I hope you got a lot of money and didn't tie it all up in this property. I'd ask the community, local grocers, restaurants and ask them what they want to buy local. Cattle are probably easier than crop farming. Enjoy and good luck. Liked and subbed.
The pasture land looks pretty sad. I highly recommend to watch Greg Judy Regenerative Rancher of how to do a rotational grazing to improve it. The farm is great, especially the big barn. Congratulations!
New subscriber. Wow, great description 👏 God bless you all and ☦️ many prayers 🙏🏻 I'm looking forward to your channel and journey. Nurse Judi in Scottsdale AZ and Eucharistic Minister 💙 🙏🏻
Congratulations on your new farm. Please watch Gabe Brown from Bischoff Minnesota here on RU-vid before deciding how to farm it. An hour in his company can determine if you will sign the checks on the front or on the back going forward. Gabe Brown and farmers like him learned the hard way how to farm profitable and they are happy to share what they learned with you and everybody else.
If there are any chicken farms close, maybe speak with them to maybe get the chicken litter for your planting fields. Beans and peas help to build up nitrogen, a chicken tractor or two with 50 - 100 chickens moved every few days would add great fertilizer to the land, plus every 8 weeks you have fresh chickens for the freezer, sell some, give to family.
I’m a no till farmer. We are 100% no till if you have any questions. It’s a great way to farm especially if you don’t have the iron already to work ground. We do not run any row cleaners on any of our planters. I wouldn’t worry about them usually more trouble than what they are worth. In my opinion. Good luck.
Thanks for that! I've heard strong opinions both ways on the row cleaners. I guess if I find some nice used ones I'll try them out. otherwise we'll see how it goes this year. it's only a small field that has residue as of right now, otherwise the other fields were chopped clean.
Congratulations!! My wife and i just bought 150 in upstate ny. Basically the same as your, but without the trout streams( dang!!) . But had ponds. Im excited to see your progress. We too have never farmed, but will be doing so. Recently hooked up with local farmers to get started with his experience. Good luck . Remember, a farm is a work of art. A work of art your always working on.
New subscriber. Wow, great description 👏 I'm looking forward to your channel and journey. Great endorsements as well. God bless you all and ☦️ many prayers 🙏🏻 Nurse Judi in Scottsdale AZ and Eucharistic Minister 💙 🙏🏻
You must be down by Rushford, Peterson or Houston. They have hilly land down in that area and they trout in their streams. I used to have two-way radio customers down in that area. Definitely get some help from an old farmer. Their experience and wisdom can be immense.
100% is. Guy must HATE money. After seeing what Trae Wayne’s paid for on other side of River and knowing trout stream goes through. Good for him though, sure wish I could lol
Another good video! Glad to see that you have a good idea of what you want to do with the farm and above all, that you really want to learn! Keep going!🤠
This is a great setup. I would keep the pasture and build a cow herd. You can feed a lot of cattle with just a few acres of corn silage. Then vertically integrate and feed out the calves with that barn with the concrete slab. Sell beef direct to consumer if possible. You will still have a nice cash crop to sell in addition to the beef! Just my thoughts. Good luck
Encouraging to see someone interested in farming and growing food. Armchair quarterbacking and opinions will likely outnumber good advice, but if you listen to the old timers and those people who have done the things that you plan to do, you can tap a deep well of knowledge. Good luck and all the best with your endeavors.
Hello from atlantic canada and Congratulations on your new property. You look excited about the plan and i know its a learning adventure as you go. I know things will work out in due time. I also know many people here will also help give good advice. Just subscribed to your channel and looking forward to future videos..good luck with your endeavor.....jeff
Awesome we did the same 2 yrs ago we have farm experience though but this farm def put us to the test, our bodies and our relationship especially. Good luck subbed
I think ur doing great!!! U have a plan set. Ur willing to learn. And ur in country fresh air!!! If possible mayb longer videos. Keep up the great ideas!!!!
If you go the regen ag route, it suggest starting with chickens 100% because their manure has very high nitrogen. And then get some sheep and practice adaptive grazing with both to speed up the natural soil health
Congratulations to you. Not going to tell you what to do. You will figure out whats best for your area and your family. Dont forget the homesteading. Growing your own food.
Wow, I've never been to Minnesota but it looks so similar to Tennessee (where I'm from). Would be cool to hear how the heck you were able to afford 150 acres in this economy with land prices, unless land prices there are just dirt cheap :)
I've been fortunate to have some people coming along side of me and helping me tremendously. The farming community is amazing. Everyone is always willing to help another farmer, even a brand new one like me. Thanks for watching!
My best advice is talk as much as you can to other farmers in your area and fit in with them. Id at least desk the corn stalks under inside of notill till u learn alitte bit about your ground we cheisl plow alot here in pa only notill our shail ground
I'm in the UK - I didn't know what to do to make my 18 acres pay. I ended up leasing acres to the local Power Company for 20 years who have put a grid connector in (at their expense) and also Solar Panels (at their expense). So I get an annual rent, Plus on that 10 acre field I get to graze my rare breed sheep between the panels. Worth considering as it is passive income and I can work a job / go contracting.
Love the out buildings. Not very much land for crops. I'd suggest cattle. But it's not easy. I started with 1 cow last year. looking to expand shortly. I left the military and like you decided this was the life for my family. Without a mentor or someone local with experience youre going to spin you wheels for years. Its crazy how much time the old fellahs around save me. Without fail over the last few years, everytime i ignored their "huh, I would do it this way", ive wasted time and money. Also, go by come carhartt bibs. I destroyed every last piece of nice clothing before I got 7 bibs. I'd head out to do "just one thing" and then my nice pants/shirt/shoes would end up with grease/poop/rips...
Boar goats would be a good animal to start with not to big you can handle them . If you haven't been around cattle their big and can hurt you or your kids . Pigs are a lot of work and messy . Hay only would be the best crop there is always a market and less chances of storm damage even if it gets rained on dry it out and make bedding .There is a good market for Boar goats don't let anyone B.S. you !!! If you have any questions just ask .
So glad to see a new farmer and channel come up on my RU-vid feed! We just went under contract on our land so hopefully we will be joining you in the farm / RU-vid journey soon! Although it's not 150 acres haha. Can't wait to follow along!
Russel Hedrick is the guy you want to learn about farming from. The dude is using regenerative ag methods to improve his land and soil while at the same time Far Out producing his counties average yield & profit per acre growing corn and soy. He actually set a yield record for his state last year of 479 bushels dry land in a county averaging 180. He has a few presentations and interviews posted here on you tube from different organizations.
Consider attending one of "Understanding Ag's" Soil health academy's, or "Ranching for Profits" RFP Schools. Both schools would help get you on the right path to profitability, while at the same time improving your land.
Best of luck! I'm in a similar situation, longing for reviving the farm where my grandfather grew up, in northern Sweden. I've been reading and watching a lot of content on regenerative farming, just as a lot of other guys in the comments, and that's what I'll be practicing. If you´re interested you can find a lot of great information from Richard Perkins here on youtube and instagram. A guy from England who ended up here and turned his land into a profitable space where both livestock, crops and nature thrive. Based on old ways, new ways, innovation and freethinking. Greetings from Sweden!
SO EXCITED for you!!! You have made a decision that our parent's generation would be proud of you for!! Our nation was founded on the concept of small FAMILY farms. I strongly recommend another channel for you to watch called, "Just A Few Acres Farm"!!! Pete Larson, and family, do a great job in New York State providing for themselves on less acreage than yours. He's very inspirational and has well over 400K subscribers. I know you'll be encouraged, as well!!! God's wonderful blessings as you move forward!!😇
get the rented cattle in that field with the stock chop scattered. If ya dont have a wet manure slinger, get one. Plant some corn so you will have silage for dem cows. Thank will make the rancher happy. get a split on inputs & production as well as rents. You have the right hat on, good luck
YeeHaw all aboard for the adventure. This place calls for cattle and all sorts of livestock. Be sure to check out old ways as well as new tech. By that I mean ca 1900 ways to be a bit more resilient as a farm system economically and ecologically: hedgerows, useful plants, fruit and nut trees etc.
I'm excited for you and family, let the adventure start. If there's a small old store near, stop in and see if the old farmer's gather there for coffee.... Subscribed & rang the bell... Thanks for sharing & I look forward to more videos...
Wow, thank you! Interesting you bring that up about the local store! My wife and I stopped into the local cafe last Friday morning and there were a group of 6 or so farmers sitting around the table. We sparked up a conversation and turns out they meet there every morning during the week. It was great to overhear them helping each other out with advice and offering to borrow equipment. The farming community seems to be very tight knit. We are enjoying that part of the lifestyle. Thanks for watching!
@@Suits2Boots We started a small farm in Texas decades ago and the locals were very helpful and they met daily after chores of course to talk for hours, well until lunch time anyway. Good luck, I'll be watching...
And one bit of advice ive found. Dont give to much information to just anyone, i know it sounds odd. And your plans for property are good and even beneficial for the locals, but its best to keep some things to yourself. Where we have bought is alittle “ blighted “ not terribly but some low incomes in area. Town and some locals are a bit.. ahh .. greedy and overly concerned about our progress( very little so far). People know your property was for sale and likely put of there budget, and aren’t so happy to see you turn it around and even profit. Not everyone, but cant be sure who is genuine either. Unfortunate, as we are not hedge fund babies or nothing. Blue collar tradesmen myself. Hope your goes better then ours has.
Um im just going to say it your germination rate wich is the percentage of plants that actually sprout will be horrendous without row cleaners other thing i would do though with what you have is mabey see if theres a market for feeder pigs in your area if there is that one building is definitely ment for it other thing i would try is cleaning out the downstairs of the main barn making two pens one for feeder age calfs and onother for the second like half of there fattening life and id just try and fat steers to sell as for the pasture you could rent it out you could turn it into tillable land i wouldn't or you could in theory try have mama cows i wouldn't though for someone with no experience they can get pissy honestly id make it all hay fields and id just get big into the hay market use the upstairs of the barn and make a lot of hay and sell $5 a bale id do small squares use your facility's the one thing i wanted to warn you about that shed not having a door id be considered if wind blew in the door it would act like a sail and just take the hole shed with it ive seen it happen so might be worth getting a door for it the other shed you had they get holes in them when there wood so they don't blow away and when there metal they have a gap between the roof and the wall
Get cattle you revenue will be much higher and you will be way more profitable. Go to a neighbor or local cattle farmer and learn somethings from them on how they raise their cattle hogs are not that profitable unless you have a very high number of hogs. Get chickens they help with a number of things including profit such as eggs, and meat. Go to a local farmer and ask them I you can shadow them for a month or 2 not only would you be helping them out with farm chores you would be learning in the process.
@@TankedFarms5151 your right thanks to the damn epa and ag financial services themselves but oh they will support the factory farms no problem basically they dont want the little guy to succeed at nothing when it comes to farming period there was not a damn thing wrong with small dairies but its all about that dollar bill raising prices on cattle and equipment, land all of it so high the common man can't touch it the bottom line.
@@TankedFarms5151 no, they don’t. They absorb all nutrients and corrupt the soil. Do some research you keyboard warrior. Why else do you think Latin America is starting to ban the growth of soy beans?
Diversity is the key dont just grow soy and corn it is not good for future soil health rotaional cropping, grazing and cover cropping is the way to go.
Nice, if you’re going the regenerative route I’ll subscribe. If it’s conventional, not interested in anymore “farmers” killing soil and poisoning food & water supplies Climate change is a scam, but regen ag is needed big time to create healthy food sources
I am learning more about this regen ag. I like it and think it fits with what I have going on. I just need to do some more research. Thanks for watching and your comments!
Joel Salatin, Carbon Cowboys, and a bunch of other channels exist Also search up these regenerative terms on google and YT: black soldier flies, bio char, compost, Su/Thompson compost, adaptive grazing, rotational grazing, organic chicken/cattle/pig/sheep feed business, permaculture, silvo pasture, garden market, no till farming
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