Seven factors which influence the decision to sell or exchange used farm machinery are identified and a procedure to determine the more profitable alternative is presented. An example based upon the ...

Demand for pre-def tractors is “still strong,” according to Machinery Pete - Greg Peterson, and there are some in the market that think farmers should maybe consider the potential to score attractive ...

It’s a question I’ve been asked for 30 years. Back in the early 2000s, pre-internet, we’d stand and watch a sharp, used tractor or combine sell for $200,000. We’d say, “Can these prices go any higher?

Fancy new technology usually is the star at trade shows. But at the Farm Progress Show, the largest outdoor agriculture event in the U.S., used tractors are the big attraction. Farmers at the Boone, ...

Used machinery experts say farmers better get used to it. With the ethanol industry boosting the price of cash corn to more than $3.50 per bushel recently, millions of extra corn acres are expected to ...

People are venturing out into a mostly normal world again as the COVID-19 pandemic eases. But the reverberations of the shutdown are still showing up—and in some relatively unexpected places. Just as ...

Inventory for used machinery has gone up in the last year and prices for new machinery should remain to be stable in 2024. After a run of high prices and low availability, the market for both used and ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Prices for used farm machinery have been trending lower in the past year due to a surplus of inventory at dealerships, but buying used may not always be the best option, a ...

SPARTA, Ill. — Greg Peterson, the used farm equipment guru known as Machinery Pete, has a simple answer when asked about the meteoric rise in market values in recent years. There just hasn’t been a ...