Some sound advice... I'm just starting in the planning phase in my 40's which I would done it 25 years ago... Your right about the debt thing 100%. I listened to Dave Ramsey for alot of years read his books, got them cheap at a resale Lol, but you have to borrow from time to time and have to maintain an exsistance credit wise or else... lost a house along the way along with moving out my career path after my employer when bankrupt about 6 years ago... working nights to survive now but found I had no goal... my future farm is my goal and words of wisdom I can get are welcomed. Just dont have 400k in my pocket right now to buy a piece of land that I live with the family on while building my business... Maybe someday you talk about building a business plan and how to work with the banks... the process... FSA wouldnt touch me right now because I come from a Law Enforcement background and not a Farm Family... dont have 3 years of managing a farm to apply for squat at the moment so Im left to build it from ground up somehow on my own... It a gial and a challenge and about all I hqve to keep me going at the moment so I dont just sit in a dead end job waiting to die. Please make more videos on the subject it gives somes of us valuable insight. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND EFFORT TO MAKING THIS VIDEO. IT IS GREAT.
Im 15 now and i live in pa and i plan on being a diesel mechanic. but on the side my true dream is to be a farmer . All summer i work on farms making hay and stuff like that. Ive wanted to be a farmer ever since i was little. Id love to come work on your farm too.
I would say go for the mechanic job, you will always have work. I would work 10 hour days 6 days a week. If you can do that and save money, the farming side of things will be much easier. Good luck!
I grew up in farm country but not on a farm. I've been taking in as much as possible from the farmers I worked for as a teen. I've always wanted to farm and hopefully I'll get to it soon.
I CAN HIGHLY ATTEST to that debt free part, my dad doesn't believe in staying debt free he believes in staying in debt! Brand new 50k$ truck, next year trade it for another, go buy all new expensive equipment to take up hobbies he claims are "farm related" that really aren't. He is ALLERGIC to money and its caused a lot of trouble for us multiple times, credit cards, loan companies, truck payments, brand new tractor payments to kubota. Its crazy. DO NOT BUY NEW ANYTHING! IF YOU GET A CREDIT CARD IN THE MAIL BURN IT! Otherwise you'll fail. Regardless.
Thanks for watching, maybe an additional Christmas gift for him, Total Money Makeover, by Dave Ramsey. It has helped lots of people get control of their debt. The Total Money Makeover: Classic Edition: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness www.amazon.com/dp/1595555277/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_XpygCbQR5ADA6
So far your story of when you were young like me is like me right now, I loved to be on the farm my grandfather and father want me to succeed in farming I have a job real close to me, I love my job there but we only work in the summer. I get $12 an hour and $0.50 per hour at the end of the summer at a vineyard/gravel pit. I loved to work so I can have a big sum of money to farm when I'm older. I work 3 to 5 days a week 8am to 4 or 5pm very hard and dirty work(probably had 3 pounds of dirt on me at the end of the day). But I only spend money to make money I'm not trying to brag but over the summer I made $3500 and I just save ALL my money so right now I have $7365.65 in my bank at age 14 turning 15. when my friends were at the beach get money from there parents for stuff I was out working which I loved to do, also I don't have fancy clothes i have a cheap $150 phone just to use to call my dad or someone to pick me up from work. I'm not a spoiled kid I pay for all my own stuff.
Great story man I too work full time as a technician and bale hay as a hobby. I'm slowly building up my equipment and feel like life is good and I'm loving getting back to my roots as I grew up on a small dairy farm in central NY
Great advice. Your story reminded me of an old saying in the trucking industry. Some people are truck drivers.....Others are just steering wheel holders. Happy 4th of July !!!
larsonvalleyfarm you want to know the saddest part, they are always saying about all these programs for beginning farmers, I looked into all of them and they were completely useless. If I wanted to start a disadvantaged organic green bean alpaca farm, then they can help. If your a conventional row crop farmer then your on your own.
Awesome two part series here. I am also I first generation pa farmer. My story sounds almost exactly like yours! I dont work for an ag equipment dealer but I work on heavy equipment ,welding and steel erection. Even down to the pickup truck haha
Just found your channel. My family was from Troy, PA, Corning and Elmira, New York area. They moved to Florida where my brother and I were born, I am 51 now. We just cashed out my wife's old profit share because they converted to 401K and did not want to do profit share any more. We got out $17,000 and I had just come across 5 acres a Lawyer in Idaho wanted to get rid of badly. We got it for $12,500 cash. We own a 2002 F250 Crew Cab 4X4 and a 2001 F250 Crew Cab with a V-10, a 1987 Jeep Wrangler. We are now paying off our credit cards and picking up things we need to make it into a small farm.... hopefully in about 5 years. I think we will just keep the trucks we own, instead of financing a new one. We also talked about picking up a couple used tractors for cash, instead of financing a new one. Your advice to pay cash for as much as you can, is good advice. I enjoyed part 1 and 2 of this talk. We talk about coming up to see around where the old family came from. My sons and I have never been up there. We are Dutch (Voorhees is our last name). Voorhees means "From Hees Village". Hees Village is in Drenth in the Netherlands. Those family members came over in the 1600's, before it was America. I will show the family your channel, so you may be getting a few of them subscribing too.
Thanks for the support! It’s great meeting people on here. Most of my knowledge on money issues came from Dave Ramsey and his books. It has helped me more than I can say. He definitely goes back to the old ways of managing money.
@@PAFarms im a beginner farmer; didn't grow up near a farm, like you, and no one i know was interested in like i was. your videos, and those like it, really help the new generation of agrarians, especially since younger folks get most helpful info from places like youtube.
It’s good to hear that there are others with similar situations to farming as myself. You have said multiple things in your videos that I have said. I enjoy your content. Thanks.
@@PAFarms city life teaches you to cherish what the farm has to offer. growing up on the farm you tend not to have the perspective of what life is really like in the grind. id rather be a poor farmer than a rich dickhead in town. unfortunately im just a poor dickhead in town.
Good videos with good advice. Do you still have an off the farm job? I just found your channel today nice tractors and shed. What part of pa are you in? I farm part of my aunts farm about 20 acres of hay ground I would like to farm more but she will not take her ground out of the c r p program.
Im still quite young, like teenager young and I for some reason just want to farm. I don't live on a farm, and there hasn't been farming in my family for like- ever? The rest of my family are kinda city folk but I like to be outside and just work. And I know farming is really tough, but I'm not in it for money. My only problem is, how to start. If I have no family to help out or have no experience, how do I do it? Should I start with like contracts?? I don't really know what I'm talking about but I just want some info on a good way to start with field work type of farming and possibly animal hisbandry
Start by finding a farm near by that will let you help out or work there. Dairy farms are generally a good place to start. But there are alot of farmers that need help from time to time
Thanks for sharing your story. The only thing I wanted to say is that you talk only about and to males in farming (asking your dad for help, and giving advice to young men looking to farm). Wanting to and being able to farm has nothing to do with the genitalia we are born with.
Credit Cards aren't always evil you just need to know how to use them. Yes they are bad if you only have $500 and buy a $1000 TV. Treat a credit card as a debit card put your gas on it and pay it off in full every month. The 3 main things that build credit score are how long have you had credit cards, how much they card willing to lend you, and how much you use that way you can have an 800+ score when you really need a loan.
I use credit cards all the time like my best buy cards the difference between me and most people is I only buy that stuff on 0% I have bought over 10k on my best buy card over the last 10ish years and ita been great not paying intrest
not everyone has 20 years to get their feet wet. dont be afraid to jump the fuck in with both feet. sink or swim. if you got what it takes youll make it work.
After a few years of farming you'll be going back to finish your education. Your education to this point should tell you that when it comes to farming you are at the very bottom of the value added process. Likewise farming is hard on marriages. My dairy farmer parents split up after 40 years of marriage.
I want to be a farmer one day. My office job eating up my soul. Love your story, very motivating.
Haha yea I have worked off the farm and completely understand
i feel ya. i work with my hands but working for people just sucks. id rather the land be my boss.
Some sound advice... I'm just starting in the planning phase in my 40's which I would done it 25 years ago... Your right about the debt thing 100%. I listened to Dave Ramsey for alot of years read his books, got them cheap at a resale Lol, but you have to borrow from time to time and have to maintain an exsistance credit wise or else... lost a house along the way along with moving out my career path after my employer when bankrupt about 6 years ago... working nights to survive now but found I had no goal... my future farm is my goal and words of wisdom I can get are welcomed. Just dont have 400k in my pocket right now to buy a piece of land that I live with the family on while building my business... Maybe someday you talk about building a business plan and how to work with the banks... the process... FSA wouldnt touch me right now because I come from a Law Enforcement background and not a Farm Family... dont have 3 years of managing a farm to apply for squat at the moment so Im left to build it from ground up somehow on my own... It a gial and a challenge and about all I hqve to keep me going at the moment so I dont just sit in a dead end job waiting to die.
Please make more videos on the subject it gives somes of us valuable insight. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND EFFORT TO MAKING THIS VIDEO. IT IS GREAT.
Im 15 now and i live in pa and i plan on being a diesel mechanic. but on the side my true dream is to be a farmer . All summer i work on farms making hay and stuff like that. Ive wanted to be a farmer ever since i was little. Id love to come work on your farm too.
I would say go for the mechanic job, you will always have work. I would work 10 hour days 6 days a week. If you can do that and save money, the farming side of things will be much easier. Good luck!
PA Farms thanks a lot. I hope to make it happen some day. I already found some land so that should be good
I grew up in farm country but not on a farm. I've been taking in as much as possible from the farmers I worked for as a teen. I've always wanted to farm and hopefully I'll get to it soon.
@Lil HillBilly same here.
@@fwoggieboi3009 same
Thank you for the video really helped understand what starting out is like hopefully I’ll be farming with in the next 5 years
Thank you for sharing, and keep up the good work.
I CAN HIGHLY ATTEST to that debt free part, my dad doesn't believe in staying debt free he believes in staying in debt! Brand new 50k$ truck, next year trade it for another, go buy all new expensive equipment to take up hobbies he claims are "farm related" that really aren't. He is ALLERGIC to money and its caused a lot of trouble for us multiple times, credit cards, loan companies, truck payments, brand new tractor payments to kubota. Its crazy. DO NOT BUY NEW ANYTHING! IF YOU GET A CREDIT CARD IN THE MAIL BURN IT! Otherwise you'll fail. Regardless.
Thanks for watching, maybe an additional Christmas gift for him, Total Money Makeover, by Dave Ramsey. It has helped lots of people get control of their debt. The Total Money Makeover: Classic Edition: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness www.amazon.com/dp/1595555277/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_XpygCbQR5ADA6
So far your story of when you were young like me is like me right now, I loved to be on the farm my grandfather and father want me to succeed in farming I have a job real close to me, I love my job there but we only work in the summer. I get $12 an hour and $0.50 per hour at the end of the summer at a vineyard/gravel pit. I loved to work so I can have a big sum of money to farm when I'm older. I work 3 to 5 days a week 8am to 4 or 5pm very hard and dirty work(probably had 3 pounds of dirt on me at the end of the day). But I only spend money to make money I'm not trying to brag but over the summer I made $3500 and I just save ALL my money so right now I have $7365.65 in my bank at age 14 turning 15. when my friends were at the beach get money from there parents for stuff I was out working which I loved to do, also I don't have fancy clothes i have a cheap $150 phone just to use to call my dad or someone to pick me up from work. I'm not a spoiled kid I pay for all my own stuff.
Sounds awsome man, I also want to get into the farm industry, and I have a plan that I hope will work.
You are very wise beyond your years. Way to go.
I bet you’ll do just fine! Enjoying your videos! New subscriber.
Thanks, welcome to the channel!
Great story man I too work full time as a technician and bale hay as a hobby. I'm slowly building up my equipment and feel like life is good and I'm loving getting back to my roots as I grew up on a small dairy farm in central NY
Mike Ryan thanks for watching! They say farming is in your blood and if it is, then it's hard to not be involved in it.
Great advice. Your story reminded me of an old saying in the trucking industry. Some people are truck drivers.....Others are just steering wheel holders. Happy 4th of July !!!
Thanks for sharing your story, its sounds fairly similar to my story as well!
larsonvalleyfarm you want to know the saddest part, they are always saying about all these programs for beginning farmers, I looked into all of them and they were completely useless. If I wanted to start a disadvantaged organic green bean alpaca farm, then they can help. If your a conventional row crop farmer then your on your own.
Awesome two part series here. I am also I first generation pa farmer. My story sounds almost exactly like yours! I dont work for an ag equipment dealer but I work on heavy equipment ,welding and steel erection. Even down to the pickup truck haha
Thanks for watching, I’m glad I was able to attract this kind of audience. Everyone has a story, seems like mine is similar to others.
Just found your channel. My family was from Troy, PA, Corning and Elmira, New York area. They moved to Florida where my brother and I were born, I am 51 now. We just cashed out my wife's old profit share because they converted to 401K and did not want to do profit share any more. We got out $17,000 and I had just come across 5 acres a Lawyer in Idaho wanted to get rid of badly. We got it for $12,500 cash.
We own a 2002 F250 Crew Cab 4X4 and a 2001 F250 Crew Cab with a V-10, a 1987 Jeep Wrangler. We are now paying off our credit cards and picking up things we need to make it into a small farm.... hopefully in about 5 years. I think we will just keep the trucks we own, instead of financing a new one. We also talked about picking up a couple used tractors for cash, instead of financing a new one. Your advice to pay cash for as much as you can, is good advice.
I enjoyed part 1 and 2 of this talk. We talk about coming up to see around where the old family came from. My sons and I have never been up there. We are Dutch (Voorhees is our last name). Voorhees means "From Hees Village". Hees Village is in Drenth in the Netherlands. Those family members came over in the 1600's, before it was America.
I will show the family your channel, so you may be getting a few of them subscribing too.
Thanks for the support! It’s great meeting people on here. Most of my knowledge on money issues came from Dave Ramsey and his books. It has helped me more than I can say. He definitely goes back to the old ways of managing money.
GOOD LUCK MAN! Great story
Thanks, and thanks for taking the time to watch!
@@PAFarms im a beginner farmer; didn't grow up near a farm, like you, and no one i know was interested in like i was. your videos, and those like it, really help the new generation of agrarians, especially since younger folks get most helpful info from places like youtube.
It’s good to hear that there are others with similar situations to farming as myself. You have said multiple things in your videos that I have said. I enjoy your content. Thanks.
great story! great advise! how many acres do you farm now?
I wish I could have grown up on a farm.
Yea it’s definitely the way to go. I didn’t live there growing up, we lived in a town.
@@PAFarms city life teaches you to cherish what the farm has to offer. growing up on the farm you tend not to have the perspective of what life is really like in the grind. id rather be a poor farmer than a rich dickhead in town. unfortunately im just a poor dickhead in town.
me too.. thats what i want to give to my kids
Good videos with good advice. Do you still have an off the farm job? I just found your channel today nice tractors and shed. What part of pa are you in? I farm part of my aunts farm about 20 acres of hay ground I would like to farm more but she will not take her ground out of the c r p program.
Monty Bussard I am about an hour north of Lancaster. I do have a part-time off the farm job, but for the most part, this is full time.
Im still quite young, like teenager young and I for some reason just want to farm. I don't live on a farm, and there hasn't been farming in my family for like- ever? The rest of my family are kinda city folk but I like to be outside and just work. And I know farming is really tough, but I'm not in it for money. My only problem is, how to start. If I have no family to help out or have no experience, how do I do it? Should I start with like contracts?? I don't really know what I'm talking about but I just want some info on a good way to start with field work type of farming and possibly animal hisbandry
Start by finding a farm near by that will let you help out or work there. Dairy farms are generally a good place to start. But there are alot of farmers that need help from time to time
Thanks for sharing your story.
The only thing I wanted to say is that you talk only about and to males in farming (asking your dad for help, and giving advice to young men looking to farm).
Wanting to and being able to farm has nothing to do with the genitalia we are born with.
Great farm story
Credit Cards aren't always evil you just need to know how to use them. Yes they are bad if you only have $500 and buy a $1000 TV. Treat a credit card as a debit card put your gas on it and pay it off in full every month. The 3 main things that build credit score are how long have you had credit cards, how much they card willing to lend you, and how much you use that way you can have an 800+ score when you really need a loan.
I use credit cards all the time like my best buy cards the difference between me and most people is I only buy that stuff on 0% I have bought over 10k on my best buy card over the last 10ish years and ita been great not paying intrest
If not getting a debt,where to get money from?
not everyone has 20 years to get their feet wet. dont be afraid to jump the fuck in with both feet. sink or swim. if you got what it takes youll make it work.
I would subscribe if you would put the camera on you while you talked.
Why would a landlord want farmers? I'm young and dont get it
If you own farmable land you can rent it to the farmers for yearly profit
Im 14 years old want to be a farmer
Lol
After a few years of farming you'll be going back to finish your education. Your education to this point should tell you that when it comes to farming you are at the very bottom of the value added process. Likewise farming is hard on marriages. My dairy farmer parents split up after 40 years of marriage.
too much work