Ohio Farm Custom Rate Survey 2008 – Complete the Survey and Enter for Your Chance to Win Cash!

One of the most common ways custom farming providers and custom farming consumers arrive at an agreeable custom farming rate is to consult University Extension survey summaries. Ohio State University Extension together with OSU’s Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics is conducting the Ohio Farm Custom Rates survey this winter to update this information for Ohio farmers and landowners.


Fuel, equipment and labor costs have all increased substantially since the last survey was completed in 2006 and custom farming rates are reflecting these higher costs of doing business.

To carry out this important research we need your help. Whether you are providing custom farming services or you are in the market for custom farming services we would like your information on rates and practices that you are charging or being charged. This survey also contains questions on machinery, building, and land rental rates as well as labor rates. Fill out only those sections that pertain to you and your custom farming or rental practices. Participants that include their names and addresses on returned surveys will be entered in a drawing for cash awards as follows: 1st: $100, 2nd: $50, 3rd: $35.

The website to access the Ohio Farm Custom Rate Survey 2008 as a printable pdf is at:
http://aede.osu.edu/Programs/FarmManagement/OhioFarmCustomRateSurvey2008.pdf

It can be printed out, completed and returned to me at:


Barry Ward
Leader, Production Business Management
Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics
Agricultural Administration Building – Room 334
2120 Fyffe Road
Columbus, Ohio 43210-1067

You can also complete the survey electronically (using the Word document version of the survey available at: http://aede.osu.edu/Programs/FarmManagement/CustomRateSurvey2008.doc)
and email it to me as an attached file at ward.8@osu.edu

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