He never changed his tone yet he got me really motivated. He makes a lot of sense.

"You're sitting behind your computer at your day job, and you're sick of it." How did he see me?!? haha

I’ve got 12,000 acres leased and the reason I was able t lease it is because no one else wanted it. It’s in the desert and I’ve got to haul water every day but it’s my ranch and all my livestock are paid for. Greg is right To control the land is where the money is at. 🐐🐏🐑🤠

I've got a free lease and $400. I bought a calf and milk replacer, two weeks in he's still okay. I bought six tiny hairsheep lambs, lateborn, and five are female, they were $25/ea. I'll get em catchable and sell em privately, see what comes thru the sale barn next. Hangin by a hair but it's a start

Greg, I have been watching for a few years. Started with chickens and moved em every day. Now I’m into dairy goats and I move them every day. I have 26 acres available to lease, and now it’s time to move up to grazing. I am 24 and your wisdom is making my paths clear! Thank you

As always it deserves more than a thumbs up :-)

Every successful farmer I ever met has a note pad in his pocket.

Shouting a huge THANK YOU!! You've confirmed it for me. I work a full time 9 to 5 and tired of looking at a screen all day. I've been wanting to start farming but wasn't sure where to start. I'm searching for land i can lease now. Thank you so much!!

I think this video was the key to something important for me to understand before moving forward in the direction I should be going. Thanks Greg. Truly amazing knowledge you are sharing.

Thanks Greg. Appreciate your wisdom.

Thanks for the expertise and encouragement

Very inspirational & encouraging!

Thank you for sharing your wisdom, Sir!

You're an inspiration! Thank you Greg!

Absolutely amazing! Fantastic speech! Thank you

thank ya fer another great video amd the pep talk,, thanks

Thanks as always for the great information and encouragement.

Great advice thanks Greg

such an inspiring video Greg! you're a bloody legend.

Awsome advice thank you so much

The most valuable thing to own is this knowledge. Practical application and experience is gold. Thanks for your videos. ❤️🌱

Sir, I appreciate your time and wisdom words. That was real gem. Thank you.

This guy is awesome thank you for the advice

Great advice

sheep work well with this. also USA gov gives out sheep firebreak grazing. homeowners association and keep sheep grazing contract if you have a really good flock of sheep or goats and manage them correctly. great way to walk into a paid job that's paying you to be there. sometimes requires a bit of supplemental feed. mostly not if you got goats.

After spending all day yesterday and today with Greg Judy learning in person I have to say THIS is the best information and teacher anywhere on the planet for those of us who want to take charge of our own food, our own livelihood AND help to save the planet at the same time... thank you!

The more we learn from you guys the more we enjoy going back and watching your older videos again, because now we really get it!!

Brilliant!

Excellent commentary - you are a real inspiration Sir. Thanks!

Ik it's probably common knowledge in rural areas and among farmers but I'm 47yo and I didn't realize how economical leasing grazing and farming land is until a year ago from watching this video I think. I am here watching again, I am gonna do this someday soon, and I wanna say this video is a treasure. I can't be the only moron who didn't think of this before so you really are probably helping allot of city slickers like me realize we can do this to and we don't need to invest in a whole farm to learn and try it

Didn’t even know that was a thing to do. Thank you, partner

Thanks Greg

Hi Greg you're an amazing man! About 2 years ago I started leasing 75 acres across the street from my house (2 acres), I have honeybees, Berkshire hogs , 8 head of cattle at the moment. My goal is to start raising grass fed beef as the main part of my farm all thanks to sharing all this knowledge.Cant ever thankyou enough!

Thanks Greg, im inspired~!

1.Find area where there is 28-30 mm rain. Moisture makes thinks quick to grow. 2.Get a 5 year lease minimum. Written! 3.Make the land look good and work on it. 4. 1-5 acre land can be played with. There could be free land as well. 5. Grow grasses for the livestock. Find which grasses goats or sheep like.

Wonderful Greg: you got me thinking here in Aussie

Great video greg

Really appreciate your teaching style and how you make it simple to understand. Thank you and God bless 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Greg! I love you!

oh my gosh what an interesting idea!! wow

I am so grateful i found your channel! The info on here is absolutely priceless!

Excellent Video!!!

My son’s in-laws make a good living farming on leased land. They grow hay and have no animals. They only own one acre, where their house and shop are located.

Great information Greg. I have been looking to buy land but never thought of leasing it.

The law of compounding applied to cattle. VERY GOOD video Greg. This should bring hope to every aspiring cattlewoman or cattleman around.

I appreciate your info thanks 🎉❤

Good advice 👍

I appreciate you sharing your wisdom and experience with us. Please keep doing it I need it!! I’m gonna make a life on the land. I refuse to accept anything else. So I need everything that you are willing to share Mr. Judy! I’m so indebted to Justin Rhodes for introducing me to you. I have already learned quite a bit from listening to you. But more importantly I think my attitude has improved!! I feel more positive about reaching goals I set for myself than I ever have. Mr. Judy you have plaid a big role in that. Thank you!! Please keep teaching us. Good luck this deer season and God bless

Greg I'm paying close attention to your videos,and I have your first book. I'm buying about 80acres of prime pasture and the goal is you start raising cattle next year. Thank you for all the great knowledge you are sharing.

Congratulations Greg.. I am from philippines and my father own a farm also like your videos..i love cows goat and chicken

Excellent content!! 👍 👌 😎 Came across your channel and subscribed!! Thanks for sharing!!!

THANK YOU !!

I can tell that you really want to help people. It shows in the way you talk.

Greg, I watched this three years ago but I'm watching it now again and it motivates me equally as much or more so to go lease some land and start raising sheep. I'm going to get some of your books.

I’m 21 with two baby boys and there is nothing I would love more than to make good money close to home where I can be there and watch my beautiful family grow and live the rest of our lives on a ranch

You got me thinking about leasing for meat chickens (something I might be able to do currently). A buddy of mine has a couple acres of yard he doesn’t use. I tease him about not having chickens. I am going to play with it in my head, see if a meat tractor or two is doable and see it I can work a deal. Even if I can’t sell them I could possible use them for my family and save a few dollars and since he isn’t doing anything with it anyway, I could pay him in chickens. Thanks for the the inspiration.

Such good advice. We bought the land first and it's been very slow going. We'll get there, but probably would have gone much faster leasing first.

good topic! great thing about cattle is they can rebuild the poor ground into productive ground.

This is a wonderful resource. We are so lucky to have opportunities like KZfaq to hear from someone who might be half the country away, to gain their knowledge and add it to all the others. The best resource for knowledge is talking to other people, and we get to do that passively with so many farmers through KZfaq. That doesn't mean stop there. Get out and meet people locally. You can find farmers, and some will be willing to talk to you, at so many places without needing to go door to door. - Farmer's Markets - Auctions (Commodity and Equipment) - Your Local County Fair - Veterinarians That Treat Livestock - AG Centered Events, such as 4H (even the kids will probably teach you something), Rodeos, and Historic Equipment Shows - A Small Farming Town Diner (most advice I have ever gotten for the price of a cup of coffee, great multitasking as you soak up knowledge while having a good meal) Head to those types of places, walk up to someone who looks like a farmer and shake their hand. It's easier to pick up some knowledge from a complete stranger about farming than it is to pick up a girl or guy at the bar.

I love this video I wish I could have a farm too

I just met a couple who own 4 farms. They started off by leasing a plot and growing ginger. They still grow ginger, but they now have employees to pick it, and they have 100 head of cattle, growing a herd (yet to sell any). I knew that Joel Salatin says to lease, but to meet people who've done it so, so successfully... !

Good talk

Appreciate the video, I've been on the search for 3 years for land around St. Charles County, MO...no luck yet!

I would love to just hang out with this guy while he is farming everyday.

You're pretty cool guy.

Inspiring! I have been a software engineer for 15 years, I now wish I would have been a farmer. Looking forward to getting started on my retirement!

Great Man, I want to attend the May, When I have to register your class

Thank you so much. Almost cried. No farming background, moving in January to the land only with my God, my dog, my skin and my knowledge. Thank you for the encouragement. God bless you Greetings from Brazil 🇧🇷

❤️ from 🇮🇳

Please link your book. Ty for the sharing of your knowledge.

So its 2023 me and a friend are starting and we are leasing to start just to see if we can do it with sheep . We found a farm that needed a good bit of work approached the farmer about leasing his pasture and said we will do the work to bring it up to par and so far it's working great.

Try to get a purchase option along with your land lease. That option can appreciate a bunch, whether you execute not. And maybe you were the one to force the appreciation. Flip the option, or buy the land at less than market value.

Greg we just purchased a 90 acre farm in the Berkshires MA the beginning of this year. The Farm came with a 1820 house and 3000sq barn. Hasn’t really been farmed for 20 years just used as high grade hay. There’s about 50 acres in hay and 40 acres wooded. Im probably going to open up another 20 acres in the years to come. I know absolutely nothing about farming so this will be a adventure for us. Where going to start our own KZfaq channel to show others our progress as time goes by. Wish us luck.

Wow! I’m looking forward to hearing more about this.

Hey Greg, in an upcoming video can you talk about how/where you market your meat (beef, lamb, chicken, pork)? In the last three years of my farming adventure I’ve learned that raising the animals is the easy part but without a market they will cost you money rather than make you money. Thanks for your great videos and passion with which you share.

I just followed your channel and im happy that I found your work because it much needed. Whats your take on grand solar minimum in the up coming years and how you gonna overcome it ?

That’s awesome advice. For me personally it’s going to be 5 steps - actually move to my land - take a class on animal husbandry - learn on my own 5 acres to build pasture and not kill my livestock - develop a direct to consumer market locally - expand to leased land I’ll keep watching you and learn

Greg I really appreciate your words of wisdom. I own 140 acres in SW Texas and regenerating the land. We’re making progress. Thank you. Quick question ? When you lease the land and have cattle brought in and as you describe it as a manager. Are you involved in the cattle day to day or is the cattle owner taking care of them. I just ordered your book, the answer to my question may be in the book. Thank you for the answer. Blessings. Monte

Lol we've got 1/4 acre and rabbits :-). I get you on a small scale ;)

At least one still believing in the american dream and apparently living it. Good for you, Sir.

Legend

Could you do a video explaining how to scale down... for example with 10 acres what the scale would be.. paddock sizes... herd size.. etc thanks love your videos!!

I think Greg is representing this proverb well when he says not to worry about buying land until your business is running and working: “Prepare your work outside And make it ready for yourself in the field; Afterwards, then, build your house.” -Proverbs 24:27-

Would love to hear how you Market your calves and lambs. I sell a few off the farm for meat but majority go to sell barn. Great video

If there is an opportunity to work in your farm. I will take it immediately haha

Hey Greg, I am just starting out in the Ozarks and I love your videos. Does your book go into more detail about how you were able to get livestock that you didn't own on your farms? The management idea is intriguing

Pozdrawiam serdecznie i życzę miłego dnia

Yeah, definitely not getting pretty pasture like that out here in CA.

How do I keep my cattle from being stolen from leased land if I have to work a full-time job in the beginning? I'm a hard worker but the naysayers have presented me with a good question. I can't watch my livestock all day in the beginning. I can check on the livestock everyday but it will have to be after work. What is the best practice to protect them? Is it necessary to have someone watching the livestock for most of the day?

More common sense, thank you Greg! Breaking cattle to the electric fence; do you have a film that shows your experience? Thanks Peter

Would you consider a custom grazing and care lease as a viable option when looking to expand your operation?

The more stories Greg tells the more views he shall receive.

Greg, great advice.. What do you do about equipment, tractors etc if you are just trying to get a start. And where can I find your books at?... By the way I am in Georgia.

Can you do a top 10 States to start homesteading in if you're looking to we locate

hello sir, Sir, I am Anil Arya India I am very impressed with your video. You have given very good ideas. I respect you. Sir, I want to take agriculture land on lease at cheap rate. I am a poor farmer. leasing land for sustenance I want. Please help me. Thanks

Hi Greg, love the way you operate. What sort of average rainfall do you see in your area?

Are all the perimeter fences you put up on leased properties only high tensile electric?

How do you pick what breed will be the best for your area? Does it vary? What breed do you run

Greg, what's your Bull:Cow ratio?

That's the goal. I'm thinking 5-10acres sheep, and move into cattle. Finding the land is the hard part I"m finding out.