LEASING A NEW 120+ ACRE FARM | THE BIG PLAN 

Best of luck with the new project, if you stick as many cattle as you can on that old wig don’t bother giving them silage give them a couple of kgs of meal a day and get them onto it yesterday! We took a place like this a few years ago and we didn’t get the cattle on to it soon enough most of the place was a waste of time that summer but we did take in sheep the next winter and they skint it spent about a week in it with a digger either digging up or burying the stones we couldn’t move oh and we put a couple of tons of lime to the acre on it straight away when we got it and that did sweeten the grass enough for the sheep to eat it to the clay. Fencing was the biggest job in the heal of the hunt, the land owner in fairness agreed to do the boundary fence ( supplied posts wire staples gates etc but not labour) but the internal fencing was our baby, we are 3 years into a 10 year lease and I was in it this morning it is looking well ( wet as heck but there is a good covering of grass especially on the about half that we have reseeded) . The one thing about that old wig of grass is that it holds up stock great so get as many onto it as you can and then hit it with the einbock or a good rough chain harrow get the lime out on it asap and maybe you will do better than us and get some good out of it this year.

I think it would be very beneficial to your audience and young farmers who may be thinking of expanding their own family farms to know how you approached your accountant, bank, and the landowner to analyse the feasibility and suitability of renting the land for your farm. It would be interesting to hear the terms of the lease agreement along with: - The costs and benefits of renting the land, such as the expected income, expenses. - The potential challenges and risks of renting the land. I watch a lot of farmers on RU-vid and it's not all positive. Best of luck with upscaling.

Sounds like it's the right move, just based on the proximity to the home farm. If only you knew a guy with a stone picker?

All the best in your new and big expansion.. Remember to stop and smell the roses.

Mighty stuff Phil, a fine place with potential, best of luck👌👍🙏

Nice and also rare to get ground like that beside you, very best of luck with it

The very best of luck with new Farm Phil,I hope it's very lucky for you🍀 Would you consider getting in a few hundred sheep to graze off that old grass? Not only would they graze it but they also fertilise it for you.

Can’t wait to follow this, farming sim - real life 🥰

Cut the grass with that old john deere mower and bale it. Then re seed it and roll the whole field. Mowers can handle stones if yuo just don't drive like crazy, greetings from Finland and best luck Phil!

Good luck with it Phil. Great to see young farmers like yourself pushing on with the farming

That grass will be better forage than you think - we tested some and it’s better than silage! Just strip graze it with some rough cattle - there is an unreal amount of valuable forage on there - I’d jump at grazing it off Just keep em moving in small cells to make sure there is some green in the bite

Fortune favours the brave. Good luck with your new project!

You seem to thrive on hard work Phil. Try to cut silage where possible , plough , get stones out, plenty lime + fertilizer in, reseed, more fertilizer and then wait & see the benefits... but you do it your way

Keep pushing on Phil!! Good work.

Best of luck with your project Phil . Father Phil will have the Answers for you. Get to it Men looking forward to seeing how you Tackle it. Lib will be there for you as well.🇺🇸🇮🇪🇺🇸👍

Congratulations on the new farm farmer Phil . Great video as always

Hope this new land doesnt delay the new shop love seeing the improvements excited for the videos and the time and diesel savings alone

A neighbour bought land like that with a butt of grass before. He cut it, baled it and dumped the bales. With the stones, hard to do that. Cattle walking it into the ground seems a good approach. Lime spread in a few weeks would help break it down too. Best of luck with it anyway.

Best of luck with the new ground you’re lucky to be able to get a take like that. Anything that comes up our way is making 500 + at the minute stupid money

Nothing crazy about re-aligning and streamlining your plans, sounds very sensible. It must be hard to quantify the costing for this but if your not driving a lot of machinery as far just the diesel savings will help. Not to mention time. I look forward to seeing how you go about recovering this land. cheers!

Best of luck with that land you are lucky to have got it , where I am it’s hard to get a block of land and it’s making strong enough money

Good luck with the new venture. I’m already looking forward to seeing the transformation.

Hi Phil, great video, as always. We bought a farm that looked exactly like that three years ago, 120 aces, hadn’t been farmed properly in years and years. Great sheared hedges down, got drains sorted and put a n some new ones,Grazed it all down hard with dry stock and sheep to try and get rid of that awful grass. Turned nice and green afterwards but grass growth was still very very poor. What we did in the end was, soil test everything, got soil index and PH right, out wintered cattle to break up the matted sward, and re seed in spring!! Now take 4cuts of silage off and a total transformation. If you want it productive, it’ll all have to be turned or cultivated (we disced twice and power harrowed) and seeded. Good luck👍

Good idea having everything at home even if it takes some work to get it to standard will be better in the long run I would try a flail topper in that if your paying attention a rumble of a stone won't do it much harm

Best of luck with the new land. Should do great. If you had gotten it before Christmas I am sure if you have any big sheep lads in the area they could have had plenty of the land mob grazed, some still might be looking for some grazing land if they overstocked in store lambs

You would be mad not to take it on.best of luck .Fill it up with cattle now and use electric fence as your cattle are trained to it. Then it will be ready for this season, when it stops raining. Keep up fantastic vids.

Best of luck with the new project luck forward to seeing how it comes along

Best of luck with the new farm. Be careful if you're dosing for red water withdrawal times are long up to 9 months

Congratulations on getting the new farm Phil, lots to do but I can see masses of potential and know you will do it, it has lots of things you can utilize for your job, well done and look forward to seeing it happen, good luck!

Its going to be a big job Phil but should be a good job when your finished, with being so close to your own place its a no brainer, can't wait to see it all coming together, good luck to you and all your crew

Neighbouring or close by land is always worth more than distant ground. 😊 Good luck with your project farm.😊

Spray rushes before you mulch them,more porous material to soak the spray

How exciting for you, a big project, but with good possibilities, wishing you all the best with it and here's hoping the stones don't become too much of a pain in the hooha for you :) Thank you for sharing, looking forward to watching the progress

Best of luck with all your new endeavours .always great to see ye making life easier for yer selves. 🤠

Onwards and upwards Farmer Phil , definately the way to go , good luck .

Best a luck lads, nice to take on a new project with tidying up a bit a ground, satisfying job

You go for it fp sir you all can do it its a amazing choice sir ill be here to see you all grow thank you

Great to get it so close to home, No better people to make it work for you..

I lost 8 acres of mowing grass to floods last may, once it dried out i turned cattle in there for a few days to eat the best of it. I then mowed it and baled it same day, i didnt put any net on the bales. I just collected them together and shook them up in a big heap. They have composted down quite well, mixed up with a bit of muck. If you just top that it will smother the grass, will be a longtime coming back nice. Obviously stones are your problem.

Great news. Onwards and upwards. Exciting times. Congratulations.

All the best with new land 🤙🤙👍👍

Best of luck. Sounds like a good venture.

Its a no brainer phil! You just can't pass up the chance of land on your doorstep. I agree with getting stock out and eating that grass off asap. At least you have all the equipment to overseed, reseed and crop. You'll get it looking good, just takes time. Good luck 👍

All your reasons for taking it on make sense to me👍a couple of years extra work getting on top of it but to have all your land and stock on the doorstep can't beat it. Only downside you won't be able to sneak the show pony out with the plough as father Phil will be able to see it from the house. 🤷‍♂️😂😂

Best of luck to you. You're not afraid of a bit of work. A new brush sweeps clean.

Brilliant stuff, delighted for ye guys. Upwards & onwards

Best of luck with the new land. After you graze as section run he grass harrow over it to pull the tatch off the ground it will also help to expose the stones without breaking any machinery

Congrats. Big expansion. Cannot wait to see ploughing video

Best of luck with the new farm. Looking forward to seeing the progress as you go along.

Fair play to ye lads👌 The very best of luck with it, there’s lovely potential in the place.

Best of luck now with this new chapter in the farm plan 👍👍👍

Wish you the very best of luck with it. You would be foolish not to take it and it so close to you. It will be a big help for you too with nitrates. Good move.

Good idea Phil once you get it sorted out it will be just fine!

No brainer Phil, really looking forward to the videos of this farm & picking up a few tips

Great move Phil nice to see positivity in these times 👍 would be good to place sheep on the close fields to farm, and what about a slow tractor with a very heavy roller to deal with the stones 👍🍻

Great stuff Phil. Best of luck with it all. Look forward to see the progress on it

Best wishes and best of luck with the farm lease same scenario as myself had to retire from farming in 2010 due to Epilepsy and Brain surgery thus can't drive ever again health is wealth cheers Declan 👍👍🙏🙏

Good luck with your new venture, the whole place needs tilling or reseeding, will take a few years, the roof on the shed is not great either.

Great video. FairPlay for taking on this project, you have the cattle, machinery, experience and entertainment for the task so why not give it a go. With all the effort you’re planning to put into the place it would be brilliant if you had the option and capability to buy it down the line. Keep up the good work.

That a great looking farm to get Phil how much will it cost a year land is gone crazy price to rent these days

The best of luck, a very positive fella looking to the future, not exactly how i would maybe suggest doing it, as far as im aware with 250-300 acres of his own land would be concentrating on it and reseeding and improving it, growing cereal, and contracting, and fewer cattle with no rented land and lots more of own beef through own farm shop, but maybe im missing a trick, maybe more rented land is the way to go???

Best way to control the ticks ?& red water challenges is,apply 3 tonnes of lime per acre and ensure he keeps close to the hedges on the first lap of each field, this will correct ph and help you get new grass leys established

Best of luck with the new plans hopefully it all works out well sometime you have to make risks

Best of luck farmer phil with your new farm hope all goes well for you 👍

Strip grazing, with hot wires, silage/balage/hay fed to the cattle, us sheep farmers could do it quicker with 400+ sheep in a mob, have seen someone do it with horses, then if too rough to work up, use a selective herbicide and then spread clover seed etc with a spinner spreader, thats what we would do in New Zealand we have a grass that once it seeds, the livestock won't eat the stalk, we can still burn but only once the autumn rains arrive.

Good luck with the new project. Looking forward to seeing more videos

Most of it wants ploughing up put some wheat on it than reseed some of the smaller fields. Next year I be puting the plough on now .

Good work getting after guys 👏👏 I’ve taken on plenty of blocks like that, best is to crash graze it before the grass gets growing, big mobs of as big a cattle as you can get, dairy dry cows or big store dairy bullocks, strip it hard and fast. The quicker you can get it all off the better. I’d consider buying in or agisting if you can. You’ll find you have a very open pasture after, so you may have to stitch in or broadcast seed on. The land costs the same weather you grow a heap of feed or stuff all, good thing to remember. Good luck 👍👍

Wishing you all the best with the lease. Getting good land to lease is hard to find, getting good land to lease near your own ground is near impossible. Definitely a good choice taking the land next to your own. You and your father should look into lease to buy agreements with the land owner. Good luck.

Good reason for father Phil to up grade is forager. You got your mowers and father Phil gets his forager lol. Good luck with everything Phil and family good to see farming getting stronger for you all

The Best of luck with it farmer Phil your a hard working on your farmer

Best of luck Phil with your new project

Looks like a spot with plenty of potential. We bought a place that looked similar, heavy stocked with cows and sheep and did the very best. Wouldn't know it today after slurry & fert

Cattle have great way of reclaiming land, best of luck with it Phil

Phil thanks for sharing that video. You only regret the things you haven't tried. Enjoy your plans as well as achievements. I'll follow you with interest. Best of luck and kind regards.

I've no doubt you'll make a great sucess of it - best wishes

Best of luck going forward with your new project.

Amazing to watch you and the family going from strength to strength Phil. Congratulations on the new lump, I hope you put an option to buy in the lease🤞👍

Congratulations on you're new land its a fairly big project i think we'll worth taking on its not to often you'd get that mutch land so close to home Looking forward to following along and watching you're progress as i have no doubt you'll turn it into an amazing farm Really enjoyed the video as always looking forward to the next one

Fair play to yous hope all goes well 👍

Mayb the best move to remove the old grasses is to put in a massive amount of sheep for a short period they traple the old gras and stimulate regrowth of the better grasses

Best off luck guy's. MAJOR cyclone. For the white grass .Harrington's off kilkelly. For ur new slates .hope the weather is good for the hay 👍⭐👌

Best of luck with it. Bigger and better.

Good luck with the new farm lots too do it will be great content for the channel 👍👍👍

All the best with taking on the new farm and land.

Sheep! And lots of them. To clear the grass.

Best of luck Phil & co. with new farm lease .A lot of work never holds yous back.Ps. you could always accidentally drop a lit cigarette on a very dry summers day in them fields to burn them.🔥🔥🔥😂😂

Best of luck 🤞 with the new land Phil ye will get it working well ye are a great team of lad’s and ladies 👍👍

Best of luck with your new venture

Test the land for black leg too, as we got caught before with new ground, all the best with the new ground

Sheep and a plough and a good man on a hedge cutter. 👍

Best wishes on your expansion.

Good luck with the new farm, of course it's a good decicion. Your pallet of time is nowhere to be seen, so you must try to get more done in a shorter period of time, and if you are loosing an hour everytime you are driving to the other outfarms, you gain alot with the shorter distance :)

Sounds like a great idea renting that farm, best of luck with it. Enjoyed watching. 👍🏼

I would be ploughing as much ground up as you can and get that stone collector in. You really need to hit it hard in the first year so you can get the rewards the following year.

Going to enjoy Farmer Phil and liv and does Father Phil know what you are planning.Our favourite viewing for Sunday our favourite Farmers in the whole wide world.🌍 So so good luck with your new venture.☮️☮️☮️☮️☮️☮️💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟

A huge amount of work but potentially a great investment. Best of luck.

Get the finnegans lads down to sort it all ASAP. They wouldn't be long putting it right. Would also make good content... sorting a farm in 1 long weekend

😱🙈🤦‍♂️ Have ye won the Lotto Phil?👂🤚😉🤣👍 Ye're doing the right thing Phil. The nearer to home the better.👍 Even if it was 3 or up to 10kms away from home, it'd still be good for ye to rent it. Ye seem to have to do alot of work with the shed. Just going on what I can see in the video. Aswell as the work on the shed, the fencing, the water setup. Have a serious look at the handling areas. Like the last thing ye want to happen after putting cattle into it, to do something with them. Is for them to wreck it. While yere setting up the fencing, set it up like if was a dairy farm set up, without the actual roadways infrastructure. That'll help ye alot, when bringing stock to & from the handling area's. Like what's already said, pack it with stock ASAP & forget about giving them silage. It'll be a waste of silage to do that. They'll only be interested in the grass, even if it's not good quality. Do soil sampling aswell, along with liming all of the farm. For now & maybe late into the summer, just eat it like mad. Once it's eat clean, ye'll know better about the stone problem on the farm. IF the boundary fences are very good, nothing wrong with getting sheep on it for the winter. I can see it being the 3rd year or near the end of the 2nd year before ye'll really know, Where's ye're going right or wrong with the work ye've done on the farm. Also secretly be saving abit, as it could go up for sale in the future sometime & it'd be a shame to let it go, with it being so near home & ye've been farming it for so long. Any young farmer either expanding there farm or starting off from scratch. Ye'll need to be able to get Grant's on that farm. If ye're starting from scratch ye might need to be working off farm aswell. So in other words if your going to the bank to get the rented farm,they'll ask you is there Grant's on the farm & are you working? Is you say NO to any of them questions, they're highly likely to say no to you. Despite you having a serious business plan done out for them aswell. Also for new interants farmer's the minimum term of a lease on a farm, can be 6 year's. There my experience of thing's in relating to banks & getting a herd number to start off. Good luck & hope it works out for you Phil & to anybody that's starting off. 👍

Good decision.. I hope/am sure. Looking forward to how you show us the journey of incorporating a big chunk of land intovthe farm. And you've enough horsepower already to work it!