Machinery custom rates increase 5 percent
HARRISBURG - Most
machinery custom rates have
increased for 1984, up an average
of nearly five percent from last
year, according to the Crop
Reporting Service of the Penn
sylvania Department of
Agriculture.
The five percent increase in
rates was computed by adding the
rates for all jobs, regardless of the
basis of charge, and dividing by
last year’s comparable total,
according to Jack St. Pierre,
agricultural statistician for the
State Crop Reporting Service.
The custom rates listed below
are averages taken from voluntary
reports by custom operators from
throughout the state. Most of the
rates are stated per acre, ton, bale
or bushel rather then per hour to
reduce the variation due to
machinery size. Individual rates
vary due to differences in working
conditions, services performed or
even in the operator’s willingness
to do custom work.
The rates shown are guidelines
to show averages and are not to be
considered absolute indications of
fan charges, according to St.
Pierre.
Average rates are shown
separately for two sections of the
state - labeled “Mountain” and
“Valley.” Differences in rates
between the two regions reflect
differences in terrain, soils and
alternative opportunitites for the
labor and equipment used. Under
the column labeled “The State”
the figures represent the straight
average of all reports used
regardless of geographic location.
Custom rates for Pennsylvania
for 1984 include;
Machinery custom rates
Harvesting
CORN HARVESTING:
Com Picking
Com Picking & Shelling .
Com Combining
Cora Drying (23 Percent)
Combining Small Grains.
HAYMAKING
Mowing
Mowing & Conditioning
Raking
Pick-up Baling:
Twine
Wire
Cut, Rake, Bale & Store
Large Round Baler (Avg.=l3ooLbs.)
Stacker-Wagon (Avg.=l Ton)
SILAGE MAKING:
Pull-Type Chopper & Tractor
Self-Propelled Chopper
Blower
1 Man, 2 Wagons, 1 Tractor..
2 Men, 2 Wagons, 2 Tractors.
Plowing & Cultivating
PLOWING, MOLDBOARD PLOW
Spring, Stubble
Sod
Fall, Stubble
Sod
Plowing, Deep (10 Inches Or More)
Plowing, Chisel
Plowing, Disk
Disking, Tandem
With Harrow or Cultipacker
Harrowing:
Spike Tooth
Snng Tooth
Cultivating ..
Job
MOUNTAIN
Basis Of Mountain Valley The
Charge Section Section State
Acre $ 18.30
Acre 22.00
Acre 23.70
Bu. .30
Acre 19.20
$ 16.70 $ 17.40
20.50 21.30
22.00 22.80
.30 .30
19.40 19.30
5.60
7.75
4.30
Acre
Acre
Acre
Bale
Bale
Bale
Bale
Stack
.33
.60
6.40
17.40
Hour
Hour
Hour
Hour
Horn-
28.20
36.50
5.10
21.60
34.40
Acre 9.30
Acre 10.40
Acre 9.80
Acre 10.90
Acre 11.40
Acre 10.40
Acre 9.00
Acre 7.20
Acre 8.75
Acre 5 20
Acre fi 20
Acre 6 90
5.35
7.55
4.00
5.45
7.60
4.15
.60
6.60
17.80
.60
6.50
17.60
30.00
37.30
4.95
23.00
35.40
31.70
38.00
4.80
24.20
36.40
5.60
6.50
h 80
6.00
6.80
6 75
Planting & Drilling
Planting Corn With Fertilizer:
Conventional-Till Planting
Reduced-Till Planting
Planting Soybeans, Without Fertilizer
Drilling Small Grain:
Without Fertilizer
With Fertilizer
With Fertilizer & Cloverseed
Planting Potatoes
Seeding Alfalfa, Clover, Etc
Broadcast Seeding (On Grain Fields)
Cleaning Grain Seed:
With Treatment
Without Treatment
Spraying
Ground Equipment:
Spraying For Weed Control:
Excluding Material
Spraying For Corn Borer;
Including Cost of Material..
Excluding Cost Of Material
Spraying for Spittle Bug Or
Alfalfa Weevil:
Including Cost of Material..
Excluding Cost Of Material
Spraying Potatoes;
Including Cost Of Material.
Excluding Cost Of Material
Aerial Application (Excl. Material)
Fixed Wing
Helicopter
Miscellaneous
Stalk Shredding, P.T.O. ..
Spreading Bulk Fertilizer
Dry
Liquid
Side Dressing
Grinding Feed;
Corn, Oats Or Barley
Corn & Cobs
Cobs
Additional Charge For Mixing
Machine Tiling (No Tile)
Back Hoe
Sawing Wood (Chain Saw). ...
Post Hole Digging
Manure Loading
Manure Spreading
Bulldozing (Avg. H.P. 85)
8.10
11.00
7.80
Acre
Acre
Acre
7.05
7.60
7.75
9.80
7.40
5.40
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acre
4.10
Acre
Acre
9.00
4.10
Acre
Acre
6.50
4.05
Acre
Acre
12.00
4.70
6.80
6.50
Acre
Acre
6.45
Acre
4.65
4.30
5.00
Acre
Acre
Acre
.35
26.00
9.10
.58
13.90
13.00
38.00
8.30
11.30
8.10
8.70
11.60
8.40
7.55
8.40
8.55
10.50
7.30
5.25
7.30
8.00
8.15
10.20
7.35
5.30
4.45
4.60
9.10
4.25
9.20
4.35
6.45
4.15
6.40
4.25
11.90
4.75
11.75
4.80
6.60
6.30
6.50
6.20
6.45
6.45
4.40
4.25
4.80
4.30
4.20
4.60
.39
24.25
8.90
.64
14.30
13.50
38.70
25.10
9.00
.60
14.10
13.30
38.40