AgWeb

Record Breaking Used Hay Baler And Seed Drill Headline Pete’s Pick of the Week

Hay and livestock producers are finishing up a solid year and specialized equipment like balers, loader tractors and feed ...
AgWeb

Farm Equipment Auction Increase Coming Soon, Farmers Must Capitalize Before Prices Jump

The coming months of November and December will be marked by an uptick in the number of used farm equipment auctions across ...
Post-Bulletin

30 years later, Machinery Pete still the most trusted name in farm equipment

If you know farming, you know Machinery Pete. For the (very) few not familiar, Machinery Pete ( MachineryPete.com) is the fastest growing and largest marketplace for used farm equipment, offering an ...
WOSU Public Media

Prices Climb For Used Farm Machinery As New Equipment Faces Delays

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 ...
The Telegraph

Used farm equipment inventory rebounding

SPARTA — 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 lot of ...
AG Week

Founder of Machinery Pete read the tea leaves for 'unbelievable' farm auction industry

ROCHESTER, Minn. ― Greg Peterson has been charting auction prices before they were accessible on the World Wide Web, and he's never seen anything like this. Due to a surge in online auction ...
The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier

Fort Atkinson salvage yard stocks used farm machinery

FORT ATKINSON - For 12 years, it has been a gold mine for farmers looking for hard-to-find machinery parts. Hundreds of tractors and combines at Fort Atkinson Tractor Parts have bought the farm, at ...
Crain's Chicago Business

Used tractors and thrifty growers dominate nation's biggest farm show

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, ...
Purdue University

Purdue specialist lists guidelines for buying used farm machinery

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 ...
Des Moines Register

Competition is fierce for Iowa's used farm equipment, attracting bidders from across the world

Shane Reagan had one word to describe how he felt after spending $255,000 for a used Case IH quad-track tractor at a farm auction near Williams in north central Iowa: Broke. But he also felt pretty ...
NPR

Demand for new farm equipment outweighs current supplies

After a strong harvest and commodity price jumps, many farmers are buying equipment to lower their tax burdens. But increased demand and soaring prices make it harder for young farmers to thrive. Farm ...