Boone & Crockett - 12/7/2025 07:27
coup - 12/7/2025 08:17
swne - 12/6/2025 22:29
You put into words what I have been thinking for the past few years. Cost of machinery whether new or used is out of line.
When I started farming 30-40 years ago I did quite a bit of custom farming. I could buy a new machine and pay for it within a year or two and still have a good machine left. Now, by the time you pay for a new machine it’s wore out or going to need a lot of costly repairs.
Would disagree that used machinery prices are out of line. Currently can buy more machinery capacity for the $ than any time in my farming career.
I have an equipment business and have for over 20 years now, there was a 3 year period from 2014-2017 where used stuff totally collapsed. I remember making a post where I’d never seen $100,000 go so far. Double edged sword too, stuff was cheap, and the dollar hadn’t been diluted down so far.
Going to use this as an example. Kinze 3800 24 row box planters , can be bought cheaper today than anytime since they were made.
Farm economics from below
