Ohio Farm Custom Rate Survey 2005/2006

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Soil Preparation

Stalk Chopper $/A

Moldboard Plow $/A

Disk Chisel $/A

Chisel Plow $/A

Disk $/A

Drag $/A

Secondary Tillage $/A

Harrow $/A

Field Cultivator $/A

Land leveling $/A

Land leveling $/hr

Subsoiling $/A

V-ripping $/A

Strip Tillage $/A

Fertilizer Application – Ground

Labor, Power & Applicator Rental

Applicator Only

Dry Bulk $/A or $/T $/A or $/T

LiquidKnife $/A or $/T $/A or $/T

LiquidSpray $/A or $/T $/A or $/T

Anhydrous $/A or $/T $/A or $/T

Lime $/A or $/T $/A or $/T

Chemical Control of Weeds or Insects

Spraying – self propelled $/A

Spraying – pull type $/A

Highboy spraying $/A

Rope wick application $/A

Mechanical Weed Control

Rotary hoeing $/A

Conventional cultivating $/A

Ridge cultivating $/A

Aerial Application

Fertilizer $/A

Seed $/A

Chemicals $/A

Planting Operations (no seed or material furnished)

Please Indicate Planter Width /ft

Conventional Till

Plant Corn, 30 in. Rows $/A

Plant Corn, 30 in. Rows

with Fertilizer $/A

Plant Soybeans, 15 in. Rows $/A

Plant Soybeans, 30 in. Rows $/A

Drill Soybeans in. Rows $/A

Small Grains in. Rows $/A

No-Till

Plant Corn, 30 in. Rows $/A

Plant Corn, 30 in. Rows

with Fertilizer $/A

Plant Soybeans, 15 in. Rows $/A

Plant Soybeans, 30 in. Rows $/A

Drill Soybeans in. Rows $/A

Small Grains in. Rows $/A

Grass/Legume/Pasture Seeding

Broadcast $/A

Grain drill $/A

Packwheel drill $/A

Sod or zip seeder $/A

Grain Harvest

Combine - corn (rows) $/A

Combine - soybeans (ft.) $/A

Combine - small grain (ft.) $/A

Ear corn picker $/A

Grain Storage, Drying, and Handling

Grain Storage

Take-in, plus months cents/Bu

Initial take-in charge cents/Bu

Storage charge per month cents/Bu/Mo

Storage charge per year cents/Bu/Yr

Grain Drying

Per Point of Moisture Removed or Per Bushel

Moisture removed: cents/Pt/Bu

Grain Hauling

Farm to Market cents/Bu (miles)

Field to Farm cents/Bu (miles)

Custom Farming

(All machinery operations for growing & harvesting)

Corn $/A

Soybeans $/A

Small grains $/A

Hired Labor

Machinery operation $/Hr

Milking Cows $/Hr

General farm labor $/Hr

General farm labor

including value of benefits $/Month

Hrs. Worked/Week (Avg) /Hrs

Other $

Land Rental

Crop Ground

Average Corn Yield

Top /bu. $/Acre/yr

Average /bu. $/Acre/yr

Poor /bu. $/Acre/yr

Pasture $/Acre/yr

Machinery Rental

(Machine only, no fuel or operator)

Tractor, size hp $/Hr

Corn Planter

Conventionalrows $/A

No-till rows $/A

Combine, ft. orrows $/Separator Hr or

$/A

Grain drill

Conventional ft. $/A

No-Till ft $/A

Bobcat or skidsteer loader $/Day

Ropewick herbicide applicator $/A

Other $/A

Miscellaneous Services

Bush Hogging $/acre

Grinding Feed cents/cwt

Building Fence (No materials) $/hr or

$/ft

Income tax preparation $/hr or

$/return

Annual farm account summary $/hr or

and/or tax prep. $/return

Track hoe - cleaning ditches $/hr

Remove snow (loader) $/hr

Remove snow (blade) $/hr

Remove snow (blade+ salt app.) $/hr

Remove snow (blower) $/hr

Hauling livestock $/mi

Bulldozing (size of bladeft) $/hr

Digging post holes $/hole

Shearing sheep $/head

Scouting crops $/acre

Soil testing $/sample

Rock Picking $/hr

Power washing $/hr

Silage Harvest

Corn silage

Upright

chopping only /ton; /hr; /A