It’s great to see these large, sophisticated machines that can handle massive amounts of work, but I often wonder about their accessibility for smaller, family-run farms. A tractor like the Case IH QuadTrac 620 or the John Deere 1110e, while incredibly efficient, must be prohibitively expensive for smaller agricultural operations. Are these types of machines making farming more dependent on larger corporations or industrial-sized farms? Not every farmer has the resources or capital to invest in machinery like this, and it’s important that we don’t lose the diversity of small, local farms in the process of mechanizing the entire industry. Maybe it’s time for the agricultural sector to think about making these technologies more affordable or accessible to the smaller players who still contribute so much to food production.
I grew up running a Caterpillar D7-3t . New about 1954? Others used International TD 9
It’s great to see these large, sophisticated machines that can handle massive amounts of work, but I often wonder about their accessibility for smaller, family-run farms. A tractor like the Case IH QuadTrac 620 or the John Deere 1110e, while incredibly efficient, must be prohibitively expensive for smaller agricultural operations. Are these types of machines making farming more dependent on larger corporations or industrial-sized farms? Not every farmer has the resources or capital to invest in machinery like this, and it’s important that we don’t lose the diversity of small, local farms in the process of mechanizing the entire industry. Maybe it’s time for the agricultural sector to think about making these technologies more affordable or accessible to the smaller players who still contribute so much to food production.