Obligatory fuck John Deere.
or how about just grow enough farm animals to just sustain yourself and maybe two other families and leave it at that. Anyone that wants to grow larger than that will inevitably drown in debt or get taken over by someone bigger.
We should all be substance farmers? Really?
$130,000 for the basic model
But it’s canadian so it’s about $1500 US.
Some price comparisons with other professional tractors.
Figure 1 shows the purchase price for a 200-249 horsepower tractor across time. In 2019, the cost of buying this tractor was around $191,000. For 2026, the cost of this same size tractor is now $327,000, an increase of 71% (well above the rate of inflation). Also included in Figure 1 are the costs per acre for that tractor. Costs per acre are based on machine cost calculations that include labor, fuel, interest, taxes, insurance, housing, and depreciation costs. In this case, assuming that the tractor is used over 2,000 acres, the costs per acre for this tractor increased from $27.24/ac up to $41.11/ac. In other words, the same size tractor today is going to cost you $13.86/ac more than it did 7 years ago if your acreage has not changed. A producer would have to use the new tractor over 3,018 acres in order to have the same costs per acre, $27.24/ac, as it did in 2019. These per acre costs do go down on occasion, particularly when fuel prices or interest rates decline.
https://southernagtoday.org/2026/03/23/farm-equipment-prices-continue-to-rise/
https://www.gengjiaagri.com/tractor-cost-guide/
https://www.agro-tianda.com/blog/farm-tractor-cost-2026.html
“It’s like a tractor from 40 years ago”
Sale price $130,000
Lol no.
China is mass producing electric remote controlled tractors that go for 90k.
We are so far behind…
Accounting for different labour costs, that’s much less impressive.
China is mass producing electric remote controlled tractors that go for 90k.
With questionable reliability, parts support and cannot be self-repaired. So spend $90K three times or spend $130K once.
And “remote controlled” could mean a lot of things. At a basement price point, we’re probably not talking automated farming, we’re talking an RC car.
Sale price $130,000
Have you seen what the other brands sell equipment with similar capability for?
Farming ain’t cheap. (And hasn’t been for a very long time)
Adding more tech doesn’t make it better. Stop letting the USA drag you down. There is a future without the USA and without China.
What does without mean (in the context of your comment)?
Do you think about Estonia? I don’t. Not frequently.
Do the same for the USA. Of course this takes time and effort, but it will be worth it.
This low cost tractor from Alberta is specifically low-tech.
An electric remote control tractor doesn’t quite compare.
But I absolutely agree, we are so far behind…
Tractor stuff is great but you know what really stands out?
900-acre cow-calf operation = small-scale rancher!
Sometimes I wish I could afford 900 acres between Edmonton and Calgary too.
Your basic unit of agricultural land is the quarter-section, which is ~160 acres. Yeah, five or six quarters is appreciable, but modest. I know people with a lot more.
You don’t really get to be a farmer unless you inherit it, and then you have the option of selling and just being a normal millionaire. (Doesn’t stop farmers from considering themselves hard-working everymen, though)
Yea, I wanna be the salt of the earth farmer with hundreds of millions in assets and free handouts year round from the government. Have dairy, eggs and poultry quota on top that’ll have 100% guaranteed buyers. Always have some sections that I get paid Not to farm.
Then I can import temporary agriculture workers, work them below minimum wage instead of hiring locals and constantly bitch about “too many foreigners and end of The West” to my daughter-of-indian-immigrants family doctor and anyone unfortunate enough to interact with me.
You know… the dream life in this beautiful country!
Why stop at 900, just take Alberta.
I can’t even afford an acre right now.
You can afford to browse real estate websites? Nice ;)
