Some price comparisons with other professional tractors.

Figure 1 shows the purchase price for a 200-249 horsepower tractor across time. In 2019, the cost of buying this tractor was around $191,000. For 2026, the cost of this same size tractor is now $327,000, an increase of 71% (well above the rate of inflation). Also included in Figure 1 are the costs per acre for that tractor. Costs per acre are based on machine cost calculations that include labor, fuel, interest, taxes, insurance, housing, and depreciation costs. In this case, assuming that the tractor is used over 2,000 acres, the costs per acre for this tractor increased from $27.24/ac up to $41.11/ac. In other words, the same size tractor today is going to cost you $13.86/ac more than it did 7 years ago if your acreage has not changed. A producer would have to use the new tractor over 3,018 acres in order to have the same costs per acre, $27.24/ac, as it did in 2019. These per acre costs do go down on occasion, particularly when fuel prices or interest rates decline.

https://southernagtoday.org/2026/03/23/farm-equipment-prices-continue-to-rise/

https://www.gengjiaagri.com/tractor-cost-guide/

https://www.agro-tianda.com/blog/farm-tractor-cost-2026.html

But it’s canadian so it’s about $1500 US.

Your basic unit of agricultural land is the quarter-section, which is ~160 acres. Yeah, five or six quarters is appreciable, but not immodest. I know people with a lot more.

You don't really get to be a farmer unless you inherit it, and then you have the option of selling and just being a normal millionaire. (Doesn't stop farmers from considering themselves hard-working everymen, though)

Sale price $130,000

Have you seen what the other brands sell equipment with similar capability for?

Farming ain't cheap. (And hasn't been for a very long time)

China is mass producing electric remote controlled tractors that go for 90k.

With questionable reliability, parts support and cannot be self-repaired. So spend $90K three times or spend $130K once.

This low cost tractor from Alberta is specifically low-tech.

An electric remote control tractor doesn't quite compare.

But I absolutely agree, we are so far behind...

Accounting for different labour costs, that's much less impressive.