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2 Hidden Obstacles to Profit in Worm Farming
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Video Summary: Steve talks about the 2 hidden difficulties commercial worm breeders face which is harvesting and shipping.
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Video Timeline:
0:00 Start of Video
0:45 Reasons to Start a Commercial Worm Farm
1:40 The Challenges of Harvesting Worms
2:33 The Challenge of Shipping Worms for Commercial Worm Farmers
4:33 A Course on Worm Breeding
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@johnduffy6546 6 ай бұрын
Friend, you have touched on danged near every valid point relating to raising and selling worms. Well done!! I have been raising worms since 2005 in order to take all the grand kids fishing without going broke from the cost of bait...I also LOVE the castings for gardening! ...I have found the best way to harvest worms is "MUNCHKIN POWER." (a.k.a. grand kids who will tediously pick out worms from the bedding for the promise of Dairy Queen &/or pizza)...OK, I am NOT exploiting child labor...I am maximizing 1 on 1 quality life enrichment time with giggling little wee ones who are making memories with their "favorite" Grandpa...Here's to happy worms, grand kids and great memories;
@michaelbrion6039 4 ай бұрын
No judgement my daughter and me will be doing it as a hobby it’s okay if we make money with it almost can’t have hobbies without a profit lately time and money is precious
@chaseoliver3057 Жыл бұрын
I guess Vin Diesel gave up fast and furious for worm farming lol
@UrbanWormCompany Жыл бұрын
😂
@Weirdst403 7 ай бұрын
Letty is the camera man 😂
@SvetlaNikolova-sk3ot Ай бұрын
Vin diesel don't do worms 😂
@Sethxz Ай бұрын
Din Viesel
@bingbangbongmukbang3015 11 ай бұрын
I'm a fan! been dabbling with worms for over 10 years now and really considering starting a business. I really enjoy your channel and the information you provide is very accurate and educational.
@UrbanWormCompany 11 ай бұрын
Thanks so much BigBang! I am likely to be releasing a course in the next few months. Please be on the lookout for it!
@JJamiah 4 күн бұрын
I’m thinking of doing it. I want to use your system to do it!
@ericnyamu9981 Жыл бұрын
this how you intelligently block further competition , lol . great video , though.
@UrbanWormCompany Жыл бұрын
Yeah, I would actually prefer more quality sources of worms, actually! I've worked with 6 different suppliers and it's not the quantity of worms that's the issue. The worms are typically pretty darned good at reproducing with very minimal work by humans. It's the labor required to harvest them. That's always the bottleneck.
@deltaworms4242 Жыл бұрын
Great video and so true!!
@austinrutledge6484 Жыл бұрын
Sounds like a conspiracy from big wiggler
@UrbanWormCompany Жыл бұрын
Ha! I'd love to talk to someone doing it who says that harvesting and shipping is easy money! :)
@wawansugiarto8869 Жыл бұрын
Very good. 👍
@davidlewis8640 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your time and effort. I am starting a new business now, Big D's Worm Farm, and I am researching various revenue streams including worm sales. You confirmed what I already believed, growing worms is the easiest part, but your breakdown of the shipping process was priceless. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and experience
@UrbanWormCompany Жыл бұрын
Thanks for checking in David! Best of luck with Big Ds! FYI, I'm working on a commercial worm farming course that may be ready for release later this year.
@davidlewis8640 Жыл бұрын
@@UrbanWormCompany I look forward to seeing that. My first UWB is about 30 days from first harvest and I can't wait to see what it looks like.
@driftaway2806 Жыл бұрын
Don't give up I ship my products 70 percent under UPS and USPS prices. Get out there and find a working formula 💪 get it!!
@bennycaustic5102 Жыл бұрын
Nah, he just realized he's outing that easy money. I'm coming for that bag.
@UrbanWormCompany 11 ай бұрын
The more the merrier! 😆
@BBoyBFit 5 ай бұрын
Build locally, have a subscription/delivery route like some microgreen farmers do. Make it à la carte menu with delivery fee added.😁
@Kylescultivationfarmsandfilmst Жыл бұрын
One easy way I find the harvest my worms is to use something like a colander for a kitchen or even a 5 gallon bucket with holes in the bottom drilled into it and put some wet cardboard or bedding material in the bucket and let them come up to it that way or get a sub pod.
@UrbanWormCompany Жыл бұрын
Yep...that can work at small scale!
@xuzan78 Жыл бұрын
This was a well-thought-out and informative video that rings true in every aspect! Your poker player buddy had it right!
@UrbanWormCompany Жыл бұрын
Thanks Susan!
@SofieM-qz7ts 10 ай бұрын
In Indonesia, worms and maggots are also kept in livestock because their prices are starting to get expensive, because they are needed for agriculture and animal feed
@doittoday1 3 ай бұрын
Thank You for some awesome information on the worm business as a whole, I subbed and I’m going to check out your friends course
@UrbanWormCompany 3 ай бұрын
Thanks for the sub!
@bobsjess 7 ай бұрын
It's not just the worms I'm interested in it's the castings as well.
@lylecasteel365 Жыл бұрын
What packaging do you recommend for worm castings? 1/2 cu foot or 1 cubic foot size.
@floyddargatz5369 Жыл бұрын
Well done
@UrbanWormCompany Жыл бұрын
Thanks Floyd!
@boomknight1015 Жыл бұрын
No business is risk free.
@gabrielzubairy9857 2 ай бұрын
Not if the cops know about it
@popkxw 2 күн бұрын
Not if you ask big daddy government to help you
@SvetlaNikolova-sk3ot Ай бұрын
You can offer a deal with restaurants to collect their food for a fraction of the cost they pay in garbage removal?
@Bigrhythm4 Жыл бұрын
you're the best
@UrbanWormCompany Жыл бұрын
Thank you Big Rhythm!
@beebop9808 10 ай бұрын
Left out the chore of finding feed material for much of an operation above home composting. I do black soldier flies myself. Plenty of work to do but not difficult to manage and they're free. But then they eat piles more material and at lightening speed compared to worms. Biggest reason is chickens don't really care so much for worms unless they're in the mood for a few. They'll eat bugs till they puke. Piles of frass to use directly or feed to worms.
@UrbanWormCompany 10 ай бұрын
Yep, those BSFL are amazing!
@Weirdst403 7 ай бұрын
Is it doable? Is all i need to know for motivation
@freshstart5804 2 ай бұрын
Any advice for a guy just coming up in the business my question is what is the best way for marketing my worms and castings
@UrbanWormCompany Ай бұрын
Hi Fresh, I have a course on this and I've gotten great feedback. And you're right that marketing, not production is key to all of this. urbanwormcompany.thrivecart.com/urban-worm-u-business-course/
@azander1958 Жыл бұрын
No wonder why the guys I'm buying vermicast refused to sell their ANC
@Letgetittv2 6 ай бұрын
How about selling the worm casting with worm eggs and by doing that you help the farmers or worm breeders by giving them more than they actually paid for. Make your profit and give away more benefits and keep moving forward.
@UrbanWormCompany 6 ай бұрын
If you can educate the customer enough to make them understand that this is a better value, then this could work. The other issue though is that if you're shipping worms, they need to be in an inert material like dry peat moss in order to prevent the microbes from heating anything up.
@ravichandrakumarchouturi1900 10 ай бұрын
can you give your thoughts on international shipping , will it work .
@UrbanWormCompany 10 ай бұрын
For worms? It probably can't work due to export/import restrictions on livestock.
@FoundingFather74 Жыл бұрын
Did you guys ever sell the worm castings
@UrbanWormCompany 11 ай бұрын
Oh yeah….we still do. It’s about a third of the business
@lindafoster8182 11 ай бұрын
If we need to order local, who are you local to? Are you in the north south?
@UrbanWormCompany 11 ай бұрын
We're in the Philly area Linda! But we don't have worms in stock locally. We have a couple different sources spread across the country
@figtree393 9 ай бұрын
At what point does the compost and growing medium become casting.
@UrbanWormCompany 9 ай бұрын
Good question, fig and it all depends on what you're feeding to the worms. Highly fragmented materials like leaf mold, leaf compost, and peat can be processed within 2-4 weeks in some cases. Food waste could be 3-4 months. When we had our midscale operation here, we would assume 8 weeks for our precomposted brewer's grains and wood chips.
@jordannewsome6668 15 күн бұрын
Hey Urban Worm Company. I'm new to this and I'm a little confused. If you don't breed the worms, how do you make money?
@UrbanWormCompany 13 күн бұрын
We are a reseller and work with a few different trusted suppliers!
@JesusisLord78 9 ай бұрын
I tjink the price should be per worm
@gopalkshetry4320 10 ай бұрын
Which is more nutritious, vermicompost or slurry of biogas?
@UrbanWormCompany 10 ай бұрын
I'm not sure either would be high in nutrients, but I'm partial to vermicompost. I'm also very unfamiliar with biogas slurry, but if we're talking about anaerobic biogas digestate, then this needs to be composted first
@wawansugiarto8869 Жыл бұрын
Salam kenal , Saya Wawan dari Indonesia. Maaf jika saya tidak sopan , saya tidak bisa berbahasa inggris. Saya juga beternak cacing tanah.
@wawansugiarto8869 Жыл бұрын
Ada lebih dari satu jenis cacing yang dikembangkan disini , misalnya ; ANC , Lumbricus Rubelus , Eiseina Fetida , Prionix dan lain-lain
@wawansugiarto8869 Жыл бұрын
Saya sudah 3 tahun lalu memulai usaha bisnis cacing ini. Tapi belum menghasilkan uang dari bisnis ini. Saya kesulitan menjual cacing dan castingnya.
@wawansugiarto8869 Жыл бұрын
Mungkin anda punya saran , petunjuk , nasehat atau solusi untuk saya.... Terima Kasih Banyak 🙏🙏🙏
@wawansugiarto8869 Жыл бұрын
No. WA saya
@wawansugiarto8869 Жыл бұрын
+62-...
@user-mz8oe4bz2b 5 ай бұрын
do worms eat pineapples ?
@notgivennotgiven7776 Жыл бұрын
Money
@Glitch-Gremlin Жыл бұрын
"In this video, a Guy who makes a living selling Worms, tells people selling worms isn't a good idea" GEEEEEEEE. If you get mad, im joking.
@UrbanWormCompany Жыл бұрын
Ha! Not mad, but this is why I only *sell* worms, not grow, harvest, and ship them myself. If it were that easy, I'd be doing it! 😉
@coreyn8272 4 ай бұрын
The hidden problems are you have to get the worms from the dirt and ship them to customers? Did anybody think people were going to come to their house and do it themselves?
@UrbanWormCompany 4 ай бұрын
Uhh……noooooo? It’s that harvesting takes much longer than most new sellers realize, especially if their vermiculture medium is wet. That’s why it’s a huge bottleneck for sales.
@OurPredicament 4 ай бұрын
he doesn't even grow his own worms????
@UrbanWormCompany 4 ай бұрын
No he doesn't! 😅
@Vermicompost Жыл бұрын
Fantastic video Steve! I predict this will be the go to video on YT for folks wondering about starting a worm farming business...I'll definitely be referring people to it!!🪱🪱🪱
@UrbanWormCompany Жыл бұрын
Thanks VLBD!