As a farmers, retired from any profession, we get a daily payment as a happiness and healthy life style! Our grandsons give us a bonus, when we see'em enjoying the farm environment. Remember, we are in this business because we want to be stress free. Pete, I'm learning a lot from your videos! Go ahead! Saludos desde Mexico.
@Sharkay-gh2uh6 ай бұрын
I’ve been watching over a year and didn’t know about watching 30 seconds of ads to support channel. I went back to first videos and started watching from there. That’s how I found this one explaining that. Maybe you should mention it every once in awhile. I’m sure I’ve watched 50+ videos. You’re my favorite KZbinr. I’ll watch some ads now. Watch that money start rolling in!
@chrisklemm31163 жыл бұрын
Your honesty is a breath of fresh air. You live a wonderful life. I look forward to watching your videos every day. You have inspired my wife and I to leave the city and start a small hobby farm. Thank you
@DeTransAllianceCanada3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sticking with it. Really enjoying your video. Even watching the old ones
@paoemantega87934 жыл бұрын
I started a low carb diet during our lockup and have lost nearly 19 pounds from 250 pounds in 8 weeks. Its for my arteries, my longevity and my energy levels. I sleep like the dead now. You sell pork, eggs, bacon, beef and chicken. All things I like and all things on this Keto/low carb diet. You may wish to market your products as "keto friendly" or "low carb" and this may remind some customers that either they should try keto or their family members that are already doing low carb might benefit. This may be an avenue of increased sales, or even a niche supply of delicious protein and fat. By the way I cook almost everything in lard and butter now :) This might be worth more research.
@OnlyTakk3 жыл бұрын
I did as well! Perfect covid activity! I had a colleague complaining about his COVID 20 (gained), why spend lockdown eating poorly when you can improve your mood and life instead?
@TheStormisComing244 жыл бұрын
I agree 100%. Glad you and your family are doing ok through this. God Bless.
@JustaFewAcresFarm4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Bernie!
@daves94524 жыл бұрын
Hey Pete, just found your channel. As an aspiring farmer, I find your content extremely helpful. Great job, brother. Keep the videos coming.
@ottocarr36883 жыл бұрын
Wow! I just came across this video with the info on how long to watch each commercial before skipping the commercial so you could get paid. Let’s all make sure the Larson’s get their due.
@charlieslorenson18612 жыл бұрын
Good morning from cold Alaska I didn't realize the address of a new affected you so now I'll just watch the ads not a problem I've learned so much about farming from you
@Ima-mb9ki2 жыл бұрын
You are the first KZbin channel i have subscribed to that has explained how monitization works. I can watch 30 secs of commercials😁
@johnbrennan13103 жыл бұрын
If you had a podcast I would definitely listen. You have good riffs. I like how all of this high quality information just pours out.
@BeighO4 жыл бұрын
Can’t get enough of your videos. I am in South Africa and want to spend more time on the farm. The lockdown were my sabbatical. I have closed down my construction business and started fixing up our farm 2 hours out of Cape Town on the coast - so much work! Anyway, thanks for your videos.
@theresamcpherson73524 жыл бұрын
Thanks Pete for another informative video!
@JustaFewAcresFarm4 жыл бұрын
You're welcome Theresa!
@TheFamaya853 жыл бұрын
That joke about finding a way to make less money per hour than farming was hilarious.
@michael74234 жыл бұрын
I never knew how you and other youtubians get paid, thank you for explaining. I will watch all ads now for all my subscriptions. Take care and God bless you!
@JustaFewAcresFarm4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Michael!!
@tomatoking80904 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the honesty...and the education on how KZbin works...I have always wondered how the KZbin money part worked. Now that I know if I watch the ads I can help in a small way. Take care...from Virginia.
@JustaFewAcresFarm4 жыл бұрын
Hi Steven, yep, the ads are annoying but watching them helps me out. I appreciate it!
@locustvalleyfarms72412 жыл бұрын
I agree 100 percent with Peat. I followed his foot steps and bought a ferguson to 20 [made in the 50s] I rebuilt it and now Im in the stopping new leaks faze because everything leaks on old tractors. Banks do need to stay OUT of farms, and buying the new john deere model every other year is crazy!
@marvinmulford25362 жыл бұрын
You are so right!
@amjadhani89294 жыл бұрын
I did not know the thing about the ads. From now on I'll watch every ad
@tamnguyenthanh36104 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@suebadger924 жыл бұрын
Thanks for explaining about the adds..I'll gladly suffer through them now :) I very much appreciate your channel and am learning lots! I just got my first 2 dexter heifers and look forward to adding more in the future. I also raise pigs,goats,chickens, and ducks for food. Thanks for taking the time to make your videos!
@JustaFewAcresFarm4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Sue! I greatly appreciate your support for the channel by watching the ads! Best of luck with your Dexters.
@geoffreywallace1324 жыл бұрын
I have to say, very entertaining. I grew up on a farm, patatoes as far as the eye could see. We had pigs, adjisted beef and we had a heap of free range chickens for eggs and meat plus a big vege garden. I left the farm as soon as I could growing up and made my way in the world. I have been stuck in the Indian lockdown since March, I am an Australian. Anyway watching your videos and another site 'milllennial farmer (I think) it has changed my thinking. I will certainly scratch the potatoes as it is rediculous hard work for very little. I like your mix and approach but not sure I could make it on a few acres, you amaze me how you have made ends meet. Thanks for sharing and giving a very good insight into farm life. Plus I love your Dexter cattle, never heard of them before. We had Hereford. Good luck and stay safe.
@rogeriopaiva48924 жыл бұрын
Another excellent video! Very informative as usual! Many thanks
@JustaFewAcresFarm4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Rogerio!
@JAvery-vb9lm3 жыл бұрын
I didn't know that. I can watch 30sec for u Pete. Least I can do for all knowledge u share
@Enoch19704 жыл бұрын
I know you love farming, but I feel like you sort of missed your calling. I have watched at least 20 of your videos in the last few days. You are an excellent teacher.
@michael74234 жыл бұрын
Ever since I learned about how KZbin pays you I watch at least the required 30 seconds but usually just watch them all for my favorite content providers, I don’t watch broadcast tv any more thanks to People like you and Andrew Camarata here on KZbin
@davidrobertson6063 жыл бұрын
We used to go to farmers markets once a week when we were home; but stopped because the trinket sales, packaged food, meals, and wine sellers became the dominate sellers. For 13 winters we used to go to a small town in Mexico. The only pace to get "Real food" was the Sunday farmers marked we got meat and vegetables. The area was not rich and there were no big grocery stores. The last 3 years (Tourist discovered the place) we were there, two big box grocery stores arrive and it killed the market as you say they sell for less. We have bought whole beef and buffalo from small slaughter houses when we had children and were at home that processed animals like yours. It was superior to grocery stores. Most have closed. We now winter in Panama and they still have "Real farmers markets; but only for produce". In Mexico and Panama cash is the only way to pay except in the big box stores. There will always be a place for small operation. It is amazing you can operated on an under 50 acre farm.
@ruthmeow42624 жыл бұрын
Hello. Re-watching this video at the end of June, and you have over eight an a half thousand subscribers. People are finding your quality channel. Here is looking forward to your first ten thousand!
@BearMeat4Dinner4 жыл бұрын
I didn't know you're in NY. I am moving out there soon! I just bought land in Upstate! I am so excited n ready to get a farm together! Great video!
@rtom6754 жыл бұрын
For you, I will watch/tune out Quiby ads!
@JustaFewAcresFarm4 жыл бұрын
Many thanks, rtom675!
@BaberFlave3 жыл бұрын
You rock !
@larryolson32563 жыл бұрын
Glad you explained how to support you better with watching at least some of the advertising .
@larrymoore66404 жыл бұрын
If you know your tourist trade won't be there this year I would set up a second CSA. Start it after the first one but with less discount. Customer get a little discount and you get a guarantee of sales. A win - win situation. A good customer will stay with a reliable vendor, I sure during these times they found you. Nothing like a real good steak grown your way.
@JustaFewAcresFarm4 жыл бұрын
Great idea Larry! That may be in the cards for us.
@daynight49024 жыл бұрын
GOD BLESS
@stepitupmorons87043 жыл бұрын
amen,, thank you,,, God bless,,
@gwc37214 жыл бұрын
I think you're smart to draw a line in the sand as to how and where you sell. Ever think of growing the on farm store? A visited a "Pick Your Own Orchard" in Vermont and in the store they sold jams and maple syrup from other small farmers. The most impressive part was they bought "bake ready pies", baked them and sold them for a nice profit. I thought it was kind of funny that they didn't have their apples in the pies they sold. Went for the quickest profit. Keep your chin up.
@JustaFewAcresFarm4 жыл бұрын
Thanks GWC 3! I have thought about putting some work into our store, especially these days. It was always convenient to sell at the farmers markets, where the business is condensed into a shorter time period, but now we are reconsidering. Adding other farm products would definitely help attract people.
@russsherwood59784 жыл бұрын
stick/ hang in there as soon as people relize that the stores arent as reliable as in the past your bissiness will grow, be strong, be safe, and be blessed
@JustaFewAcresFarm4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Russ, good to hear from you!
@andreafalconiero90894 жыл бұрын
@@JustaFewAcresFarm Yes. I hope the pessimism you expressed at the end of this video turns out to be unwarranted, and that many of those new customers you've picked up choose to stay with you rather than returning to the supermarket once the crisis is past. You do after all have a superior product, so hopefully some will learn to recognise that and realize that good food is worth paying for. Best of luck to you!
@cliff-mines4 жыл бұрын
Just FYI consumers, some meat sold at grocery stores can be pumped up with up to 30% of the total weight in salt water. Cost us the consumers about 2 billion a year.
@JustaFewAcresFarm4 жыл бұрын
Hi Cliff, happens all the time with poultry.
@teresajohnson8494 жыл бұрын
Thanks cliff i never thought about that
@teresajohnson8494 жыл бұрын
I grow my own chickens and pigs
@hfbroady4 жыл бұрын
WOW, you only live about 1:45 min from me. Hello fellow NYer
@waynereynolds80944 жыл бұрын
Hey Pete , was just wondering about all your big sheds you have there and how they come about .Have they been there awhile or did you erect them yourself .Also are they paid through infrastructure funds and is this possible to do on a small farm .Absolutely love watching your videos .Sorry about the $3 ,but it kinda goes with farming . Keep up the good work . cheers.
@scottlucy18874 жыл бұрын
My chicks were back ordered for 2 months this year, was hard to believe. Also before all this hit I bought my first pig not knowing that there would be nobody available to slaughter it till next to never. Thankfully the guy I bought him from has said he’d do it for me.
@AFFarms4444 жыл бұрын
I love your channel. Nicely edited, informative videos. Just how few acres do you have?
@Cynthia-do6fo2 жыл бұрын
Hey Pete, Love you guys! Take e-transfers costs the buyer $1.50 and you nothing...stop taking credit
@danieltrobaugh67883 жыл бұрын
Didn’t know about the 30 seconds of the video thing. Guess I’ll stop skipping them.
@micheleschroeder74503 жыл бұрын
Go get them pete
@kendallatford11834 жыл бұрын
Hi. I only found your channel a few weeks ago and i am loving it. I have been dreaming of starting a homestead for quite a few years now. Unfortunately, here in sunny South Africa, white farmers and homesteaders are being targeted and violently murdered and have absolutely zero police assistance. It is not worth living in fear to follow a dream. Keep up the brilliant, no frills content. At my age, you enjoy the content more than the "bling"
@JustaFewAcresFarm4 жыл бұрын
Wow Kendall, I had no idea. Stay safe.
@Julia_Teeker11 ай бұрын
I had no idea how the monetary aspect of KZbin worked. I’ll watch the 30 seconds from now on. 🤷♀️😊
@richardanderson24114 жыл бұрын
I'm pessimistic about small farm profitability period. When the future is uncertain (which it will be for a while), folks are rightfully careful with expenditures. Profitability on small farms is largely tied to producing a premium product. When cash is short, "premium" understandably goes out the window. It may sound rather elitist, but I think the key will be to develop a reasonably well off customer base that won't flex much based on the economic cycle. In denser rural areas, this should be feasible; for those folks in the middle of nowhere, not so much. Cultivating a financially secure upscale clientele may require a few cosmetic changes to presentation, but that beats losing the family farm.
@Bertuzz843 жыл бұрын
That stuff with the cheques and debit cards seems kind of strange. Where i live everyone uses debit cards to pay for stuff, and it's not expensive at all. I remember cheques as something from back in the day when we had phones that had discs that you had to turn.
@deblawson15754 жыл бұрын
How are farms around your area doing now?? I'm on the west coast, Washington State, NOT doing well out here.
@silasderoma47264 жыл бұрын
Thanks for another great video, Pete. Do you think the shortages caused by the meat packing pkant shutdowns will drive business that will make up for the loss of tourist traffic and Sunday and Wednesday markets?
@JustaFewAcresFarm4 жыл бұрын
What a timely comment, Silas. It certainly looks like that may happen. Today my phone has been ringing off the hook with people wanting to purchase meat in bulk. It's like the second wave of this whole thing is breaking.
@andreafalconiero90894 жыл бұрын
@@JustaFewAcresFarm Have you considered increasing the number of CSA shares you sell for next year? It seems to me that relying greatly on farmer's market sales for the next year or two might be risky for some of the reasons you mentioned. Changes in the way they are run, as well as public fears of Covid19 as well as the lack of tourist dollars could make that source of income unreliable. I realize that CSA prices are discounted over market prices, but having more of those guaranteed customers would be a good safety net in case the farmer's market money dries up. Another issue with farmer's markets is the time it takes to attend them. Have you factored the cost of the time you spend on activities related to that into your overheads? If not -- adding in those costs might make the CSA revenue relatively more attractive (especially if you can find other good/profitable uses for that time). I watch a channel run by a market gardener named Josh Sattin, and he talked about this in one of his videos. In the end he gave up on attending farmer's markets and home deliveries and shifted exclusively to restaurant sales, just because of the (often unproductive) time spent at the market. Of course, there are advantages to farmer's markets as an important source of publicity, especially when you are still growing your customer base, but once you have the customers you need, the value of that diminishes.
@petersonsawmillservice2684 жыл бұрын
What is CSA? Never heard of the association
@BearMeat4Dinner4 жыл бұрын
What hatchery do you guys use again? I need to order some. Thanks!
@tn73554 жыл бұрын
Where are you located in upstate we are in Schoharie county?
@knalletorget4 жыл бұрын
Check? Wow... Is that still a thing in US? Common?
@akallio90003 жыл бұрын
How many seconds do we have to watch of the actual video to count as a "view"?
@Kristian_Saile4 жыл бұрын
Where we are pork, chicken, and beef prices have sky rocketed this past month. Do you see this in your neck of the woods? Has it driven up your sales since this video was made?
@JustaFewAcresFarm4 жыл бұрын
Hi Kristian, we don't look in the supermarket much, but I have heard they're going up here too. Our sales jumped in March when this whole thing started and they've stayed that way ever since.
@DeeInTheHouse3 жыл бұрын
...thats a lot of freezers...$$$
@puff49494 жыл бұрын
11:35 chicken escape
@cathyl23383 жыл бұрын
How does this work for someone like me who have YT premium? Do you get any “credit” for me watching?
@JustaFewAcresFarm3 жыл бұрын
Hi Cathy, thanks for asking. I do receive payment for YT premium views. I'm not sure how it compares to watching ads though.
@BearMeat4Dinner4 жыл бұрын
Hell yes and true on the Banks messing all the farmers all over!!
@thejackhomestead8638 Жыл бұрын
That’s farming u get to wait. It’s not fast food
@kf54354 жыл бұрын
Just catching up with this now. You needn't have apologized, the stores haven't recovered, the supply chain is failing and fall/winter food shortages seem likely.
@1jenn1e4 жыл бұрын
Use PayPal friends and family for payments and avoid any fees
@atkpirate78313 жыл бұрын
It sucks that the guy in office is screwing with the postal system because of voter suppression. Hopefully it gets better in January.
@timreap3r2863 жыл бұрын
You. Will also make a pay off for KZbin premium members being subbed
@Jean-qn4fy4 жыл бұрын
Don't worry. The virus will suddenly disappear as a problem after November.