First of all, narrow your focus down to what kind of farming you are going to do. Just row crops. cow calf, selling hay, or maybe just pasture some beef or dairy heifers . I would stay away from any tractor built after the 1960's. You will want a tractor with at least a 12gpm hydraulic pump. Look for a tractor that had a long build period , the more of the model that where built , the better chance they were a good unit, and parts will be easier to find. I would go with between 75-100 hp. Big bales are heavy, and smaller old tractors do not have the strength in the front ends to carry the load for very long. Remember to keep your farm simple to start with, learn to grow one or two crops,at a time. Say oats, and hay. Sometimes a custom operator can do some work for you, rather than try to get by with some poor old junk, and still spend the money on repairs. Go slow, watch other successful farmers and what they do, in your area.
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