Aug. 10 was a tough day for a farm auction. That, of course, was the day USDA’s crop reports came out and sent commodity markets diving lower—not exactly a boost to buyer confidence. Hence, I wasn’t ...

I’ve seen many up and down cycles in agriculture over my 32 years of tracking used farm equipment values. In the past, when the good times rolled around, I’d see quite a few record-high auction prices ...

For a good example of what might seem an out-of-control tractor market, one need only look to a chilly, rain-soaked auction last March in southwest Minnesota. In a video of the auction, a 25-year-old ...