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Last Thursday and Friday we were at the swap meet in LeSueur MN. We traveled to Iowa and went up through the countryside to Mankato. We stayed on state roads so we could see more what the area was like. There were tractors and planters running everywhere. I saw more articulate tractors (many were on tracks) in two days than I have seen in my whole life. I saw no Deere 10,20 and 30 series tractors and few 40-50 series. The oldest red was 2 different 86 series on planters. Only saw one 6 row planter the rest were 12-24 row and bigger. The finishers being pulled were huge as well. I wonder what the average farm size is in that area? We do have a good bit of large equipment in my area but plenty of older stuff for chores and support. Most times when we go the farmers have to work around wet spots but this year they were all dried up. Tom
 
Yes, on the North/South Dakota line along highway 281,North of Aberdeen SD they are going straight threw, and a year ago they were still combing the standing corn from, the year previous! Yeah Tom i always say the 3rd generation farmers got it made !
 
Im running a 6 row, neighbor had a 8 row and went down to a 6 row.

Few 8 row around.

Think everything else around is 12-48 row, most 12-16.

Friend with an 8 row wants to go to 12 row, he runs less than me. Friend who retired farming had a 12 row, he wanted to go bigger but then retired, he ran about what I do.

I just bought a 200+hp articulated tractor with 6000 hours. I could buy a bigger articulated tractor for 60% the cost.

My 6 row planter cost $10,000. Been a big run on that size to ship to Mexico and Russia. Can buy a 12 row for $5000.

Guess go big kinda makes sense.

Paul
 
Following a you tube vlog of a young gal from eastern NEB. Guess her to be 24 yrs old, (Laura) farms on her Dad's farm, but she does a you tube by herself. Don't know how to link it up to here. Deere loaned her a proto type deere corn planter to field demo on their farm today. This high speed planter won't be available on the open market until June. It may have been a 24 row. She showed the dash readout during the field demonstration. She was planting corn @ 9 mph then she did a round or two @ 10.2 mph. The planter is designed to work accurately at these planting speeds. Might be a new version of exacto merge, Think it had hydraulic lines , air lines and electrical wires plugged in to an articulated Deere 8000 series tractor. Tractor had 24 inch tracks on all four corners. How many seasoned farmers have ever planted corn @ 9 mph. She mentioned the planter would retail for just short of 400,000 and the tractor would retail for just under 600,000.
 
Its pretty much that way where I live about a hundred miles west of where you were in Iowa. My 12 row planter is a runt compared to most of the other planters around here. I got a good deal on a good used 30 foot field cultivator from a Deere dealer because it was too small for the average farm in this area.
 
When I was growing up in the 50's and 60's just south of Mankato, most of the larger farms might have had 4-6 row planters. Its not that way anymore. Its hard to find any big equipment in N. Idaho (my backyard now) unless it has a bunch of sawlogs attached to it. I don't even recognize my old stomping grounds in the LeSueur river bottoms anymore. steve
 
Drove to Lodi, WI across Hwy 60 on saturday... a fgew planters moving especially west. The ones going were big machines, likely 16 row or bigger. Saw one 8 row but that was the smallest. I know they are out there; but it is cold yet, and the little guys are waiting a bit longer. Me included.
 
And it's often the third generation that breaks the business because they never learned how to say no. First generation worked hard for everything they had. Second generation learned the values from their parents and expanded the operation. Third generation thought money just happened and spent it on living instead of sustaining the business. Then comes the huge farm sale.
 
At the risk of ruffling a few feathers how often do you honestly see the third generation break the business? How often do we see ALL the facts when a business fails? Been plenty of times when the previous generations were poor operators. Just last year a name that had been around well over 100 years went under and the last generation held no decision making rights. Pa ran the place right into bankruptcy. There are more ways to kill a farm business than hairs on a dog's head. Let's not exaggerate what goes on in any one business.
 
I don't get the fascination with the term 3rd generation unless it is another way to say that the smart aleck kid failed. Many surviving farms here are past the point of the third generation running the show. The farm I cited before was bought in the early 1880's and the 6th was the last generation but had no say in how the business was ran. Down the road there was a farm where the 1st generation only survived because the neighbors were charitable because the elder had a well mannered wife and two kids. 35 years later the providers of charity were retired and their kids were not going to carry on with lending feed, fuel, and equipment to the neighbor who should have gotten out of the son's way but did not.
 
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