Farm Power: This Deere combine sold for $299K at Ontario auction

Apr 01, 2016

S680 4WD combine highlights Elgin County sale

By Farms.com Media

This 2013 John Deere S680 4WD combine sold for $299,000 at a Shackelton Auctions sale in Straffordville, Ontario on Tuesday (March 29).

A local farmer from Ontario was the buyer.

Here are some of the specs: 245/420hrs c/w Pro Drive trans. with Harvestsmart, 650/85R38 dual drives, 750/65R26 steering, GS3 2630 display, Command Touch multi speed drive, HID & extremity lights, 7.9M auger, Powercast power tailboard, sidehill performance pkg.

John Deere S680 Combine

Some background from Deere.com: The S680 delivers better grain quality and higher throughput for lower operating costs. The single rotor design is simple and reliable, with few moving parts which means lower power consumption, less wear and fewer maintenance parts. In fact, there are no daily grease points on an S-Series.

Video: Evolution of Beef Cattle Farming

The Clear Conversations podcast took to the road for a special episode recorded in Nashville during CattleCon, bringing listeners straight into the heart of the cattle industry. Host Tracy Sellers welcomed rancher Steve Wooten of Beatty Canyon Ranch in Colorado for a wide-ranging discussion that blended family history and sustainability, particularly as it relates to the future of beef production.

Sustainability emerged as a central theme of the conversation, a word that Wooten acknowledges can mean very different things depending on who you ask. For him, sustainability starts with the soil. Healthy soil produces healthy grass, which supports efficient cattle capable of producing year after year with minimal external inputs. It’s an approach that equally considers vegetation, animal efficiency, and long-term profitability.

That philosophy aligned naturally with Wooten’s involvement in the U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef, where he served as a representative for the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association. The roundtable brings together the entire beef supply chain—from producers to retailers—along with universities, NGOs, and allied industries. Its goal is not regulation, Wooten emphasized, but collaboration, shared learning, and continuous improvement.