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Hilltop Husker
Posted 5/4/2026 16:02 (#11637291 - in reply to #11637264)
Subject: RE: Worst farm economy since the 80s


Northern Nebraska
Well the other part of what Ben posted was the guy sitting in it for $3 an hour. If you want a hired hand today to sit in a planter it's going to have to be a brand new John Deere or a new quad track. Same way with trucks. Nobody crawls in a white GMC for harvest, but they'll stand in line to drive a new Peterbilt.

Big farmers are the new normal. Whether we like it or not. You need employees to run over 10,000 acres or multiple tens of thousands of acres. It doesn't matter how desperate the farm is for money. If they want to run the acres they have to have the equipment and The Hired hand
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