Friday Cocktail in the last week of January 2025

[SASKFARMER]

Packing today, last days of being in Canada till Easter, Sled trip, Hockey games, etc. Warming up in Florida Mid 80s starting Tuesday.

Its also really nice in Costa Rica,Panama Columbia, Aruba and Curacao I hear.

Have a Great winter guys and Gals.

[Hamloc]

167 used X9’s on Pattison’s website. My guess is thats not all of them. Probably a slew of them waiting to get listed.

If people weren’t buying them at $800k brand new a pop couple years ago, why would they buy them for $900k with 500 hours on them. Something has to give……

Can still get a new bourgault for a million bucks though. Whens the last time they weren’t sold out….

Out of curiousity I looked up how many new combines are sold in Canada each year, turns out it averages 1800, According to the article I read 2079 were sold in 2023. I have to admit I was amazed it was that many.

[fcr]

A few days in Florida then board a ship for 51 days. Going tru to Amazon river. Back home mid March. Hopefully weather improves back home buy then

[shtferbrains]

Wow!
That sounds like an adventure to remember.
Way off the beaten track.

Send a link where you booked that pls.

[fcr]

Holland America. Then when we are on the river we are with a company called Do Brazil Right for a few days into the Amazon Jungle and up some tributaries. It’s a complicated agenda to set up plus you need yellow fever shots and malaria pills. Plus April 01 Canadians will need a visa to visit Brazil which is a process in its self.Water levels were at record lows so trip was almost cancelled but it’s been raining steady now so we hope we get to all our destinations. Will report back when we arrive if we have data .

[Herc]

417 combines at Pattison, 167 are X9’s.

440 at Rocky

169 at Redhead

340 at Brandt

Nobody seems worried…..

[LEP]

Holland America. Then when we are on the river we are with a company called Do Brazil Right for a few days into the Amazon Jungle and up some tributaries. It’s a complicated agenda to set up plus you need yellow fever shots and malaria pills. Plus April 01 Canadians will need a visa to visit Brazil which is a process in its self.Water levels were at record lows so trip was almost cancelled but it’s been raining steady now so we hope we get to all our destinations. Will report back when we arrive if we have data .

Watch out for Pirahna.

[Crestliner]

417 combines at Pattison, 167 are X9’s.

440 at Rocky

169 at Redhead

340 at Brandt

Nobody seems worried…..

Is that close to a $1 Billion of combines in total? Wow? That's a lot of interest every month to pay.

[farmaholic]

Does anyone need a combine with a seat with sensors that can tell you what you ate for dinner by the smell of your farts? How about less tech and better engineering. What's wrong with simple and basic. JD would have done themselves a favour by offering a smaller version of the X9, those combines need big headers to feed that beast. And those headers are quite the contraption.

Machinery prices seem to be based on 2021/22 grain prices. Well it's not 2021/22 anymore either.

Did Gerry Bourgault recognize the possible unsustainable trend of ever increasing size and price of machinery and choose to get out?

Everything is a million bucks, maybe that iron should depreciate on the lot for a while, instead of on my farm...

[shtferbrains]

Implement company's have inflated the price of the dealers inventory annually in recent years making large inventory an asset.
Made everything work.
Even the RB clear out probably didn't hurt.
US buyers were always there?
New money coming in with buyouts always happening.
Everything looks like it has snowballed on them now.

Not enough money in the pot