AgDay
Hosted by Haley Bickelhaupt, AgDay provides the nation’s farmers and ranchers with the latest news, weather and business headlines, and features the people and places unique to the industry and small-town America.
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Latest News
This 2011 Challenger MT755C with 3684 hours sold for $108K yesterday on a northeast IL farm auction.
Used tractor values remained strong right through the end of 2018.
“Seems like 20 years ago we could afford a new combine.” This was a comment recently shared by a Top Producer reader. I thought I’d take a stab at addressing the topic.
When times are tough, buyer attention shifts to high-quality used machinery.
There is real value in looking to buy a 4-to-8-year-old used tractor—or combine, or any piece of farm equipment.
The cabs of combines and tractors during the fall and spring are usually covered with dirt, grease, mysterious substances, and various remnants of fast food debris.
At an auction in northwest Nebraska, Machinery Pete found some interesting prices on some machinery from the 1970s. Among his finds? A 1978 John Deere 4840 powershift.
In early 2015, the trend of leasing tractors took off. Machinery Pete called it “the year of the lease.”
Machinery Pete is constantly keeping his eye on what’s happening in the machinery market. Recently, skid steers have been catching his eye.