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

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.

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 KZreadr. I’ll watch some ads now. Watch that money start rolling in!

Thanks for sticking with it. Really enjoying your video. Even watching the old ones

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.

I agree 100%. Glad you and your family are doing ok through this. God Bless.

@JustaFewAcresFarm

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bernie!

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

That joke about finding a way to make less money per hour than farming was hilarious.

Hey Pete, just found your channel. As an aspiring farmer, I find your content extremely helpful. Great job, brother. Keep the videos coming.

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.

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!

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.

You are the first KZread channel i have subscribed to that has explained how monitization works. I can watch 30 secs of commercials😁

Thanks Pete for another informative video!

@JustaFewAcresFarm

4 жыл бұрын

You're welcome Theresa!

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.

@OnlyTakk

3 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?

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!

@JustaFewAcresFarm

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Michael!!

Thanks for the honesty...and the education on how KZread works...I have always wondered how the KZread money part worked. Now that I know if I watch the ads I can help in a small way. Take care...from Virginia.

@JustaFewAcresFarm

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Steven, yep, the ads are annoying but watching them helps me out. I appreciate it!

I didn't know that. I can watch 30sec for u Pete. Least I can do for all knowledge u share

I did not know the thing about the ads. From now on I'll watch every ad

You are so right!

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!

@JustaFewAcresFarm

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Sue! I greatly appreciate your support for the channel by watching the ads! Best of luck with your Dexters.

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.

Thank you!

Another excellent video! Very informative as usual! Many thanks

@JustaFewAcresFarm

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Rogerio!

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.

Glad you explained how to support you better with watching at least some of the advertising .

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!

Ever since I learned about how KZread 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 KZread

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!

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.

@JustaFewAcresFarm

4 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.

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.

@JustaFewAcresFarm

4 жыл бұрын

Great idea Larry! That may be in the cards for us.

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.

You rock !

For you, I will watch/tune out Quiby ads!

@JustaFewAcresFarm

4 жыл бұрын

Many thanks, rtom675!

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.

@JustaFewAcresFarm

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Cliff, happens all the time with poultry.

@teresajohnson849

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks cliff i never thought about that

@teresajohnson849

4 жыл бұрын

I grow my own chickens and pigs

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

@JustaFewAcresFarm

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Russ, good to hear from you!

@andreafalconiero9089

4 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!

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.

amen,, thank you,,, God bless,,

GOD BLESS

Hey Pete, Love you guys! Take e-transfers costs the buyer $1.50 and you nothing...stop taking credit

Didn’t know about the 30 seconds of the video thing. Guess I’ll stop skipping them.

WOW, you only live about 1:45 min from me. Hello fellow NYer

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.

I love your channel. Nicely edited, informative videos. Just how few acres do you have?

Go get them pete

I had no idea how the monetary aspect of KZread worked. I’ll watch the 30 seconds from now on. 🤷‍♀️😊

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.

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"

@JustaFewAcresFarm

4 жыл бұрын

Wow Kendall, I had no idea. Stay safe.

How are farms around your area doing now?? I'm on the west coast, Washington State, NOT doing well out here.

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.

What hatchery do you guys use again? I need to order some. Thanks!

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?

@JustaFewAcresFarm

4 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.

@andreafalconiero9089

4 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.

What is CSA? Never heard of the association

How many seconds do we have to watch of the actual video to count as a "view"?

Where are you located in upstate we are in Schoharie county?

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?

@JustaFewAcresFarm

4 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.

Check? Wow... Is that still a thing in US? Common?

...thats a lot of freezers...$$$

11:35 chicken escape

How does this work for someone like me who have YT premium? Do you get any “credit” for me watching?

@JustaFewAcresFarm

3 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.

That’s farming u get to wait. It’s not fast food

Hell yes and true on the Banks messing all the farmers all over!!

Use PayPal friends and family for payments and avoid any fees

You. Will also make a pay off for KZread premium members being subbed

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.

Don't worry. The virus will suddenly disappear as a problem after November.

It sucks that the guy in office is screwing with the postal system because of voter suppression. Hopefully it gets better in January.

Perhaps it's time to leave New York.

Can you butcher your own chickens and sell them?

@lisacastano1064

3 жыл бұрын

It varies by state.