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Re:For tech-weary Midwest farmers, 40-year-old tractors now ... by cpach on Monday January 06, 2020 @03:01PM (#21972636)
Does farmers in other countries somehow enjoy a plethora of tractor manufacturers to choose from?
Re:For tech-weary Midwest farmers, 40-year-old tractors now ... by davchana on Monday January 06, 2020 @03:13PM (#21972746)
Punjab state of India is pretty much Agriculture based, & have options of Ford, FarmTrac tractors as well as John Deere, Scot, this year models as well as from 1970s; along with local Indian Brands like Sonalika, Preet, Mahindra being equally good or better.
Re:For tech-weary Midwest farmers, 40-year-old tractors now ... by mythrwy on Monday January 06, 2020 @06:32PM (#21974769)
Mahindra tractors are based on the old International Harvester models I think. They sell them in the US also.

They look pretty cool, simple and repairable, but I don't know if they make ones the size of commercial John Deere tractors. All the Mahnindra tractors I've looked at were small.

Re:For tech-weary Midwest farmers, 40-year-old tractors now ... by davchana on Monday January 06, 2020 @10:17PM (#21976481)
No,not as big. All the ones I have seen in Punjab are way smaller, almost the size of an F-150 pickup truck.
Re:For tech-weary Midwest farmers, 40-year-old tractors now ... by lb1lf on Monday January 06, 2020 @03:41PM (#21973055)
Living in a rural, Norwegian area, I can remember seeing the following brands of tractors recently - Fiat, Zetor, Case, John Deere, New Holland and Massey Ferguson. I've probably not paid attention to at least a couple more - I am not a tractor aficionado...
Re:For tech-weary Midwest farmers, 40-year-old tractors now ... by throwaway744678 on Monday January 06, 2020 @03:30PM (#21972957)
In Europe, Claas, New Holland Come to mind immediately. But there are definitely others.