"Custom rates include charges for the equipment, tractor or power unit used, fuel, repairs and the operator." These rates are published as a guide in establishing rates for custom work, comparing ...

Many farm operators provide some type of custom work or use of farm machinery to other farmers during the growing season, and payment is usually made following the completion of the harvest season.

Many of us are willing to do some additional custom work as part of our operation in order to spread equipment cost over more acres. It doesn’t seem that difficult to custom plant or harvest some ...

What it costs to have someone bring equipment to your farm and put it to work is the focus of a new University of Idaho survey. Through the 2025 Custom Rate Survey, UI aims to provide its first ...

Big Equipment Co. has led the agriculture industry in rebuilding and custom-building older tractors for farmers, many of them Big Buds. Without computerized systems, these tractors worked the fields, ...

Iowa State University Extension and Outreach has released the data from their 2024 Custom Farm Rate Survey, which provides average pricing for common agricultural services such as tillage, spraying ...