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.

By maintaining their used farm tractors, farmers are keeping this equipment from entering the junkyard. Because equipment is older, it is far more affordable for the small farmer who has decided to make the economic and philosophical change toward a more sustainable type of agriculture. Used farm tractors can serve as a solid economic incentive to the small farmer.

Acquiring and maintaining used farm tractors also can be a useful learning experience for the entire farm family. Often, the knowledge of the farm and the maintenance of tools and equipment and the care of animals is learning as a child. The farm child learns by observing and actively helping the parents on a daily basis. Reusing old farm tractors to further sustainability efforts would be an excellent means to teach the farm child about farm life and the new environmental efforts of farming in the twenty-first century.

As consumers become more conscious of the source and production of their food, more small family farmers are moving toward sustainable agriculture. Not only is this move a means of competing with the large factory farm, but also it is a way for the farm family to preserve the land on which they live. Older tractors, because they are easy to fix and because they are more affordable, are much less of a financial risk for the farmer than expensive, new equipment.

The small scale farmer should consider used farm tractors as a means of growing and maintaining an environmentally friendly farm model. Not only is it sound economically but also it can help his fellow farmer. Used tractors do have a second, third or longer life and can continue to sow the seeds for a greener future.

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