BUILDING A BRAND NEW FARM!!... A ONCE IN LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY!!

[@Jake-61]

Hi Tom as someone who runs a beef unit finishing 1500 head a year best advice I could give is to put in a weigh bridge for lorries can weigh in a load of cattle or feed. buy all your feed in bulk mix your own ration. Don’t stick to 1 factory always have options. And buy the cattle yourself don’t use dealers. put in a handling system that can be used by 1 person

[@richardkerr1491]

Excellent advice!! Listen to this man Tom!

[@stephenkelly2067]

100% correct

[@jimgannon1917]

Tom,thats the way to go. The time and money saving..

[@Andy-ix2ox]

Spot on advice just one other thing I would add is that you need to be flexible with what you buy, you can make a profit on cows heifers bulls or bullocks and they don’t have to be beautiful either, buy healthy stock and have a cut off weight below which you will not go . Truthfully we have ( I was going to say probably but I have the figures here in front of me and I am definite) made more from cull dairy cows than any other cattle we have feed , the only drawback with them is that you have a lower density stocking rate in the shed, however to counter this they only need to be fattened not grown so they turn pretty quickly. I would also add that if you are just going to finish cattle you need to remember that protein drives growth and is your most expensive ingredient in your ration. Best of luck with the enterprise however a word of warning, the balance between profit and loss is razor thin at this game and if you make too many mistakes you are going to be losing money and you are not going to make money all the time even if you do everything right. Another important point is that the profit on a beast is calculated on the value of the animal that leaves minus its cost of production and the cost of its replacement, what the beast cost is relevant only to the margin for the animal that went before it. Best of luck.

[@michaeloregan1508]

Very good advice

[@makennacornwall3288]

excited to see how this grows. The cow in the pond made me smile

[@donalguinan8149]

You are dead right about slurry being thicker under beef stock. One little tip, run a pipe from the downpipes on the new shed to the under slat tanks. With a diverter valve on the down pipe you can let rain water into the tank if needed for mixing purposes.

[@doing-stuff-with-tools]

Hi Tom, think about how you can arrange the shed layout to be able to offload animals from the delivery wagon, steam clean the cattle box out, and refill with the animals ready to go off. looking for any chance to use a return/back load could save a fortune on your annual haulage costs unless of course you are selling your fit animals ex-farm gate.

[@joyceroberts7506]

Track everything, Tom. If you are too busy for this, hire someone to do the tracking for you. It means the difference between success and failure. 🎉 All the best

[@henkmooren]

I love it how Tom says that he is not going to do a big project in 2024, LOOK AT HIM NOW!!😂

[@TomPembertonFarmLife]

@@henkmooren 🙈🙈 didn’t last long

[@karenwilson9974]

I was thinking the same!!!!! 😅 Although I do hope the calf shed gets some love before winter 😂

[@TomPembertonFarmLife]

@@karenwilson9974 can’t see it tbh 🙈 not got the funds

[@karenwilson9974]

@@TomPembertonFarmLife Time to add more twine! :D Excited for this new project though Tom!

[@cavangrasslands4174]

Tom, Just a quick one on the grazing piece. I don’t think 4 paddocks is enough. I would try split each of your 4 paddocks in half again (even just with a reel and pigtail posts). Aim to graze each paddock in 3-4 days, and regrow it in 3 weeks (weather dependent!). With 8 paddocks you now have a 24-25 day rotation and newer fresher grass coming to the stock all the time which will really help with growth rates! If growth flys on, take out a paddock and bale it. If it’s lagging a bit, either put in some supplement (concentrate or a bale in a round feeder) and just try to maintain rotation length. Just my opinion, but hope it’s some help! Chris

[@marianpradler1479]

Hey Tom. I'm a 33 nearly 34 year old beef cattle Farmer from West Germany. NRW. I've started in 2013 my Beef cattles an now I got 220 and building a shed for the next 180 to get up to 400. Also I'm building a Silage Plate. Here we don't do clamps like yours. I'm feeding Stock from 4-5 up to 18+20 month. The biggest amount of Them is Pedigree Holstein. Some crosses with Angus, Belgian and Fleckvieh. All my Bulls are on Straw. In Germany we get Money from the EU for feeding Beefers on Straw. If I can give you one good Tip. Don't do Wholecrop. Maize is the Goal for feeding Beefers. Some good Barley Straw for structure, nice wet Gras Silage. Maize and Cake. I'm feeding 40% of Gras in the TMR. Here the most Farmers feedding nearly 100% Maize. If you're able to get raw milled Maize, you must add 1 kg per head to the diet. The Bulls are flashing on from the dry Maize. It's unbelivable. Fingers crossed, you're Project will BE Up in short time. And hey, please buy a vertical Mixer. There so much better for Beef and Maize in the TMR. Good luck

[@roycunningham6128]

Tom bit of advice don’t use the pillar system in the under ground tank. I know you are saying that you are installing an air bubbling system . But if the slurry in the tank gets to thick and you need to agitate the tank with a slurry mixer the pillars will disrupt the flow of slurry and make mixing the tank a lot more difficult use a concrete wall instead which are short at both ends creating a channel which makes the slurry flow much easier and leaves the tank easier to agitate have plenty of experience dealing with these tanks. Best of luck with the new adventure and keep up the good work👍🏻

[@jupekai6295]

It warms my heart to see a farmer thriving and expanding rather than selling up and giving up as some have had to do. This is fantastic news Tom!

[@jameszy88]

Tom please review this question on the Sunday vid. When does one stop expanding? What’s the goal? can it turn into an endless treadmill? Good luck with everything 😊

[@mclarenrob2]

I asked myself that when we just bought 2 extra cows 🤣

[@DanishButterCookie]

When everything is running smoothly, thats when you stop. Nothing needs to expand infinitely.

[@georgedoorley5628]

a lot over here expanded to the limit in dairy over the last few years .........some are very much regretting it now .......they have very little extra in their pockets after all the extra work and stress that goes with all the extra stock ........

[@swiss300173]

Exactly endless treadmill you hit the nail on the head 👌🏼

[@thetundra]

Good lord Tom! No wonder you’ve been exhausted lately! Congratulations

[@finbarreburn5112]

Busy fool 🤔 😢

[@Moritzspieg]

You should consider getting one self propelled mixer/feeder and use it for both places, the home farm and the rented farm. This way you wouldn't need a second mixer, tractor and shear grab, you could safe a lot of time by not having to switch machines all the time and your clamp would always be nice and tidy. Many farms (250+ animals) here in Germany are doing it this way and have great success with it.

[@ryanfreeman1679]

We did beef for many years before moving over to more store cattle. Couple things watch the blue steers for fat they can need a lot of feed to get them fat enough. Second, check that the slaughterhouse doesn't have a weight limit. Where we sold would pay you for anything over a certain weight! I believe it was 420kg ish dead weight. Best of luck and hope all goes well

[@pauldoc567]

Brilliant to hear this Tom.. I’d advise go an buy your own instead of a middle man/woman and don’t stick to the one factory.. shop around and get the best price each week.. Look at Simmental stock as they’re always cheaper through the ring but weigh like lead when hung up!

[@brysonhaggard]

Tim as a American feedlot owner a couple thing is have scales for trucks for when you buy in bulk handling system that can be done by one person and get the cattle yourself or have a trusted cattle buyer and have multiple places that you can send cattle to and not just send to the same buyer

[@georgedoorley5628]

trusted cattle buyer is a very very hard to come by ............

[@PuFFerTV98368]

👍the last couple videos have been great! The music, the cows oh sorry the cattle… and Congratulations Tom on building the Farm bigger and bigger you have a great team of people to work with. BeWell and StaySafe ✌️

[@XRaiderfanX]

Tom, my suggestion for the weighing of cattle would be to reach out to a Mettler Toledo dealer and see if they would be able do ear tags with rfid that is specific to the single cow. So when you weigh it, it will upload to a spreadsheet to easily track gain and loss. This way it’ll speed up the process. Because time is money.

[@SteveMccarthyAus]

RFID eartags with a reader on the scales to automatically record the weight that feeds into your cattle manager system

[@astonmcleod5344]

I like the idea of the handling yard, have plenty of space around the crush for a desk and laptop, even have a work bench sink area for medicines and alike .Have a drafting gate, possibly a four way one, for the different weights and conditions. Also have a dedicated area for loading the cattle onto trucks. have the pens the same size as the compartment on the trucks, so you can load a batch at a time, saves a bit of stress for the cattle.

[@JosephMasterson-v6i]

Iknow your Dad is very very proud of you. I bet he never dreamed of you all getting that big.

[@JamesYoung61]

Congratulations, Tom! You’ve worked incredibly hard over the past five or six years since your channel took off, and you’ve grown right along with it. Who would have thought that the BBC would be asking you for an interview on their morning show? By taking the reins at the farm and expanding the business thoughtfully, you’ve shown your father that the family legacy is in good hands.

[@gregedmand9939]

Oh my... Visions of days of TB testing, dancing in my head!

[@johnbecker710]

Advice. Handling. Make it easy, make it safe. Automate weighing and recording including feed to enable accurate figures. Guess work is no good.

[@richardgale6884]

Great to see you driving on Tom. Good luck with the new venture - you’ll need it shouting ‘good girls’ to a herd of bullocks

[@raywalter48]

You're a brave man Tom hope it all goes well

[@thomasingham2240]

at this point this channel should be called tom builds a farm life

[@Azzyos]

Agree

[@nathanialroesler5656]

0:18

[@davebennett2482]

or dad layed the foundations

[@TomPembertonFarmLife]

@@davebennett2482 💯💯💯💯

[@TomPembertonFarmLife]

@@davebennett2482 couldn’t do it with out him

[@johnmarr399]

In New Zealand, store cattle are brought and sold by the kg, so the livestock truck will empty weigh at the nearest convenient weigh bridge to the farm then go load up and travel back to weigh bridge to weigh again and then the farmer will pay per kg that arrives the fairest way to do it I reckon

[@salmonhunter7414]

This is crazy if you really think about it. Hope all your dreams and wishes come true.

[@hallambrown977]

I’m not a fan of a slatted shed I’m a strong believer in cattle should have ample of fresh straw everyday ! Be wary of grazing with British blues they will melt if the weather turns for worst , definitely go for a LELY Juno for pushing up feed . Have you thought about buying in calves and having them on a milk machine feeder ? I really hope it works out for you I love seeing people’s success

[@davidandrews8631]

I agree with you!

[@tomcleghorn4005]

Your growing as a man and a farmer Tom. Be proud if yourself

[@paulluke3283]

Good luck with the new venture!! Oh I like the swimming pool you put in for the cattle 😂👍👍

[@debrasenter6951]

Tom once again you make me PROUD! You are such a hard worker! But, remember you have a wife and a young son enjoy them❤️

[@TomPembertonFarmLife]

Thank you ☺️

[@GeoffreyMoore-i9k]

Congratulations Tom and team Fantastic expansion, look forward to the building progress and stock expand. Are warings going to put the building up, has eternit put their experience into the building design. Well done Tom bet Ginger is proud of your expansion

[@michaelhorn5633]

top tip, dont put the feed bin in the silage pit lol, seriously best of luck with the new venture, an amazing opportunity, love crawfords weighing system

[@finbarreburn5112]

Top Tips : 1/ Never trust a Cattle Dealer (weld on mart prices ) 2/ Never trust a Paddy (a)Freisans not Commercial (b) 230kg not 380kg Need I say More 😠 😡

[@nick47777]

10:50 that cow swimming 😂😂😂😂

[@farmerfuller87]

I am as excited as you Tom well done all involved!!! Keep pushing

[@aaronsanborn4291]

I grew up on a dairy farm and we had some beef animals too. My step brother raises Angus with a bit of Bison blood in them in South Berewick, Maine and the beef is absolutely amazing.

[@JMFarming]

Incredible oppurtunity mate! All the best with it! Looking forward to seeing it all happen!

[@LordPubeck]

Brilliant! Share farming, the way to move forward! Happy for you & yours 😉😁

[@johnhyde8892]

Hi Tom you got great plans, I love more cattle here on my small farm. I got to get the grass right here, and please note I not put any fertilizer on my the farm. I am still getting good grass, but I no I can do better. I have a good muck spreader now for spreading, so the future looks good but has to start with the grass, and as your dad says it all about feeding the worms and grass.

[@johndodd4375]

The biggest tip I can give you Tom, is to keep doing what you do 👍

[@amandadouthwaite1863]

Fantastic news for you Tom congratulations on your new venture. Im sure Andrew is so proud of how you are growing the family business and for Harvey's future too. You have an excellent team with Luke and girls and new partners sound fantastic people. Really looking forward to watching the exciting developments. 💜

[@danieljamesharrison2092]

This is what farmers are having Todo these days as they don't make enough so they have to evolve and grow. I'm really happy to see you enjoying your journey tom. I love how you do alot of research on what your doing. It would also be really interesting to see you do a few different feeding options aswell !! Maybe different breeds also.. tom I love to watch your videos brother!!

[@georgehay5929]

Good evening Tom and Dad. It is great to hear about your new project that you are going for the next 5 years after watching all your videos from the start and meeting yourself and your dad at the farm. I don't think it will take you 5 years to build it up. And you deserve it all, especially with all the hours and hard work you do. All the best in it

[@themeparkkieran4573]

This is a positive step for the farm although this part is a shared agreement its still expanding and bringing in extra income for your future plans

[@ginggur17]

10:45 I’m sure I spotted one of the cows enjoying a Spa swim lol. 😂

[@charleslynch7274]

Just when I had thought u were gonna slow down lol u are ramping back up with another project so excited to follow u on another project very excited hope all is well Tom

[@RCT_PestControl]

I’ve been watching your videos for a while now Tom, it’s fantastic to see the progress and changes you’ve made. Your work ethic is seriously admirable. Congratulations on all the success professionally and personally, long may it continue.

[@willyfindlay4398]

Very best of luck with the new venture. Just don't get carried away by your enthusiasm that we love you for.😊

[@CzarManish]

Heartiest congratulations 🎉👏🏻 and best wishes 🥳.. be blessed 😊

[@GrumpyBugger.]

I remember saying 2 years ago on comments that Tom needs to get into the Dry aged beef markets delivered UK wide. I look forward to getting a 4kg 32 Day Dry Aged Fore Rib Of Beef from his farm shop for 2026 New years dinner. Looking forward to seeing the farm shop expand to handle this side of the business. Congrats on the new venture

[@benjyrs]

you prove time and time again that the sky is truly the limit from watching your videos from years past to now!! congrats to you and the team on this awesome new project best of luck!

[@janetwadlington9743]

Tom you are already so busy, don’t see how you can do more, but know if anyone can it’s you!!!!

[@christopherurie6225]

Absolutely buzzing for you and the team. I will enjoy following this new project.

[@brandonhall5615]

That is a lot of new and exciting stuff to manage, sir. Well done on keeping that all under wraps for as long as you have. I'm the sort that blurts out the present I got someone as they are opening the package, so color me highly impressed!!!

[@kathyk479]

Good to see the senior red head out and about! Once a farmer always a farmer!

[@bentaylor38]

Awesome stuff, I've joined your KZbin party shall we say reasonably late on really, but you guys have achieved loads in the time I've been watching and enjoy them all including things I learnt from you. Good luck and enjoy watching further

[@robertd-dh8qm]

Happy for you and your family tom. Liking it 🚜👍

[@KingGaming-uu4qx]

Hi Tom. I am so happy on your behalf 😊

[@johncooke3353]

Great stuff Tom and what a great opportunity, the only air of caution I would say is make sure your diary cows and farm shop and most of all your family don’t suffer because of all the extra work and I don’t want to be negative just please be strong and look after your own first and foremost . Good luck 🍻

[@Halifaxbomber2]

Good luck Tom. Wishing you all the success!!!!

[@finbarreburn5112]

Never mix business and pleasure/ friends, Fools Advice 🤔 😢

[@bronzeboy6906]

Alright Tom! I know you are rightfully excited! I have one question and just how vital the question is depends on your answer! Just which “it” do Girls do better? I can think of just a handful, and only a “few” of those relate to a farm/dairy life! All the best to you and your entire crew!

[@christianpreyss9412]

Go hard if you're continuing to put this much hard work you'll be up big couse your hard work has brought you here and it will bring you a long way the reward will come love from Germany

[@brendanoneill1466]

This is so exciting!! Love seeing all the cows running in the fields. This is such a great enterprise! Can't wait to see how it proceeds.

[@sharonm3677]

Congrats Tom and everyone on your future plans and developments. I so look forward to being with you all as you move forward on this adventure. Wonderful video Tom, beautiful drone footage! To think not many years ago we were watching videos of you crashing your drone! Lol. You’ve went and grown up on us Tom and you’ve become an incredible farmer and business man! Best of wishes to you all!❤❤

[@sueoreiro703]

Just when I try to imagine what else you can be into … here it is! I bet it is so very exciting! Your dad must be over the moon to see how what he has worked on has expanded!

[@PVAglue-fi4kc]

I'd, say his wife isn't

[@hourglass899]

Go for it Tom - you have a great chnace to get right first time on the new shed - as they say; measure twice, cut once. Good luck!

[@sidemountedracing]

Sounding amazing, cant wait to see the videos of it all coming together

[@russgreen67]

Great to see you continually pushing on. God luck with the new venture and take on all the advice that is relevant to you.👌👌

[@barbaralee9415]

Been following you from the beginning I do wish you the very best because you deserve it Tom and families xx

[@noelobst284]

Hi there Tom from a very cold Western Victoria, Australia. Love your new vertical garden - growing well. (The plants in the shed guttering in the background). Well done with your projects. Great to see a bloke having a go. Regards.

[@deuceAl]

Congrats Tom on your partnership. Good luck (be careful).

[@blujen1642]

How AWESOME is that!!!! Congrats🎉🎉🎉 Ginger us looking strong!!!❤❤❤

[@permarasta]

keep those cattle out off the pond, fence around it and make a small drinking access with a gravel skirt. check Greg Judy for his pond set up for cattle.

[@tracyeaves1084]

Good luck 🍀 and god bless you all for the new adventures

[@karenokeson2705]

The different breeds of cattle are beautiful. Love the blues. I'm happy you've got this opportunity. Wishing you all the best! Remember, family time and sleep are important too. 💗💜💙🐄🐂

[@colinbrown5597]

Wow! Go Tom, Go!!! And the rest of the crew as well. Continued success.

[@jimpolk]

Excellent plans Tom. Detail your follow through and keep those detailed on thd plan. Looking firward to these plans coming to fruition.

[@andrewduke1489]

Morning Tom. That’s so exciting. Can’t wait to see it unfold.

[@avdtouw]

This is a fantastic development Tom! Congrats!!

[@Xtremeraverbaby87]

Thats a very advantageous expansion and collaboration, well done tom....loved that cow having a swim 😂

[@peterclarke3300]

Great video Tom and good luck with the new venture 👍👍

[@Dave-jm5yo]

I'd watch for ground water getting into ur tanks given how wet the area is. Fair play for taking on the extra work.

[@edsloan]

Exciting times Tom. A bit like for the parlour, it would be interesting to see how other farms handle large beef heards and see if you can take any tips feom them?!?

[@kevinmarchbank1636]

Good Luck in your new venture ,looking forward to some great videos in the future

[@gavwilliams8037]

Hold the phone Tom did actually give away the ginger guys real name 😮😮 all jokes aside fantastic work and congratulations on the new venture it’s amazing to see the growth 👏👏👏👏

[@andrewtanner7891]

Good to see another buyer in the market for my suckled calves!

[@michaelcooke1672]

Good luck to all of you in this new venture

[@KiwiJim13]

👀🙄🐾👍A Te Pari set up like Craford has are bad to beat fully auto crush for weighing and drafting I can say that's the best money I have ever spent

[@richardwhitelock7779]

Wow that's totally brilliant, what an amazing man you are, do you ever stop working, best wishes to you all Rich W Ely UK 🇬🇧

[@wolffhenry5751]

Wishing you all the best in your new venture, Tom!!!

[@MrPat-UK]

Bet pops is well proud of everything going on, onwards and upwards Tom, well done lad..

[@johnlong3214]

Good luck Tom, all the best. 👍

[@irvenrathburn9421]

Looks like things are going along nicely, sure there are a lot of changes. From when I first started watching your videos good luck Tom, .

[@zerocool9135]

Love everything you are doing on the farm. Can't wait till you are doing a 1000 head!!

[@uncle_moose]

Good job Tom. Nice to see that someone growing their business.

[@Sarge084]

I'm pretty excited about this new development, I'm here for the projects and the growth of the business, less so for "good clean bottoms" if I'm perfectly honest. I spent most of my working life being part of such advancements, some on farms, some in industry and a large part in the water industry, and despite being retired I am still interested to see how you go about your projects.

[@pjdoyle5105]

What an opportunity for ye. Best of luck with it all. Can’t wait to see progress.

[@jillnesbitt113]

Great news! Best of luck. Looking forward to the construction videos!!🇨🇦