The Better Business Bureau (BBB) is warning used equipment buyers nationwide about another sophisticated scam involving used farm equipment. This particular grift, according to a press release from ...

Depressed auction prices have triggered a ripple effect throughout the market as used machinery prices stagnate and trade-in values decline.

If you know farming, you know Machinery Pete. For the (very) few not familiar, Machinery Pete ( MachineryPete.com) is the fastest growing and largest marketplace for used farm equipment, offering an ...

It’s a question I’ve been asked for 30 years. Back in the early 2000s, pre-internet, we’d stand and watch a sharp, used tractor or combine sell for $200,000. We’d say, “Can these prices go any higher?

People are venturing out into a mostly normal world again as the COVID-19 pandemic eases. But the reverberations of the shutdown are still showing up—and in some relatively unexpected places. Just as ...

SPARTA — Greg Peterson, the used farm equipment guru known as "Machinery Pete," has a simple answer when asked about the meteoric rise in market values in recent years. There just hasn’t been a lot of ...

Fancy new technology usually is the star at trade shows. But at the Farm Progress Show, the largest outdoor agriculture event in the U.S., used tractors are the big attraction. Farmers at the Boone, ...

Buying used farm equipment online is convenient and the vast majority of sales involving agricultural machinery and vehicles will be genuine. However, the trade does have a dark underbelly. While most ...

Agricultural machinery sales dropped 35% to 45% in 2025 due to trade wars and tariffs, but used equipment surplus may benefit ...

Shane Reagan had one word to describe how he felt after spending $255,000 for a used Case IH quad-track tractor at a farm auction near Williams in north central Iowa: Broke. But he also felt pretty ...

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