Farm Custom Rates Paid in Ohio, 2002

Operation	Unit	Avg.	Range
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Soil Preparation
Stalk Chopper Moldboard Plow Disk Plow Chisel Plow Disk Drag Disk and Drag Harrow Field Cultivator Land Leveling Land Leveling Subsoiling V-Ripping	acre acre acre acre acre acre acre acre acre acre hour acre acre	8 13 10 12 9 7 10 8 9 9 30 13 12	4 - 12 8 - 17 6 - 14 8 - 16 6 - 11 3 - 11 5 - 14 3 - 12 5 - 12 3 - 14 12 - 48 9 - 18 8 - 17

Fertilizer Application
Dry Bulk Dry Bulk Dry Bulk(applicator only) Dry Bulk(applicator only) Annhydrous Lime Lime	acre ton acre ton acre acre ton	3.70 4.20 3.30 4.00 7.20 7.60 9.70	2 – 5 3 – 6 2 – 4 3 – 5 5 – 10 2 – 14 3 – 16

Chemical Weed Control
Spraying-ground Spraying-ground (incorporated) Spraying-aerial Rope Wick	acre acre acre acre	5 5 7 5	3 – 7 3 – 7 6 – 9 2 – 7

Mechanical Weed Control
Rotary Hoeing Conventional Cultivate Ridge Cultivating	acre acre acre	7 8 8	3 – 10 5 – 11 6 – 10

Aerial Application
Fertilizer Chemicals	acre acre	6 6	2 – 9 3 – 9

Operation	Unit	Avg.	Range
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Planting Operation
Conventional Seed Only Seed & Fertilizer Seed, Fert., Chems. No-Till Seed Only Seed & Fertilizer Seed, Fert., Chems.	acre acre acre acre acre acre	12 13 12 13 15 16		8 – 15 9 – 17 7 – 17 9 – 16 11 – 19 10 – 22

Drills/Seeders 7’
Soybeans Seed Only Seed & Fertilizer Small Grains Grain Only Grain & Grass Seed	acre acre acre acre	13 16 12 16		9 – 16 11 – 20 9 – 15 11 – 21

Grass Seed
Broadcast Grain Drill	acre acre	6 12		3 – 9 8 – 15

Grain Harvest
Combine-Corn Combine-Soybeans Combine-Small Grain Ear Corn Picker Picker-Sheller	acre acre acre acre acre	21 21 21 19 19		18 – 25 17 – 25 17 – 24 11 – 28 14 – 23

Silage Harvest
Corn Silage chopping chop, haul, fill	ton ton	4 5		3 – 5 2 – 9

Hay/Straw Harvest
Mowing Mowing/Conditioning Raking Tedding	acre acre acre acre	9 10 5 5		5 – 13 7 – 13 3 – 8 2 – 7

Operation		Unit	Avg.		Range
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Baling – Small Square Bales
Baled and Dropped Baled and Loaded Charge to Haul and Store		bale bale bale	0.41 0.47 0.21	0.24 – 0.57 0.27 – 0.66 0.07 – 0.35

Baling – Large Round Bales
Baled and Left in Field Baled and Hauled Move Stack or Bale Wrapping in Plastic		bale bale bale bale	6.50 8.50 2.50 6.00	5 – 8 6 – 11 1 – 5 3 – 9

Complete Hay Harvest
	ton % crop		26 55	10 – 42 45 – 65

Drainage and Tile Installation
Ditching Backfilling Tile Installation 4” Plastic 6” Plastic	foot foot foot foot		0.28 0.06 0.46 0.64	0.14 – 0.41 0.02 – 0.11 0.23 – 0.68 0.37 – 0.92

Grain Storage, Drying, and Hauling
Initial Take-In Charge Take in Plus 4 Months Storage Charge Grain Drying Grain Hauling Farm to Market (33 miles) Field to Farm (12 miles)	bu. bu. bu./mo pt./bu. bu. bu.		0.12 0.12 0.03 0.036 0.12 0.08		0.06 – 0.17 0.07 – 0.18 0.02 – 0.04 0.015–0.058 0.07 – 0.17 0.04 – 0.11

Custom Farming (All machinery operations for growing and harvesting)
Corn Soybeans Small Grains	acre acre acre		63 54 50		40 – 85 34 – 75 31 – 69

Operation	Unit	Avg.	Range
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Miscellaneous Services
Bush Hogging Grinding Feed Building Fence Income Tax Preparation Income Tax Preparation Farm Account Summary Track Hoe Snow Removal Loader Blade Blower Hauling Livestock Bulldozing Sheep Shearing	acre cwt. hour hour return return hour hour hour hour mile hour head	13 0.52 20 78 192 298 76 43 46 52 1.22 59 3.50	6 – 19 0.24 – 0.80 8 – 33 36 – 120 57 – 327 118 – 477 55 – 96 25 – 60 27 – 65 27 – 78 0.77 – 1.67 46 – 73 1.00 – 5.75

Machinery Rental
Tractor 50 – 100 hp 120 – 180 hp 200 – 425 hp Corn Planter: No-till Combine Grain Drill Conventional No-Till Bobcat/Skidsteer	hour hour hour acre acre acre acre day	25 28 54 11 20 11 10 123	11 – 39 17 – 39 31 – 76 6 – 15 12 – 29

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