Transcription of 2019 Custom Machine and Work Rate Estimates
1 Updated June 2019 Farm Labor Unskilled 7= $ per hour$ $ gallon of fuelFarm Labor skilled 7= $ per hour$ $ gallon lube & fuel costTRACTORS $/Hour Machine Cost $/Hour Est. Fuel Gal. / HourEst. Fuel Cost per HourNo driver,or fuel cost4WD - 260 hp. $ $ $ $ $ - 225 hp. $ $ $ $ $ - 130 hp. $ $ $ $ $ $0 .20/ hp-hour (fuel not included)2- WD - 75 hp. $ $ $ $ $ Fuel use .044 gal. diesel/PTO hp / hour2- WD - 40 hp. $ $ $ $ $ Steer systems charge per acre$ OPERATIONS: Custom $/Acre 1 Machine Cost/ Ac 3 Machine Rate per Hour4 Acres/Hr.
2 5 Est. Fuel : Moldboard (6 bottom)$ $ $ $ $ Plow (23 ft.)$ $ $ $ $ front disk ( ft.)$ $ $ $ $ tillage$ $ $ Disk - V - Ripper combo ( ft) $ $ $ $ $ 30" , 17 ft. $ $ $ $ $ 30" - 10ft (12-15")$ $ $ Disk - tandem (21 ft)$ $ $ $ $ Cultivator (23 ft.)$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ Soil Finisher$ $ $ Row Cultivate (12 rows)$ $ $ $ $ Shredder (20 ft.)
3 $ $ $ $ $ Hoe (21 ft.)$ $ $ Rolling$ $ $ Highboy spraying$ $ $ Boom Sprayer - $ $ $ $ $ Sprayer - pull type 50ft.$ $ $ $ $ : Custom $/Acre 1 Machine Cost/ Ac 3 Machine Rate per Hour 4 Acres/Hr. 5 Est. Fuel conventional - w/fert & insect 30" corn-soys$ $ $ $ $ conventional no attachments$ $ $ $ $ only - notill$ Planter- soybean 15" rows$ $ $ Planter- No Till w/spliter & w/fert $ $ $ Variable rate seeding$ $ $ Drill Soybeans Conventional$ $ $ Drill - No Till (15 ft.)
4 $ $ $ $ $ Grain, press wheels $ $ $ $ $ Tender$ $ $ Pest Control - scouting $ $ $ Pest Control - scouting with drone$ $ $ Sugarbeets: Custom $/Acre 1 Machine Cost/ Ac 3 Machine Rate per Hour 4 Acres/Hr. 5 Est. Fuel - Planting (12 rows)$ Sugarbeet - Self-Propelled Harevest & Cart$ Sugarbeet - Hauling per ton$ 2019 Production Season Costs 2019 Custom Machine and Work Rate EstimatesFIRM Team Fact Sheet Number Authors:Bob Battel, Field Crops Educator Michigan State University Extension June 2019 FIRM Team Fact Sheet Page 1 HARVESTING: Custom $/Acre 1 Machine Cost/ Ac 3 Machine Rate per Hour 4 Acres/Hr.
5 5 Est. Fuel - 8 row (Corn )$ $ $ Head for Combine$ $ $ Combine - 8 row stalk chopper head$ $ $ $ $ Small grains (20 ft head)$ $ $ Soybeans (30 ft. head)$ $ $ Soybeans- air reel- flex$ $ $ Head for Combine$ $ $ Combine, cart, haul to storage - Corn$ $ $ Combine, cart, haul to storage - Soybeans$ $ $ GPS mapping addition to harvesting$ $ $ Picker 2 row - Ear Corn + 3 wagons$ $ $ Grain Cart - corn / acre$ $ $ $ $ Forage- Pull type 3 row$ $ $ Forage -Pull type Pickup hd-10ft$ Forage-Self-propelled 625hp /hr $ $ 1.
6 $ per Silage- Self propelled- per ton$ $ $ Chopping Haylage- Self propelled/ton$ $ $ Snaplage/ acre$ $ $ Bunk Filling- chop, haul, filling & packing / ton$ Bagging per ft. (9 ft diameter)$ $ $ Mowing$ $ $ Raking$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ Windrowing - hay or straw$ $ $ hay or small grains (25 ft.)$ $ $ $ $ Pull-type (9 ft.)$ $ $ Mower-Conditioner- Self Propelled (16ft)$ Mower - Conditioner- Rotary (12ft)$ Square Baling Hay per bale$ $ $ Bales per bale$ Baling Round- 600-800 # per bale$ $ $ Baling Round -1200 -1500 # per bale$ $ $ 1000# Round/ with wrapper$ $ $ Haul- Lrg.
7 Round/bale$ -1500 # Lrg. Round - straw/stalks$ $ $ Baling -1500 # Lrg. Round - straw - with wrap$ $ $ Picking up w/accumulator- $ $ $ Baling Lrg Sqr. Hay $ $ round bales/bale/loaded mile$ Hauling square bales/bale/loaded mile$ $ $ FERTILIZER: Custom $/Acre 1 Machine Cost/ Ac 3 Machine Rate per Hour 4 Acres/Hr. 5 Est. Fuel Dry Bulk: Spreading$ $ $ Fertilizer dry Bulk Spreader only$ $ $ Lime application$ $ $ Fertilizer- Liquid-Knifed In$ $ $ Fertilizer - side dressing$ $ $ Liquid-Sprayed: $ $ $ Fertilizer- Anhydrous: 21 ft.
8 $ $ $ Soil Testing - GPS grid samples$ $ $ Liquid Manure Spreader Injected -1000 gal.$ $ $ FIRM Team Fact Sheet Page 2 FERTILIZER: Custom $/Acre 1 Machine Cost/ Ac 3 Machine Rate per Hour 4 Acres/Hr. 5 Est. Fuel Manure spreader only /hr.$ $ $ Solid Manure spreader only /hr$ $ $ Manure Pump, Hauling, Spreading - liquid (9500 gallon cap.) per hour$86/hr $ $ Manure Pump, Hauling, Injecting 1000 gal.
9 Liquid (9500 gallon cap.) $12 per 1000 Loader / hr.$ $ $ Mowing CRP or pasture / acre$ $ $ Ditch Mowing$65 per hour $ $ Brush Hogging / acre$ $ $ Grain Drying - inbin dryer / /pt/bu $ $ Grain Auger/ /bu. $ $ Grain Auger only / bu4 silo filling / hour$20/hr. $ $ Grain Storage/ /bu/mo $ $ Grain Storage for season21 /bu $ $ Grain Haul - per bushel - field to farmstead9 /up to 10 miles $ $ Grain Haul - per bushel - farm to mkt 25mi17 /up to 25 miles $ $ Grain Haul per Loaded Mile$ Haul Trailer/ loaded mile$ $ $ Power Washing per hr.
10 $ $ $ Rock picking/acre$ $ $ Backhoe / hour$ $ $ Auto Steer System$ storage square foot per year$ Farming - Corn$ $ $ (all Machine operations for growing & harvest) Custom Farming - Soybeans$ $ $ (all Machine operations for growing & harvest) Custom Farming - Sm Grains$ $ $ (all Machine operations for growing & harvest) Fuel cost is calculated by adding fuel, oil and lub $ Fuel Price ==>$ ** base fuel & lube price used1 Custom $ per acre: Represents the rate obtained from surveys of actual farm data surveys for 2014 & 2015 from Universities listed below to do this type of Machine work for another farm on a general basis.
