Which Tractor Brands Hold Their Value Best?

When a farmer asks me which tractor to buy, I ask which tractor they can sell. It sounds backwards, but resale value is the invisible cost of ownership: two tractors with the same sticker price can cost very different amounts once you subtract what each returns in five years. And in tractors, resale value follows one thing more reliably than anything else — the strength of the brand’s dealer network where you farm.

The resale rankings, by market