Ohio Farm Custom Rates–2008
Barry Ward, Leader Production Business Management, OSU Extension and Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics (AEDE)
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Many Ohio farmers hire custom farm work in their farm business or perform custom farm work for others. Custom farming rates traditionally have been arrived at by a series of calculations and negotiations. One of the most common ways custom farming providers and consumers arrive at an agreeable custom farming rate is to access University Extension summarized surveys. Ohio State University Extension and the Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics have historically published farm custom rates to assist farm businesses with this important task.
“Ohio Farm Custom Rates 2008” is based on survey results from 205 Ohio farmers, custom farmers and farm managers. The custom rates presented may differ from rates in your region depending on availability of custom operators & machinery, timeliness, operator skill, field size & shape, crop conditions, performance characteristics of the machine being used and demand for custom farming services.
Custom farming rate increases for 2008 include custom Corn Harvest at $25.45/acre, Conventional Corn Planting at $15.11/acre, Drilling No-Till Soybeans at $15.68/acre, and Spraying Chemicals (Self-Propelled Sprayer) at $6.36/acre. These represent increases of 6%, 5.7%, 10.4%, and 11.6% respectively over 2006 Ohio custom rates. Other operations show similar 4 year rate increases. Higher machinery, fuel and labor costs have contributed to custom farming rate increases over the past 2 years. For more information on custom farming rates and other Farm Management Topics see our Department Farm Management Website at:
http://aede.osu.edu/programs/FarmManagement/
The “Average” rate listed below is the average of all responses. The range is the average
+/- one standard deviation which includes about two-thirds of all responses.
Ohio Farm Custom Rates – 2008
| Average | Range | |||||
| Strip Tillage | ||||||
| Stalk Chopper / acre | $10.00 | $6.73 | – | $13.27 | ||
| Moldboard Plow / acre | $15.47 | $10.61 | – | $20.33 | ||
| Chisel Plow / acre | $14.23 | $10.37 | – | $18.09 | ||
| Disk Chisel / acre | $14.69 | $11.14 | – | $18.23 | ||
| Disk-Tandem / acre | $12.44 | $9.70 | – | $15.19 | ||
| Disk-Offset / acre | $12.71 | $10.02 | – | $15.40 | ||
| Soil Finishing /acre | $11.90 | $9.07 | – | $14.73 | ||
| Field Cultivator / acre | $10.55 | $8.30 | – | $12.79 | ||
| Subsoiling / acre | $17.88 | $12.52 | – | $23.23 | ||
| V-Ripping / acre | $17.28 | $13.67 | – | $20.89 | ||
| Strip Tillage / acre | $16.65 | $13.61 | – | $19.69 | ||
| Fertilizer Application – Ground | ||||||
| Dry Bulk / acre | $4.53 | $3.12 | – | $5.93 | ||
| Liq Knife / acre | $8.70 | $4.74 | – | $12.65 | ||
| Liq Spray / acre | $7.08 | $4.56 | – | $9.60 | ||
| Annhydrous / acre | $10.50 | $7.16 | – | $13.84 | ||
| Lime application / acre | $7.06 | $4.65 | – | $9.46 | ||
| Lime application / ton | $6.05 | $2.90 | – | $9.20 | ||
| Chemical Control of Weeds or Insects | ||||||
| Spraying (self propelled) / acre | $6.36 | $4.86 | – | $7.85 | ||
| Spraying (pull type) / acre | $6.33 | $4.22 | – | $8.45 | ||
| Highboy spraying / acre | $7.30 | $5.16 | – | $9.44 | ||
| Aerial Application | ||||||
| Chemicals / acre | $7.78 | $6.02 | – | $9.53 | ||
| Average | Range | |||||
| Planting Operations | ||||||
| Conventional Till | ||||||
| Plant Corn / 30″ rows / acre | $15.11 | $10.81 | – | $19.42 | ||
| Plant Corn w/ Fert Attach. / 30″ rows / acre | $17.00 | $12.35 | – | $21.65 | ||
| Plant Soybeans / 15″ rows / acre | $16.06 | $12.08 | – | $20.04 | ||
| Plant soybeans / 30″ rows / acre | $13.29 | $9.81 | – | $16.76 | ||
| Drill Soybeans / acre | $14.60 | $10.78 | – | $18.41 | ||
| Drill Small Grains / acre | $14.60 | $10.81 | – | $18.38 | ||
| No-Till | ||||||
| Plant Corn / 30″ rows / acre | $17.14 | $13.36 | – | $20.93 | ||
| Plant Corn w/ Fert Attach. / 30″ rows / acre | $18.75 | $13.87 | – | $23.63 | ||
| Plant Soybeans / 15″ rows / acre | $15.95 | $12.17 | – | $19.74 | ||
| Plant soybeans / 30″ rows / acre | $16.78 | $13.11 | – | $20.44 | ||
| Drill Soybeans / acre | $15.68 | $11.72 | – | $19.65 | ||
| Drill Small Grains / acre | $15.65 | $11.49 | – | $19.80 | ||
| Grass/Legume/Pasture Seeding | ||||||
| Grain drill / acre | $13.38 | $9.93 | – | $16.82 | ||
| Grain Harvest | ||||||
| Combine Corn / acre | $25.45 | $21.61 | – | $29.28 | ||
| Combine Soy / acre | $24.73 | $20.96 | – | $28.50 | ||
| Combine Small Grains / acre | $24.42 | $20.45 | – | $28.40 | ||
| Ear Corn Picker/acre | $28.33 | $22.28 | – | $34.39 | ||
| Grain Cart/acre | $4.13 | $2.39 | – | $5.86 | ||
| Average | Range | |||||
| Grain Storage – On Farm | ||||||
| Storage / month / bushel | $0.037 | $0.028 | – | $0.046 | ||
| Storage / year / bushel | $0.16 | $0.09 | – | $0.22 | ||
| Grain dry | ||||||
| Moisture removed per point / bushel | $0.031 | $0.021 | – | $0.041 | ||
| Grain Haul | ||||||
| Farm To Market | $0.14 | $0.10 | – | $0.18 | ||
| miles | 29 | 6 | – | 52 | ||
| Farm To Field | $0.085 | $0.05 | – | $0.12 | ||
| miles | 10 | 6 | – | 15 |
| Custom Farming | ||||||
| (All Machinery Operations for Growing and Harvesting) | ||||||
| Corn / acres | $97.71 | $59.02 | – | $136.40 | ||
| Soybeans / acre | $87.95 | $49.70 | – | $126.21 | ||
| Small Grains / acre | $77.50 | $50.53 | – | $104.47 | ||
| Hay/Straw Harvest | ||||||
| Mowing / acre | $11.13 | $7.46 | – | $14.79 | ||
| Mowing and Conditioning / acre | $12.39 | $8.98 | – | $15.80 | ||
| Raking / acre | $6.59 | $4.37 | – | $8.81 | ||
| Tedding / acre | $6.13 | $3.64 | – | $8.61 | ||
| Bailing Small Bales | ||||||
| Bale and drop in field / bale | $0.50 | $0.31 | – | $0.68 | ||
| Bale and load on wagon / bale | $0.63 | $0.30 | – | $0.96 | ||
| Haul and store / bale | $1.31 | $0.79 | – | $1.82 | ||
| Bailing Large Round Bales | ||||||
| Bale and drop in field / bale | $8.43 | $6.33 | – | $10.53 | ||
| Bale and haul / bale | $8.81 | $5.59 | – | $12.02 | ||
| Complete Hay Harvest | ||||||
| Complete Hay Harvest / % of crop | 52 % | 48 % | – | 56 % | ||
| Average | Range | |||||
| Miscellaneous | ||||||
| Bush Hogging / acre | $13.91 | $7.00 | – | $20.83 | ||
| Income Tax prep / hour | $75.50 | $32.85 | – | $118.15 | ||
| Income Tax prep / return | $253.16 | $77.45 | – | $426.86 | ||
| Farm account summary/ return | $255.00 | $98.94 | – | $411.06 | ||
| Track Hoe / hour | $78.93 | $54.58 | – | $103.28 | ||
| Snow Removal (Blade) / hour | $63.56 | $46.97 | – | $80.14 | ||
| Hauling Livestock/mile | $2.31 | $1.00 | – | $3.63 | ||
| Soil Testing / sample | $9.14 | $4.26 | $14.02 | |||
| Soil Testing / acre | $5.30 | $3.58 | $7.02 | |||
| Grid Soil Sampling / acre | $7.44 | $6.23 | – | $8.65 | ||
| Bulldozing per foot of blade / hour | $8.58 | $5.41 | – | $11.75 | ||
| Machinery Rental | ||||||
| Tractor / horsepower / hour | $0.24 | $0.16 | – | $0.32 | ||
| Grain Drill (No-till) / acre | $11.85 | $4.79 | – | $18.91 | ||
| Bobcat / Skid Loader / day | $170.71 | $116.29 | – | $225.14 |