2020 Farm Custom Rates Available

 

Pennsylvania NASS no longer does a custom rate survey, so we need to look to other states.

 

 

 

This guide has additional activities such as vertical tillage, no-till planting with splitters, and extra charge for seed shut-offs. It also has more detailed harvesting operations such as complete harvesting rates, grain cart rates, and moving bales to storage rates. The miscellaneous services include nearly a one-page list of activities such as snow removal, scouting crops with a drone, livestock hauling, and using a truck scale. Lastly, in addition to tractor rental rates, they list rates for some other equipment such as no-till drill, corn or grain head, grain cart, bin wagon, manure spreader, generator, and skid loader rental rates.

 

 

 

 

 

I always advise farmers that these rate schedules are intended only as a guide. Actual custom rates may vary according to availability of machinery in a given area, timeliness, operator skill, field size and shape, crop conditions, and the performance characteristics of the machine being used.

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