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[AlbertaFarmer5]

That be around same time land took off to $1000/ac. Price of a combine and quarter of land have been relatively close to one another over the years.

That puts it into perspective.

The new combine looks like a bargain compared to land.

The size of the land hasn't increased, the combine capacity certainly has. PAMI rated a 7720 at 16.4 Tonnes per hour in wheat. The 10.9 set a wheat record at 135 tonnes per hour in wheat. Almost 10 times. With a few more creature comforts thrown in.

If anything land is shrinking here. Almost no acreages out in 1980, 1 or 2 out of every quarter here.

Productivity of land hasn't increased 10 times like a combine has. Wheat yields have almost doubled since 1980.

[ColevilleH2S]

... PAMI rated a 7720 at 16.4 Tonnes per hour in wheat. The 10.9 set a wheat record at 135 tonnes per hour in wheat. Almost 10 times...

The 7720 wasn't rated using 200 bus/ac winter wheat, and the 10.9 didn't make that record in 40 bus/ac Katepwa

[AlbertaFarmer5]

What is the realistic comparison? I tried to find an apples to apples comparison but nothing popped up on Google.

The new combine is definitely A lot more than double, which is what the productivity of the land has done in the same period of time.

[fjlip]

Well those old fellows in the 50's, IH 125 and IH 127 together, did 1000 bu per day.

My Mom hauled the wheat and kept notes of bushels on door of wooden bin, wish I had saved the door. 100 bu per hour, JD 620 and Inland hopper box.

Oh ya and they bought a quarter for $6000.

We averaged 704 bu/sephr over this harvest, S690.

Last quarter near us $500,000

[Grahamp]

Well those old fellows in the 50's, IH 125 and IH 127 together, did 1000 bu per day.

My Mom hauled the wheat and kept notes of bushels on door of wooden bin, wish I had saved the door. 100 bu per hour, JD 620 and Inland hopper box.

Oh ya and they bought a quarter for $6000.

We averaged 704 bu/sephr over this harvest, S690.

Last quarter near us $500,000

This beautifully sums up agriculture. We are 10x more efficient/productive with roughly 100x expenses.

[Hamloc]

That puts it into perspective.

The new combine looks like a bargain compared to land.

The size of the land hasn't increased, the combine capacity certainly has. PAMI rated a 7720 at 16.4 Tonnes per hour in wheat. The 10.9 set a wheat record at 135 tonnes per hour in wheat. Almost 10 times. With a few more creature comforts thrown in.

If anything land is shrinking here. Almost no acreages out in 1980, 1 or 2 out of every quarter here.

Productivity of land hasn't increased 10 times like a combine has. Wheat yields have almost doubled since 1980.

Back in the eighties I remember we went 2.75 mph on a 21 foot swath with a 75 bushel crop, 2.25 with a 100 bushel crop, 7721 combine with a 4640 pulling it. Today on a similar barley crop with a 35 foot straight cut header on a CIH 8230 we go 3.2 on a 110 bushel crop last year, 4.2 on a 75 bushel crop this year. So 2.5 times as many acres per hour at 4.2. As far as yield improvements on barley, we used to grow six row, now we grow 2 row, similar bushel yields but 10 percent better bushel weights now.