, you are obviously a skilled man when it comes to fabricating and workshop stuff- I felt that this too would have warranted an individual segment and some more detail on your kit- you did mention your band saw and welder in passing but the more avid workshop guys might have wanted more detail. With the way it was filmed I felt the view point of the camera did struggle to really relay the detail of what you were discussing although I didn't have the video in full screen in fairness. The constant movement of the camera is an inevitable side effect of that kind of footage, but in the workshop maybe a static overhead or tripod view might make more sense, particularly if you are doing time-lapse etc. Look at how AvE does his workshop stuff, smaller scale but a lot of detail. I have utterly no clue about cameras or how much time or money these things involve though.
Your sound quality was good. Could hear engines and what was being said. No unnecessary background noise or wind blowing etc. Obviously you have an accent like anyone but I had no problems with that. Anything complicated you can always subtitle on screen during editing (I presume) but I have no clue how you go about doing that but it would make things more accessible, especially if you are talking about details like measurements for your fabricating, money or the like or if you make a mistake when saying something.
I think you have a great potential to generate a lot of good and solidly interesting content, it is refreshing to have a video format which isn't just some guy stood or sat in front of and talking to the camera: it isn't necessary and I get bored of just hearing folk talk about themselves. Your video is a lot more straight to the point- the impression is of a guy that just gets on and does stuff without much preliminary talking. Grabs your attention from the first second and goes with it. The only improvements I can suggest are more in production and delivery but these come with more time and expense I suspect. Just focus a little bit more on the details and explain things a little more so it's more accessible to a non-farming audience. Look at George Saunder's channel, he is very good at making what he does accessible to virtually anyone which I think is probably part of his success.
I hope this helps, best of luck. I guess your technique and content will just get better and better in time, I can imagine youtubing could get pretty addictive and I know it can be very lucrative for some.
so am iI see there's a growing number of UK farmers doing it now as well.
It does seem a good idea if you don't mind putting yourself out there and all the hassle it brings with it.
Zach does a great job of promoting his industry.
I'm waiting for a few members on here to do one
Thank god stock are nearly out.
As sick as you are of watching me moving them im definitely sick of doing it.
But thank you there's no point asking viewers on YouTube to tell you what they want to see as they just tell you there happy with the content.
I want to try and grow the channel to a broader farming audience without becoming a children's channel or a moving advertiser.
Thank you I really appreciate you taking the time to type out such a comprehensive review.
Some brilliant points there to build on.
I had a peep of that video. That leveller looks the bees knees. Its a pity there isnt more detail given about the making of it. You could have got 3 or 4 videos out of making that. I would actually of tried making one of them myself if you had given more detail or lengths sizes, angles etc and time taken to video it while making it.
Gerry6420
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I’m still kicking about.... missed this part of the tread
- Location
- North West
Like mentioned above - the diffrence between Tom Pemberton and Olly is that Tom wants a pickup and instead sees that as more finances coming out his account that he could spend on improving his farm so buys a feed bin and concrete instead, and I've all the respect in the world for the guy, he comes across as a likeable, hardworking guy. Plus he wants to fund his new project at the farm on his own, refused to start a "gofundme" that some of his followers were telling him to . Plus his dad is a character
Meanwhile Olly is buying a brand new pickup and because his dad has ordered a new car that's not been deliverd they're buying a new Can Am for checking cows, because " it'll pay for itself "
Spoilt little kid, who also goes through his videos deleting any comment that can be seen as critical of his work.
His " followers " lap it tho, so more power to him, i guess.
Tom Pemberton's farm looks liked they've changed direction recently. I watched a few videos awhile back his dads house was immaculate with beautiful lawn and drive. Yet the farm was quite run down. Quite a lot rubbish, fallen down buildings, hardly any of the gates hung etc He seems to have had a big push tidying up lately and planning a new cubicle shed. Liked his position on truck v get the shed paid for el pronto.
Ollys farm is weird running a stubble cultivator through that potato land so the contractor could plough it. I mean i've seen rougher grass fields! Why they are having next door plough and drill instead of doing themselves is baffling.