One of the biggest difference that I could point out about farming in the 60’s and 70’s and today would be, cattle were sent out to graze as much as possible. They harvested their own feed and spread their own manure. And most farms milked 50 or less cows. So a farmer could get by just fine with the smaller equipment you described. Make some small square bales of hay and straw. Load straw/manure with a trip loader from a litter carrier, wheel barrow, or stable cleaner, not such a big deal. Most dairy farmers spread manure daily although the winter as much as possible. Only when herd sizes got bigger , and land became more expensive, it wasn’t practical or cost effective to graze cows. Instead bringing all the feed to the cows, and taking all the manure away, brought about the need for bigger tractors. Bigger barns , larger cow herds , more land under cultivation, required bigger tractors, larger tillage pieces, faster harvesting, bigger storage. Overall just much much more capital expenditure, and greater production. Which in turn brought overproduction followed by lower prices. And here we are today.
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