1000 acres corn/soy on a shoestring budget?  

7120 Magnum or comparable tractor

12-30" no-till planter

1660 or 9500 combine, 6 row corn head and 20' flex head

600 bu. grain cart

If you hire the spraying and trucking done, that whole package could be put together for $156k and get 1000 acres planted/harvested.  Maybe not so fun or fancy as the neighbors, but one helluva lot better than farming with horses or a Farmall on steel wheels.