Posted by NY 986 on December 26, 2020 at 12:02:26 from (67.249.255.74):
In Reply to: Re: Shop Rates posted by Traditional Farmer on December 26, 2020 at 11:29:25:
I can read just fine. I know what Fendt tractors are but there are extremely few of them around at least in this area. I was just down to the area Mennonite shop in Penn Yan within the last week and most of the tractors waiting outside the shop door were pre-1990's John Deere tractors. The other Mennonite one man shop made the comment he sticks to the older JD tractors because he did not anticipate enough business on the newer 7000-8000 series tractors to justify owning the diagnostic tools for them. As to what most Mennonites run they tend to run older tractors but some have 7000-8000 series JD's and just go to the JD dealer if a tractor can't be serviced by a Mennonite shop. There are simply too many around to have a fancy operation in terms of newish iron so they cut corners to keep as many on the home farm as they can. They want 200-300 acres for each Mennonite couple that comes of age but that is impossible because all the old non-Mennonite farmers and the financial weaklings have all been sold out so that leaves the young and well financed farmers who have no need to sell. As to other people there are plenty of non-Mennonites and non-Amish who are willing to work hard. Also, the younger Mennonites push for better living through having appliances and so forth. The communities have had to change to keep their young from leaving when they become of age. I would also argue that a fair number are spendy on equipment even if they buy older units. I know of a Mennonite dairy that has three high horsepower tractors that maybe get 50 hours per year on them cumulatively because they hire things such as forage harvesting, combining, and manure spreading out.
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