chopper head, / acre 33.45 26.00 - 41.50 Soybean combining, / acre 29.65 21.50 - 39.00 - with air reel, / acre 32.10 25.50 - 40.00 Small grain combining, / acre 27.40 20.00 - 35.00 Complete harvesting (combine, cart, haul to farm storage) - Corn, / acre 40.80 27.50 - 55.00 - Soybeans, / acre 38.15 27.50 - 50.00 Added charge for GPS mapping, / acre 2.25 0.25 - 4.00 Picking ear corn, / acre (seed corn) 31.45 20.00 - 40.00 Picking ear corn, / acre (farm use) 25.35 20.00 - 28.00 Drying corn (includes fuel, electricity, labor) - continuous ow dryer (/ point / bu.) 0.049 0.030 - 0.060 - bin dryer (/ point / bu.) 0.056 0.035 - 0.080 Handling grain by auger, / bu.<br><br> 0.057 0.010 - 0.100 Hauling grain - in eld, grain cart, corn / acre 5.65 2.00 - 10.00 - in eld, grain cart, soybeans / acre 4.70 2.00 - 8.50 - to farm storage, wagon, / bu. 0.063 0.030 - 0.100 - farm storage to mkt., wagon, / bu. 0.085 0.050 - 0.150 - to mkt., truck, / bu., (5 mi.<br><br> 1-way) 0.098 0.050 - 0.150 - to mkt., truck, / bu., (25 mi. 1-way) 0.158 0.070 - 0.250 - to mkt., truck, / bu., (100 mi. 1-way) 0.292 0.200 - 0.440 Harvesting Forages Hay - mowing, / acre $10.15 7.00 - 14.00 - conditioning, / acre 11.20 9.00 - 12.00 - mowing/conditioning, / acre 12.40 8.00 - 15.00 - raking, / acre 5.75 3.00 - 8.00 - windrowing, / acre 12.25 10.00 - 14.00 - tedding, / acre 5.90 4.00 - 8.00 Swathing hay or small grain, / acre 11.60 6.00 - 15.00 Hay baling - small square, / bale 0.50 0.40 - 0.75 - large square, / bale 9.45 7.00 - 13.00 - large round w/o wrap, / bale 9.95 8.00 - 12.00 - large round with wrap, / bale 11.20 8.50 - 14.00 Straw or corn stalk baling - large round or square w/o wrap, / bale 11.20 8.00 - 14.00 - large round or square w/ wrap, / bale 12.45 9.00 - 16.00 Moving round bales to storage, / bale 2.85 1.00 - 5.00 Hauling round bales, / bale, / loaded mile 0.25 0.18 - 0.50 Silage - chopping, / hr., / head row 36.80 25.00 - 50.00 - chop, haul, ll silo, /hr., / hd row 48.80 35.00 - 58.00 Filling silage bags, per foot of bag 8.65 5.00 - 12.00 Haylage - chopping, / hr., / ft.<br><br> head width 9.05 6.65 - 10.40 Haylage - chopping, / ton 8.75 7.50 - 9.00 Earlage - chopping, / acre 46.60 39.50 - 50.00 Tillage Average Range Chopping cornstalks, / acre $10.35 6.00 - 15.75 Moldboard plowing, / acre 15.00 10.00 - 19.00 Chisel plowing, / acre 13.70 9.00 - 18.00 Disk/chiseling, / acre 14.95 10.00 - 20.00 Subsoiling (8 to 15 in. deep), / acre 17.05 10.00 - 24.00 V-ripping (over 15 in. deep), / acre 17.05 10.00 - 22.00 V-ripping with tandem disk, / acre 18.90 12.00 - 28.00 Disking, tandem, / acre 11.80 5.00 - 16.00 Disking, offset, / acre 14.45 10.00 - 18.00 Harrowing, / acre 8.60 6.00 - 12.00 Soil nishing, / acre 12.30 7.00 - 16.00 Field cultivating, / acre 11.45 7.00 - 16.00 Rock picking, / acre 12.40 10.00 - 15.00 Cultivating, / acre 10.95 8.00 - 14.00 Cultivating, ridge-till, / acre 13.35 12.00 - 16.00 Rotary hoeing, / acre 8.10 3.75 - 15.00 Land rolling, / acre 6.55 3.00 - 11.00 Planting Planting - w/ fert & insect.<br><br> attach., / a. $15.70 10.00 - 25.00 - without attachments, / acre 14.80 9.00 - 20.00 - w/ splitters & attach., / acre 16.75 13.50 - 21.00 - no-till planter, / acre 16.30 12.00 - 23.00 - no-till planter w/ splitters, / a. 17.90 14.00 - 24.00 - ridge till planter, / acre 18.60 16.00 - 22.00 Extra charge for seed shut-offs, / acre 1.65 0.50 - 3.00 Drilling soybeans, / acre 14.85 11.00 - 20.00 Drilling soybeans, no-till, / acre 15.95 13.00 - 25.00 Drilling grass seed, / acre 13.20 9.00 - 20.00 Drilling small grain, / acre 13.55 10.00 - 20.00 Seeding grass, broadcast with tractor, / a.<br><br> 9.80 7.00 - 12.00 Seeding grass, broadcast with ATV, / acre 10.65 9.00 - 12.00 Spraying (materials not included) Ground, broadcast, tractor, / acre $6.05 4.00 - 9.50 Ground, incorporated, tractor, / acre 11.30 9.00 - 14.25 Ground, broadcast, self propelled, / acre 6.80 4.00 - 14.00 Ground, banded, tractor, / acre 7.95 6.50 - 10.00 Ground, road ditches, / hour 52.45 20.00 - 80.00 Aerial, / acre 8.90 6.10 - 13.00 Fertilizer Application (materials not included) Dry bulk - applied, / acre $4.05 1.50 - 7.00 - strip-till, / acre 15.55 9.00 - 20.00 Liquid - spraying, / acre 5.85 4.00 - 7.50 - strip-till, knifed, / acre 13.25 9.00 - 18.00 Anhydrous - injecting, w/ tool bar, / acre 10.30 5.00 - 17.00 - injecting, w/o tool bar, / acre 9.35 6.00 - 13.75 Spreading lime, / ton 5.85 3.00 - 9.90 Estimating a Machinery Rental Rate Example: Tandem Disk 1. Custom charge (includes labor, fuel, tractor) $________/acre $11.80 2. Percent of custom charge which is for interest, insurance, depreciation, and repairs (excluding fuel and labor) (use 70% for tillage, 80% for planting and harvesting) x ________% x 70% 3.<br><br> Rental value, including tractor (1 x 2) = $________/acre = $8.26 4. Tractor rental value, if tractor is not provided: _______HP x $_______per hp-hour rental rate (see above) / _______acres/hour = Ex: 150 HP x $.22 (per hp-hour rental rate) / 15 acres/hr = $2.20 3 $________/acre 3 $2.20 5. Implement rental value, without tractor (3 minus 4) = $________/acre = $6.06/acre .<br><br> . . and justice for all The U.S.<br><br> Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, and marital or family status. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Many materials can be made available in alternative formats for ADA clients. To le a complaint of discrimination, write USDA, Of ce of Civil Rights, Room 326-W, Whitten Building, 14th and Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250-9410 or call 202-720-5964.<br><br> Issued in furtherance of Cooperative Extension work, Acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Gerald A.<br><br> Miller, interim director, Cooperative Extension Service, Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Ames, Iowa. File: Economics 1 - 1 Prepared by William Edwards, extension economist (515) 294-6161, wedwards@iastate.edu Ann Johanns, extension specialist Andy Chamra, student assistant Internet home study course on Farm Machinery Economics is available at: www.extension.iastate.edu/ames Additional machinery management publications are available at: www.extension.iastate.edu/agdm www.extension.iastate.edu/store Miscellaneous Services Average Range Removing snow (loader), / hour $77.10 40.00 - 100.00 Removing snow (blade), /hr., /ft. of blade 8.50 5.00 - 11.65 Removing snow (blower), /hr., /ft.<br><br> of blower 12.40 7.65 - 17.00 Grinding, mixing feed, / ton 10.20 9.50 - 11.50 Tub grinding hay, / hour 250.90 150.00 - 400.00 Spreading liq. manure, inject., / 1000 gal. 11.00 9.00 - 15.00 Liquid manure w/ drag line, / 1000 gal.<br><br> 10.50 8.00 - 12.00 Loading solid manure, / hour 70.40 50.00 - 100.00 Loading, spreading solid manure, / hour 97.55 60.00 - 140.00 Power washing, / hour 38.45 28.00 - 50.00 Building fence, barb, / hr. (no materials) 16.25 10.00 - 20.00 Building fence, barb, / rod (no materials) 11.85 9.00 - 17.00 Building fence, woven, / hr. (no materials) 15.05 10.00 - 20.00 Building fence, woven, / rod (no materials) 11.75 10.00 - 14.00 Scouting crops, / acre 4.15 3.00 - 6.00 Soil testing, / sample 7.45 5.00 - 10.00 GPS grid soil testing, / acre 6.95 4.00 - 12.00 Managing stored grain, / bu.<br><br> 0.05 0.01 - 0.10 Shearing sheep, / head 3.60 3.00 - 5.00 Livestock hauling w/ trailer, /loaded mile 2.80 2.00 - 3.25 Livestock hauling w/ truck, /loaded mile 3.10 2.00 - 3.50 Bulldozing, / hr., / ft. of blade 11.15 6.50 - 15.00 Digging post holes, / hole 4.50 3.50 - 5.00 Driving steel fence posts, / post 3.30 2.50 - 4.00 Driving wooden fence posts, / post 4.45 4.00 - 5.00 Building terraces, / foot 1.40 1.30 - 1.50 Trenching, / foot 1.35 1.00 - 2.00 Tiling (ex. materials), / foot 0.95 0.30 - 1.60 Back hoeing, / hour 82.60 35.00 - 150.00 Clearing land, / hour 128.30 100.00 - 150.00 Building ponds, / hour 120.30 100.00 - 140.00 Chain sawing, / hour 37.05 25.00 - 45.00 Welding machinery, / hour 50.35 30.00 - 80.00 Mowing CRP or pasture, / acre 13.85 6.00 - 25.00 Mowing fence rows, ditches, / hour 58.35 20.00 - 100.00 Chopping brush, / acre 17.75 15.00 - 20.00 Using truck scale, / load weighed 3.75 2.00 - 5.00 Machine Rental (operator, tractor, and fuel not included) Average Range Tractor, / horsepower, / hour $0.22 0.16 - 0.30 Grain drill, / acre 9.80 7.00 - 12.00 No-till soybean drill, / acre 10.55 9.00 - 13.00 Corn head for combine, / acre 8.75 7.00 - 11.10 Soybean head for combine, / acre 8.25 7.00 - 11.00 Grain cart with auger, corn, / acre 5.05 2.50 - 8.00 Grain cart with auger, soybeans, / acre 4.60 3.00 - 7.00 Grain wagon, / bu.<br><br> 0.09 0.05 - 0.12 Grain truck (semi), / bu. / round trip 0.12 0.05 - 0.15 Grain auger, / bu. 0.05 0.01 - 0.08 Grain vacuum, / bu.<br><br> 0.08 0.05 - 0.11 Grain cleaner, / bu. 0.08 0.05 - 0.10 Liquid manure spreader, / hour 28.95 25.00 - 30.00 Solid manure spreader, / hour 35.85 30.00 - 50.00 Skid loader, / hour 46.50 20.00 - 60.00 Dry bulk fertilizer applicator, / acre 2.20 1.50 - 3.25 Liquid fertilizer applicator, / acre 5.15 3.50 - 7.00 Anhydrous fertilizer applicator, / acre 3.70 1.00 - 7.00 Power washer, / hour 33.30 25.00 - 40.00 Generator, / hour 29.00 20.00 - 35.00 Tub grinder, / hour 183.70 150.00 - 225.00 Bin Rental Bin dryer, / bu. dried, (no fuel or labor) $0.067 0.050 - 0.090 Storing grain, bin rental / bu., / month 0.023 0.010 - 0.040 Storing grain, bin rental / bu., / year 0.158 0.100 - 0.280 Custom Farming (tillage, planting, pest control, and harvesting) Corn, / acre $108.95 65.00 - 145.00 Soybeans, / acre 96.40 60.00 - 130.00 Small grain, / acre 81.45 60.00 - 100.00 Farm Labor Wages for Operating Machinery Spraying or harvesting, / hour $13.45 10.00 - 22.00 Other operations, / hour 12.00 9.00 - 18.00<br><br>

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