Should you start a farm in 2023?
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- Should 2023 be the year you start a farm??
Pardon my slower pace, I've been fighting off some sickness..
Most of you may not know but we started our farm in the middle of the 2008 financial crisis.
"Be fearful when others are greedy, be greedy when others are fearful."
We are in the process of starting a meat goat operation in central Va.
Great to see you I hope your are planning to do more videos this year even it’s just daily routine of feeding and water animals just to see weekly progress would be so helpful to us 😊
Great video and awesome advice. I am in the process of starting a new pig farm and it is very reasuring to check the boxes of everything you listed. Greetings from South Africa.
I worked with a number of retention officers during my career. Some were thoughtful and helpful of the members needs. Some didn't give a fnck one way the other. And then there was the guy that was sicked on me the first time I got out. One of the things he said to me during that three month ordeal was, "What the hell do you have to look forward to? What are you going to do with your life once you're out?" So I told him, "I'm going to lie in the gutter and suck d!ck until I get my self respect back."
Lol
You got to aim for something and start from somewhere it’s better then no direction right lol but their is no real comeback to that he knew your was done with that one line he probably reported back yeah he is out for sure 100 percent
Great perspective.
I’ve got 14 acres half wood half pasture. I want to have it all but I know my acreage limits me.
At about 3:30 mark I want to say god bless you and family success is measurable and letting people know that it is possible on a farm and hitting people and buying land is a big part of success because part of farm isn’t doing everything by your self it’s about working with people and working a with the land it’s hard to have one without the other they go hand and hand
Some high brass or snco told us to quit being a bunch of pussies and re-up, in the separation class in late 2000. So me and another sergeant went back to barracks and took a 3 hour nap after the morning session. Our buddies signed our names in for us. Oh and I grew up on a pig farm in Iowa. We did things Bass ackward and was way tougher than it should have been. Dad sold everything weeks before I joined the Corps. Anyway, I was a proud short timer and your videos make me long for another shot at farming. This time my call.
Go easy on the cat. My barn cat just passed away and I miss him, sometimes we take them for granted
This guy gets a lotta love..
Really great advice brother. I’m already a small business owner just trying to branch out. Thanks!
Great speech ...puts things in perspective for me
After getting done with some driving gig I want to start up a farm. Already got the land. Just gotta go build it up n all. Great video n thanks for the tips n God Bless!!!
i would say yes if you can handle it but it is hard work
How do u market a small hog farm? We can do all up to how to sell and who too?
If you're married, you're the ultimate salesman. Think about that.
Mouth open, store open.give out samples of your products. And talk your business. Invest your time in people that support you. Flush unproductive relationships or get a hobby.
I've got 4 large floor freezers full of pasture raised pork.....greatest meat I've ever eaten...how to get rid of is killing us...
@@bennlowhomestead8087 I went to 50,000 labels last year so I'm not making this up. You should be able to sell whole Hogs to clients left and right. Of course I don't know where you live and if you have anybody around you. My question is if you spend 70 to 80 hours a week at some other business or profession I'm willing to bet you don't spend much time marketing your product. I hear a response from some people that say nobody has any money or wants to pay. Please go to your nearest Whole Foods store or Gourmet Grocery Store. You will find that it's packed. You will see that the toothpaste is 8 to $12. Those are the people that you need to talk to. Stop talking to the people that shop at the dollar store. Create a trifold that tells the story of your business. Do not have a business card. Every Man Has a 5 gallon bucket of business cards and they're worthless. Diversify with other lines of meat. It will open the doors. If you're just starting out you have to do farmers markets. If you don't have the time to do that and can't hire it done you are likely not going to build a successful business
@@bennlowhomestead8087 if you are in an area with a local food scene you could try calling up some farm stores. A lot of what we sell goes to farm stores. It’s great to know the kinds of farmers that run those stores too. They’re good folk.
Start with family and friends. If you can sell to them you can sell to anyone.
I was a
Maintenance Controller! What’s was your MOS? 6152
I was a 6257.
I was a Airframer also, just on something not so fast! CH 46
@@FarmBuilder what squadron? Airframer also, Vmfa-115.
Ha, right across the road. 312
Thanks for you advice
When is the next class??
I was also in the marine core in 2008. Camp Pendleton.
YUT
What's the cat's name?
Thomas Akittymus Maximus.
Really??
Tom for short...
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I would do piglets farm.... But I cannot send them to butchers! 😭😭😭😭😭
i can.. im the butcher
If you can send your kids to public school. You can send a pig to the butcher. The pigs don't suffer compared to your kids
@@peterjones3226 that s why I don't have kid yet!, I cannot send them to public schools at all.
@@SibHoustonTX you know if you can't find something like a Mennonite community and use their schooling it seems that might be something to check into. Otherwise some families need to get together and just hire a teacher. I don't know what the problem is with that. I did five thousand mortgages sat at their kitchen table with their pay stubs tax returns 401k everything and their credit report There Were Ten of those people worth talking about. You don't need your kid be 200,000 in debt for school so they can go get a freaking job and spend over half their money on a mortgage. The other half on daycare. And they're so stressed out of their mind and unhealthy they come back to you when want a home equity line so they can go to the Fertility clinic