DB-Lancaster Farming Saturday, April 23, 1988
BY MARK HUDSON custom work. Therefore, the avcr-
Agricultural age rates shown should not be con-
Statistician sidercd absolute indications of fair
HARRISBURG The custom charges,
rates shown are averages from vol- Acreage rates are shown sepa
untary reports.by custom operators rately for two regions of the state,
throughout Pennsylvania. Most of labeled “mountain” and “valley”,
the rates are stated per acre, ton, The differences in rates between
bale, or bushel rather than per hour regions reflect differences in ter
lo reduce the variation due to rain, soils and alternative oppor
machinery size. Individual rates tunities for the labor and equip
vary due to differences in working menl used. Figures labeled “The
conditions, services performed, or Stale” represent the straight aver
even the operator’s eagerness to do age of all reports used regardless of
Acreage rates are shown separately for two regions of
the state, labeled “mountain” and “valley”.
CUSTOM RATES: SELECTED FARMING OPERATIONS, PENNSYLVANIA, 1988
Corn Picking
Corn Picking and Shelling
Corn Combining
Corn Drying (23 Percent).
Combining Small Grains...
Hay Making:
Mowing
Mowing and Conditioning..
Raking
Pick-up Baling:
Twine
Wire
Cut, Rake, Bale, and Store
Large Round Baler (Avg. * 1100 Uds.)
Stacker-Wagon (Avg. * 1 Ton)
Silage Making:
. Pull-Type Chopper And Tractor
Self-Propelled Chopper
Blower
1 Man, 2 Wagons, 1 Tractor.
2 Hen, 2 Wagons, 2 Tractors
Plowing, Moldboard Plow:
Spring, Stubble
Sod
Stubble
Sod
Plowing, Deep (10 Inches or More)
Plowing, Chisel
Plowing, Disk
Disking, Tandem
Fall,
With Harrow or Cultipacker
Harrowing:
Spike Tooth.,
Spring Tooth
Cultivating.,.
Planting Corn With Fertilizer
Conventional-Till Planting.
Reduced-Till Planting
No-Till
★ Forage Box Belts for Gehl,
Grove, Kasten, New Idea, Etc.
★ Harvesting Machines Like Bean,
Cherry, Grape, Etc.
★ Bale Thrower Beits $70.00
Quality Beits at Farmer Prices.
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Rt. 16, Chaffee, New York 14030
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Phone Collect: 71*6-496-6025
1988 Machinery Custom Rates
Basis of \ Mountain
Charge Section
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acre
Bale
Bale
Bale
Bale
Stack
Hour
Hour
Hour
Hour
Hour
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acre
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Allis Chalmers Rotobaler
and Table Blower Belts,
Etc.
FEEDER BELTS
geographic location,
Custom rales arc mixed this
year. Of the 65 rates reported, 62
percent have increased, 21 percent
have decreased, and the remaining
17 percent arc the same as last
year. However, the overall average
is up one percent from the previous
year. This percentage increase was
computed by adding the rales for
all jobs, regardless of basis of
charge, and dividing by last year’s
comparable total.
Valley
Section
Harvesting
$lB.lO
23.00
23.10
.24
18.40
22.30
22.70
21.20
20.00
6.70
8.00
4.90
6.40
8.40
4.40
5.60
18.50
6.20
17.80
30.00
44.00
5.00
24.20
37.20
32.50
47.00
5.40
27.20
39.20
And CultAval
$ 9.90 10.80
11.30 11.70
10.20 11.30
11.50 12.50
12.50 12.80
10.90 10.20
9.30 9.50
8.50 8.50
9.50 10.00
6.80
7.20
7.60
$ 6.00
7.00
7.50
Martinq And Drill:
$ 9.30 9.90
10.60 11.00
11.60 12.20
CUSTOM RATI
State
Planting Soybeans, Without Fertilizer
Conventional-Till
Reduced-Till
No-Till
Drilling Small Grain:
Without Fertilizer
With Fertilizer
With Fertilizer and Cloverseed...
Seeding Alfalfa, Clover, Etc
Broadcast Seeding {On Grain Fields)
Cleaning Grain Seed:
With Treatment
Without Treatment
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
31.30
45.50
5.20
25.70
38.20
Aerial Application (Excluding Material)
Fixed Wing...
Helicopter
Stalk Shredding, P.T.0...
Spreading Bulk Fertilizer
Dry
Liquid
Side Dressing
Grinding Feed:
Corn, Oats, or Barley
Corn and Cobs
Cobs
6.40
7.10
7.60
Additional Charge For Mixing,
Machine Tiling (No Tile)
Back Hoe
Sawing Wood (Cham Saw)
Post Hole Digging
Manure Loading
Manure Spreading
Bulldozing (Avg. H.P. 97)
9.60
10.80
11.90
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:S: SELECTED FARMING OPERATIONS, PENNSYLVANIA, 1988
(Continued)
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Basis of : Mountain : Valley
Charge j Section ; Section
And Drill:
$ 8.70 9.30
10.70 10.90
12.00 12.80
Acre
Acre
Acre
7.40
8.20
9.60
7.80
5.00
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acre
4.70
Acre
Acre
Acre
9.30
5.10
Acre
Acre
6.70
5.00
7.60
7.50
Acre
Acre
Miscellaneous
$ 7.10
Acre
4.80
4.80
5.50
Acre
Acre
Acre
.40 .45
33.20 33.10
9.50 9.80
.65 .70
17.00 17.70
15.00 15.70
42.50 44.40
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pounds. With an overall size of
roughly four feet wide by eight
feet long and a curb weight of
1,098 pounds, it can easily be
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State
Continued
9.00
10.80
12.40
7.60
8.40
9.50
8.10
5.30
7.80
8.50
9.50
8.40
5.50
4.70
4.70
9.20
4.90
9.20
4.70
6.80
4.90
6.90
4.80
7.50
7.50
7.50
7.50
7.40
7.60
4.70
4.70
5.40
4.60
4.70
5.30
33.10
9.70
17.40
15.40
43.50
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