Farmers earn more from YouTube than their crops

[DanielBennett]

Anyone watching Fenland Farming Adventures?

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=fenland+farming+adventures

A different dynamic with a brother and sister, who's learning the ropes, working together.

 

[kiwi pom]

What do you mean a £40k grant? I don’t have farmflix.
I think he is very good. A natural on camera

He said his rent that year was going up to 80k as they had just taken on another 300-acre unit. He then went on to say he gets 40K back in subsidies, so net 40K. At time of filming, he perhaps hadn't expanded sheep numbers onto that new unit.
He also mentions that a farmer who already owned that size of unit would have no rent and still claim the 40K subsidy.

At no point in that part of the discussion does he use the word "Grant"

I've never watched his YouTube; I thought it an excellent FarmFlix episode.

Just wanted to correct things. Listening/comprehension doesn't seem great on here sometimes.

 

[Cotlandfarmer]

I watched a bit of Cammy (the sheep game) on farmflix this morning, about 800+lambing ewes,he said he didn't actually know how many acres he has sheep on, but that his annual rent was 80k!!!,I didn't watch much more after that,as I couldn't see the point

If he’s spending £100 a ewe for some of the grass he rents he’s a bigger fool than he looks.

Surely he can’t be paying that much? Unless he is getting the sfp on it?
Think he’s up over 1000 ewes now. They took on another bit of ground and bought 300 ewes for it.

What do you mean a £40k grant? I don’t have farmflix.
I think he is very good. A natural on camera

80k a year in rent, but receives 40k a year SFP subsidy.

I haven't watched any of his videos on YouTube, he and his partner came across as friendly, hardworking and likable people in the Farmflix video.

 

[Dave6170]

Is farm flix worth money?

 

[kiwi pom]

I did like the sheep game but is unwatchable now as it’s all one big advert. Probably like Tom pemberton though and aimed at kids as they buy the hats and hoodies.

I haven't seen his YouTube, he says on FarmFlix Tom was a big influence.
He was a police officer and part time farmer apparently, when YouTube and merchandise sales took off, it replaced his police income and allowed him to quit and become a fulltime farmer.
YouTube/Merch is now his fulltime job.

You can tell he's on camera a lot, some great lines.
"If you always do what you've always done, you always get what you always got".

He also says he believes there's money in farming and when people say asset rich, cash poor, it still makes them rich.
Hard working family, good luck to them.

 

[Spud]

truckers are on 60k around here

tractor driver is far tougher / longer hours imo but for less £’s

You reckon? Do your farm men sleep in the cab on the roadside with no showers/toilets and work 60hrs a week year round?

 

[kiwi pom]

Is farm flix worth money?

I'd say yes 100%.
I'm not a farmer though, had it for 4 years or so and have watched all the episodes, really enjoyable and not that expensive.
Which reminds me, my subscription is about to renew

 

[kiwi pom]

You reckon? Do your farm men sleep in the cab on the roadside with no showers/toilets and work 60hrs a week year round?

Although you're only working 60 hours a week, if you're out all week you're technically do way more than that because your time is not your own.
You just get paid for card on duty time.
Jemma mentioned it on her video, she was sat 15 hours waiting for people to answer the phone and make a decision, all off duty, sat on the side of the road.
I'd like to see Clive do it for a year, working for some of these companies.

Not sure about the 60K either. Might go back to Blighty

 

[mtx.jag]

Is farm flix worth money?

100% yes in my opinion
You see all sides of farming,not just the good days on silage

 

[tepapa]

Honest explanation of what's achievable financially to a content creator. Not a farmer but fits the thread title otherwise.

 

[cubby]

Is farmflix better than there YouTube behind the scenes stuff can’t stand the niggling at each other “see whenever I done that” or “sirrrrr” big donkey has a better way with talking to people

 

[Bobby D]

Is farmflix better than there YouTube behind the scenes stuff can’t stand the niggling at each other “see whenever I done that” or “sirrrrr” big donkey has a better way with talking to people

Their videos aren’t like the YouTube stuff at all. The subscription videos are professionally done and it’s rare the interviewers are carrying on like that. Enjoyable, informative and interesting content. I’ve been subscribed for 4 years now so sub is only €60 but I think it’s over €100 for new subs.

 

[kiwi pom]

Is farmflix better than there YouTube behind the scenes stuff can’t stand the niggling at each other “see whenever I done that” or “sirrrrr” big donkey has a better way with talking to people

Yes lots.

Their videos aren’t like the YouTube stuff at all. The subscription videos are professionally done and it’s rare the interviewers are carrying on like that. Enjoyable, informative and interesting content. I’ve been subscribed for 4 years now so sub is only €60 but I think it’s over €100 for new subs.

I think mines 52 quid and has been the same for a number of years.

 

[idgni]

How's it one big advert .....I watch them all and never noticed

You do know you can skip an advert after it plays for 6 seconds by clicking a button?, you don’t need to watch it all!!

 

[Shutesy]

You do know you can skip an advert after it plays for 6 seconds by clicking a button?, you don’t need to watch it all!!

Think Leoch meant the actual video is one big advert from the Youtuber now, not the skippable YouTube ads that are becoming more and more frequent.

 

[idgni]

Think Leoch meant the actual video is one big advert from the Youtuber now, not the skippable YouTube ads that are becoming more and more frequent.

That the world we live in now, full of adverts,
I never buy newspapers nowadays , just online news etc
sites,
Walked past the newspaper stand in local shop a few days before Christmas and the front cover of The Sun was a complete full page advert for Aldi!!
Times have changed,

 

[Chuckie]

Honest explanation of what's achievable financially to a content creator. Not a farmer but fits the thread title otherwise.

In 2 years his total views have trebled, and now there are also at least double the adverts in a video, but his income is only up by about 10%

Looks like youtube are taking the p1ss. But that's always what happens when companies get too big and powerful

 

[Ben B]

Is farmflix better than there YouTube behind the scenes stuff can’t stand the niggling at each other “see whenever I done that” or “sirrrrr” big donkey has a better way with talking to people

Miles better. By design there meant to be poor quality. They are nice though. Fun to see some the banter from filming after you have watched the episode on the main site.

 

[thorpe]

dovy's put a new one up

 

[aangus]

dovy's put a new one up

Saving that for later