Friday Crop Report on a Thursday week 19

[biglentil]

A similar sized John Deere is about $150000 new now, suggesting an average compounding inflation rate of 5%. Much higher than the stated average cpi. Those that calculate cpi would claim its an improved product since it has a sunroof and a tier 4 engine. However we all know it won't last nearly as long as a 4430. Planned obsolescence is not an improvement.

[bucket]

In 1997 , a John Deere 9500 was worth $155000. The equivalent combine today worth be north of $700000. Sure the extras are nice but they shouldn't add that much to the price. And a lot of the extras just add downtime not productivity. DEF pumps??? exhaust burns? They are not needed on a combine.

What was wrong with looking at the temperature gauge to see if the combine was running hot. Stop , walk around , take a 10 minute break , blow out the rad.

If something goes wrong now on a combine , it's far longer than a 10 minute break. Chance are you are down for a day waiting for a technician to reset the whole thing with a computer. Productivity is then questionable????

[fcr]

Bought a new case 1688 in 1995 for 145000 fully loaded with custom cutter package. Combine is still going on neighbours farm.

[WiltonRanch]

In 1997 , a John Deere 9500 was worth $155000. The equivalent combine today worth be north of $700000. Sure the extras are nice but they shouldn't add that much to the price. And a lot of the extras just add downtime not productivity. DEF pumps??? exhaust burns? They are not needed on a combine.

What was wrong with looking at the temperature gauge to see if the combine was running hot. Stop , walk around , take a 10 minute break , blow out the rad.

If something goes wrong now on a combine , it's far longer than a 10 minute break. Chance are you are down for a day waiting for a technician to reset the whole thing with a computer. Productivity is then questionable????

The working guts of these machines haven’t monumentally changed for decades neither. Sure they’re improved and more power added but basic concept hasn’t changed. Add more tech around the same old same old. Deere I guess discovered the twin rotor like it was their biggest innovation since the self scouring plow. Though if manufacturers were to build a less complex but equally functional sister to their higher tech model would it sell or would people think they’re going backwards? Versatile built scads of bareback 2425’s and 2360’s with standard trans which didn’t sell in NA like they sold in the fsu. Still a bloody simple reliable tractor which I run.

[cropgrower]

i would love a 90s combine just double the size !

[biglentil]

Just an observation if a 125hp tractor new was $17000 in 1977 and now 47 years later a new 125hp tractor is $150k. Assuming the same 5% rate of inflation what will a 125hp tractor cost in 47 years?

Answer: $1,415,138.73

Thing is the inflation of the money supply is rapidly accelerating. So will a 125hp tractor be $5m, $10m, a $100m? Who knows? The sky is the limit.

[blueversi]

Just an observation if a 125hp tractor new was $17000 in 1977 and now 47 years later a new 125hp tractor is $150k. Assuming the same 5% rate of inflation what will a 125hp tractor cost in 47 years?

Answer: $1,415,138.73

Thing is the inflation of the money supply is rapidly accelerating. So will a 125hp tractor be $5m, $10m, a $100m? Who knows? The sky is the limit.

And wheat will still be 6 bucks a bushel.

[fcr]

Took a drive to Kipling to watch ball. Cereals and pulses look real good. Can’t say the same for canola.

[furrowtickler]

Nice cereals here , but reports of very small shriveled kernels and empty heads in lighter soils

[BTO780]

4,5,feed, and even sample durum, horrible test weights.
Wheat is the same. If you are harvesting in first wk of Aug someone please tell me with a straight face this crop is HUGE.

It’s an absolute joke how the crooks can say this is a whopper.

Peas coming off are 3 Can due to small shrivelled.

Canola will be 4-6, and pepper.

The worst thing …. It won’t hail!!!