2007 starts with a BANG!   800-1,000 people gathered at the Hoffman farm to bid on some great dairy equipment.  The Hoffman family decided to change their farming operation and some of the best maintained equipment to sell this spring was put up for auction.  We talked to a large number of bidders from the Lancaster Co. and MD dairy regions.  Prices realized: Surge 1600 gal milk tank-$9,250; Surge 2" SS pipeline $1,800;Rissler 230 TMR mixer-$4,500; auto feed cart-$3,100; 1954 Super H-$5,500; 1947 Farmall M-$4,750; 2001 NH LS150 skid loader-$11,200; NH 570 baler/thrower-$10,000; NH 185 manure spreader-$5,500; Gehl 970 forage wagon-$6,250; JD 716A Forage wagon $6,000