Many small farmers are moving toward a more environmentally conscious model of agriculture. For the small farmer, this move comes with economic risks. By purchasing, fixing and maintaining used farm tractors, the farmer can mitigate his economic risk while creating a new way of sustainable agriculture on his own farm.

Most farmers are used to working with their hands. It is no large leap to be able to work on the equipment on the farm. Often, tractors are well maintained. Farmers frequently sell tractors as their land uses change. There are many places to find older machines. Usually, some sort of a local posting can be found at a county farm bureau or through special agriculture specific publications. In the farm community, word of mouth is probably one of the best methods of finding used equipment.

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