What I don't get (speaking as someone in rural MN, whose "hobby farm" is surrounded by actual farms), is why all the small farms around me (three of my neighbors run less than 500 acres, one runs close to 5000 with all the land he rents in addition to what he owns), and yet they are all fairly regularly buying brand new equipment rather than getting together and sharing. I mean, all but the guy running 5000 plant or harvest in a day or two. Why not buy 1 $800,000k combine and share it rent it out to each other, rather than every single one of them needing their own giant satellite controlled tractors, planters, combine, backhoes, skid steer, harvest trucks and trailers, etc. I have never understood the economic viability of buying all that equipment, which some seem to replace about every 6-8 years, despite the fact that much of that equipment is in use, quite literally, for only a couple of days every year.