You had a survey on extreme weather This morning it was - 35 F and I was greeted to babies one frozen and one alive. The due date is 1 may And if an expert tells you goats can’t breed threw the fence, I have proof. The next blog on RUclips Adventures in Goat Farming.🤬
This is the kind of info that can change peoples lives in huge way. Keep up the good work. I know it works because I’ve been growing my ranch for the last twenty years.
“Own nothing, but control everything” -Rockefeller This idea works for more than just farming. I have friends that rent Beach side apartment and turnaround and use them as airbnbs. Creativity can often overcome low starting capital. Anyways great video I enjoy watching your journey
I pulled up the county satellite maps and selected a handful near me. I cold called on one that seemed to have a residence. Scary walking up to a front door unannounced in our neck of the woods! The owner was a super sweet fellow. Been there a long time. The place needs some TLC, but I think I can get it back to production pretty fast. The guy was interested! Crap! Now I have take some action!
@@lionbearcat hey there. The one noted above fell through. Their kids talked them out of it! But, I found another land owner who is letting me use a small plot as a trial. I continue to reach out to folks. Not a fast process, and it is difficult when you don’t have a phone number!
This is the app we used to find who own some ground that we seen wasn't being used in the area we lived in. And now it has turned into something great for us. For sure do not be afraid to make that jump and talk to people.
Maybe you could get a sublease from people who lease it. I assume most people run cattle in your area so if you can convince people to let you run your sheep on their land 1 month a year as weed control and parasite management. Something I’ve considered with my goats. You would probably have to run them on bigger paddocks.
Leasing land is a good idea. But always have a good backup plan in case things go south. Also got the Maremma Puppies My old Maremma seams to snapped out of her depression due to the loss of her sister. And now is in full training mode for the next generation.
Google Earth is very helpful when surveying rent land opportunities. It will also allow you to look back at historical satellite images of the property so you can see if any animals were raised on it and how it looks during drought/flood years etc. Your county CAD website also contains the landowners tax contact info. Google Earth is also very useful for measuring how much electric fencing/water sources you will need and how many usable pasture acres you have to work with.
A lot of people have land in CRP and grazing that is allowable. Their is plenty of non tillable ground out there that’s a nuisance to keep mowed and the owner would be happy to leave that up to someone else.
Great tool to use. I plan to use this method once i have some experience. similar to how you are using it. i found that leasing is very popular in Texas so i tend to get told no due to not currently having run livestock or that they already have a leasee. so once i have a couple years on my small property i plan to start asking again and expanding.
Here in WV there is a huge real estate tax advantage to having your land classified as a farm, which requires proof of agricultural production. Many smaller farmsteads are owned by folks with 9 to 5 jobs and are owned for the sake of having land....but without a farm classification they pay much higher taxes. As such, significant tracks of land can be leased for free for the benefit of having it classified as a farm. I run an apiary and set up bee yards on "leased land" for free for the benefit to the owner of being a farm....and of course a few jars of honey. Before retiring and becoming a bee keeper a neighbor farmed my land to give me the classification. That was and remains about 20 acres in crop rotation of small grain and hay. There are 3 generations in his family farming and if it wasn't for such arrangements there wouldn't be enough land for all the families to make a living.
This is going to sound like a dumb question, but should I be reaching out to properties owned by LLCs? I live in an area where the majority of land plots are owned by organizations rather than private individuals. I have no livestock, and no equipment for that matter either outside of the hand tools I’d collected for my vegetable garden, but there is also only so much I can do with 1/8th of an acre. Am I better off focusing my attention on what I already own? My goal is to get into goats and sheep for meat and dairy, so I’d be thrilled with a smaller lot at like 10 acres or so. Something ideally that I can work by myself should anything happen to my husband
I lease the small piece of land I’m in now, since September 2020. But I’m way overpaying. I might look for another property nearby. Preferably one with a well and electricity, septic and natural gas.
I don't know if you are in USA or Canada, my husband and I had a land in Brazil and too many break ins and thefts made us to give up on it, after 7 years my husband misses it so much, and I wonder if leasing 6 months to raise and then selling in the end of 6 months could be worth, I don't know if it is too costly, because, I don't know where people start and how they start, that's how I came here to your video. I know how to raise, but here in Alberta there are more bureaucracy, I used to castrate my male pigs, here they say I have to call a vet, I used to buy the vaccines and medicines to my animals, just in extreme need I called vet and came to meet the best vet ever, I kept his contact because even online I can get my animals attended. My husband is afraid of leasing a place and the owner of the place kick us out when we put our animals out of the blue.
Hello there, I have been following your channel for a while... I am very much interested to become A sheep farmer.. Currently I am staying in Los Angeles California with my family... I need help to rent a farm land and also to learn more about farming.. Can you please get back to me when you have the time...
USDA honey report(s) tend to break it down. But the pricing is going to be highly variable as the industry is so fragmented and many are hobbyist/small businesses selling direct to customer likely at various price points and or premiums because demand is so high, and supply is limited (probably due to insane climate pressures).
@@deciduus my farm produces about 2400 kg a year. I am considering storage the honey to hedge against inflation. Any thoughts. Kinda saving in honey rather than currency
Here is a USDA chart for pricing by county in Texas: www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Texas/Publications/Current_News_Release/2021_Rls/tx-rent-2021.pdf In my area, $30 per acre would be premium rate for land with good fences and water source.
Thanks, Travis! We know the previous owners of this house and they were closely connected to surrounding land owners. That said, the phone # I got ended up being the owners cousin… so it’s not 100% foolproof. Lol.
Downloaded the app and started looking for land in my area. That is my biggest hiccup to starting my own farm/ranch. Is it common that land doesn't have names on it or contact info?
How many acres do you need per year? You'd have to drive 2.5hrs west of DFW to get to our land, so you probably wouldn't wanna do that, but yeah, I don't see why tons of folks wouldn't be eager to take you up on that offer. At $20 per acre, it's not nearly as profitable (10x less) as selling the grass and cover crops, but leasing is no work, by comparison. Seems like you could potentially scale really fast, if you got agreements, and were willing to do all the work! :p
I'm not sure if you are already aware or if this is something new to you but you can adjust the playback speed on RUclips videos by clicking the gear icon and selecting playback speed. From there you can speed up or slow down the video. Hope it helps!
Whilst I applaud showing how to get land cheap, I also worry about lease hold land. You will spend the first couple of years improving the soil and constructing the infrastructure needed to run your operation. None of this is yours, its money given to the land owner so that he can get more money for his land if he decides to sell. As with all lease hold property you don't own anything unless you make stuff mobile and that is a whole lot of other costs. As a short term investment to enable you to get the required money to get your own land, then great. But if its a long term investment then its the same as a mortgage and with the way farming is now days debt is something you want to avoid as the farm wont pay all the bills on its own.
Hi Footplate. I think this works because we can generate positive cashflow fairly quickly. The lease should be clear that all the equipment and fence you installed gets yanked up and goes with you at the end of the lease. Sure, you improved their pasture. A blessing to them for allowing you a place to farm. If you know your budget, the rent rate on the land must fit that budget. In my calculations, I think anything from 3% to 10% of my projected gross sales is acceptable. Would love to hear what others think.
I truly wish that you would have not posted that app. My area has been destroyed due to rack hunters that are wiping out the bloodlines of our nice deer here. They would have found it anyways. Word of mouth works best imo.
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You had a survey on extreme weather
This morning it was - 35 F and I was greeted to babies one frozen and one alive.
The due date is 1 may And if an expert tells you goats can’t breed threw the fence, I have proof.
The next blog on RUclips
Adventures in Goat Farming.🤬
This is the kind of info that can change peoples lives in huge way. Keep up the good work. I know it works because I’ve been growing my ranch for the last twenty years.
This is so good to hear!!! Thank you.
How do you protect yourself from the government coming in and taking the land back/or selling it to someone else??
My thought exactly!
Such an excellent message to encourage young/1st generation farmers back to the land ✨
“Own nothing, but control everything” -Rockefeller
This idea works for more than just farming. I have friends that rent Beach side apartment and turnaround and use them as airbnbs. Creativity can often overcome low starting capital. Anyways great video I enjoy watching your journey
I pulled up the county satellite maps and selected a handful near me. I cold called on one that seemed to have a residence. Scary walking up to a front door unannounced in our neck of the woods!
The owner was a super sweet fellow. Been there a long time. The place needs some TLC, but I think I can get it back to production pretty fast.
The guy was interested! Crap! Now I have take some action!
Did you?? What happened??
@@lionbearcat hey there. The one noted above fell through. Their kids talked them out of it! But, I found another land owner who is letting me use a small plot as a trial. I continue to reach out to folks. Not a fast process, and it is difficult when you don’t have a phone number!
This is the app we used to find who own some ground that we seen wasn't being used in the area we lived in. And now it has turned into something great for us. For sure do not be afraid to make that jump and talk to people.
This is an interesting video. I never thought about using an app that hunter use to try and find land leases. Thanks.
Maybe you could get a sublease from people who lease it. I assume most people run cattle in your area so if you can convince people to let you run your sheep on their land 1 month a year as weed control and parasite management. Something I’ve considered with my goats. You would probably have to run them on bigger paddocks.
Love this attitude. Way to go girl!
You're a hard worker and an inspiration! I hope you get every land you desire, you deserve success.
I love this. Getting 60 acres this year and have already looked at all the surrounding properties. Some of it is already leased.
Leasing land is a good idea. But always have a good backup plan in case things go south.
Also got the Maremma Puppies
My old Maremma seams to snapped out of her depression due to the loss of her sister. And now is in full training mode for the next generation.
Google Earth is very helpful when surveying rent land opportunities. It will also allow you to look back at historical satellite images of the property so you can see if any animals were raised on it and how it looks during drought/flood years etc. Your county CAD website also contains the landowners tax contact info.
Google Earth is also very useful for measuring how much electric fencing/water sources you will need and how many usable pasture acres you have to work with.
Okay, just watched this video after commenting on my perceived barriers and... this is awesome . I totally want to try this now.
Hope it works for you!
Great video it is 350 an acre minimum here in Ireland 🙈🙈🙈
I learn alot on this channel, watching from Africa
Very timely vlog since we are moving to a new area. Thanks for sharing.
Near video. This is what I’d love to do in the future. Thanks for the resource share.
You go girl!!
A lot of people have land in CRP and grazing that is allowable. Their is plenty of non tillable ground out there that’s a nuisance to keep mowed and the owner would be happy to leave that up to someone else.
Great tool to use. I plan to use this method once i have some experience. similar to how you are using it. i found that leasing is very popular in Texas so i tend to get told no due to not currently having run livestock or that they already have a leasee. so once i have a couple years on my small property i plan to start asking again and expanding.
You’re awesome!
She is so impressive to me!
Leasing land is so cheap in US, here in Pakistan one acre on lease cost 500 to 700 USD😐
SOOO much good information here!
Here in WV there is a huge real estate tax advantage to having your land classified as a farm, which requires proof of agricultural production. Many smaller farmsteads are owned by folks with 9 to 5 jobs and are owned for the sake of having land....but without a farm classification they pay much higher taxes. As such, significant tracks of land can be leased for free for the benefit of having it classified as a farm. I run an apiary and set up bee yards on "leased land" for free for the benefit to the owner of being a farm....and of course a few jars of honey. Before retiring and becoming a bee keeper a neighbor farmed my land to give me the classification. That was and remains about 20 acres in crop rotation of small grain and hay. There are 3 generations in his family farming and if it wasn't for such arrangements there wouldn't be enough land for all the families to make a living.
This video was a huge blessing. I'm been trying to figure out how to do this.
Super glad to hear it!!
Hello. I enjoyed watching your video alot. How many Sheep do you have on your Farm if I may ask you
Great info, thank you very much!!!
And hoped If they do want to sell hopefully you have saved enough to buy it.
Would like to know about the letters you send out when you find a piece of land?
Best video 😃
This is going to sound like a dumb question, but should I be reaching out to properties owned by LLCs? I live in an area where the majority of land plots are owned by organizations rather than private individuals. I have no livestock, and no equipment for that matter either outside of the hand tools I’d collected for my vegetable garden, but there is also only so much I can do with 1/8th of an acre. Am I better off focusing my attention on what I already own?
My goal is to get into goats and sheep for meat and dairy, so I’d be thrilled with a smaller lot at like 10 acres or so. Something ideally that I can work by myself should anything happen to my husband
I lease the small piece of land I’m in now, since September 2020. But I’m way overpaying. I might look for another property nearby. Preferably one with a well and electricity, septic and natural gas.
Great video.
Do you have a video that breaks down writing up a lease?
I don't know if you are in USA or Canada, my husband and I had a land in Brazil and too many break ins and thefts made us to give up on it, after 7 years my husband misses it so much, and I wonder if leasing 6 months to raise and then selling in the end of 6 months could be worth, I don't know if it is too costly, because, I don't know where people start and how they start, that's how I came here to your video.
I know how to raise, but here in Alberta there are more bureaucracy, I used to castrate my male pigs, here they say I have to call a vet, I used to buy the vaccines and medicines to my animals, just in extreme need I called vet and came to meet the best vet ever, I kept his contact because even online I can get my animals attended. My husband is afraid of leasing a place and the owner of the place kick us out when we put our animals out of the blue.
Hello landowner here with 122 acres. I can't find a website that's reliable to market my land for lease to folks like you. Where would i find people?
Hello there, I have been following your channel for a while... I am very much interested to become A sheep farmer.. Currently I am staying in Los Angeles California with my family... I need help to rent a farm land and also to learn more about farming.. Can you please get back to me when you have the time...
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Are you aware of a farm commodity price research website that includes honey prices and perhaps international since my farm is in Mexico? Thank you
USDA honey report(s) tend to break it down. But the pricing is going to be highly variable as the industry is so fragmented and many are hobbyist/small businesses selling direct to customer likely at various price points and or premiums because demand is so high, and supply is limited (probably due to insane climate pressures).
@@deciduus my farm produces about 2400 kg a year. I am considering storage the honey to hedge against inflation. Any thoughts. Kinda saving in honey rather than currency
What does it cost generally to lease land? I know thats pretty broad but just trying to get an idea of what to expect
Here is a USDA chart for pricing by county in Texas: www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Texas/Publications/Current_News_Release/2021_Rls/tx-rent-2021.pdf
In my area, $30 per acre would be premium rate for land with good fences and water source.
How do you find phone numbers to call? Great video!
Thanks, Travis! We know the previous owners of this house and they were closely connected to surrounding land owners.
That said, the phone # I got ended up being the owners cousin… so it’s not 100% foolproof. Lol.
Got it, thank you!
Downloaded the app and started looking for land in my area. That is my biggest hiccup to starting my own farm/ranch. Is it common that land doesn't have names on it or contact info?
Most all of the land in my area has names and an address, so I wouldn’t say it is common. Hope you have success with your search!
Alas, mine as well. No names, nothing. 😭
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How many acres do you need per year?
You'd have to drive 2.5hrs west of DFW to get to our land, so you probably wouldn't wanna do that, but yeah, I don't see why tons of folks wouldn't be eager to take you up on that offer.
At $20 per acre, it's not nearly as profitable (10x less) as selling the grass and cover crops, but leasing is no work, by comparison.
Seems like you could potentially scale really fast, if you got agreements, and were willing to do all the work! :p
Yes! If you find a good tenant it’s a great way to keep your land maintained.
I really like your videos but you a bit fast talking for me.
I'm not sure if you are already aware or if this is something new to you but you can adjust the playback speed on RUclips videos by clicking the gear icon and selecting playback speed. From there you can speed up or slow down the video.
Hope it helps!
Whilst I applaud showing how to get land cheap, I also worry about lease hold land. You will spend the first couple of years improving the soil and constructing the infrastructure needed to run your operation. None of this is yours, its money given to the land owner so that he can get more money for his land if he decides to sell. As with all lease hold property you don't own anything unless you make stuff mobile and that is a whole lot of other costs. As a short term investment to enable you to get the required money to get your own land, then great. But if its a long term investment then its the same as a mortgage and with the way farming is now days debt is something you want to avoid as the farm wont pay all the bills on its own.
Hi Footplate. I think this works because we can generate positive cashflow fairly quickly. The lease should be clear that all the equipment and fence you installed gets yanked up and goes with you at the end of the lease. Sure, you improved their pasture. A blessing to them for allowing you a place to farm. If you know your budget, the rent rate on the land must fit that budget. In my calculations, I think anything from 3% to 10% of my projected gross sales is acceptable.
Would love to hear what others think.
I truly wish that you would have not posted that app. My area has been destroyed due to rack hunters that are wiping out the bloodlines of our nice deer here. They would have found it anyways. Word of mouth works best imo.