06-Lancaster Fanning Saturday, May 4,1991
1991 Machinery
Custom Rates
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) The custom rates shown are
averages from voluntary reports by custom operators throughout Pen
nsylvania. Most of the rates are stated per acre, cwt., ton, bale, or
bushel rather than per hour to reduce the variation due to machinery
size. Individual rates vary due to differences in working conditions,
services performed, or even the operator’s eagerness to do custom
work. Therefore, the average rates shown should not be considered
absolute indications of fair chargers.
Acreage rates are shown separately for two regions of the state,
labeled “Mountain” and “Valley”. The differences in rates between
regions reflect differences in terrain, soils and alternative opportuni
ties for the labor and equipment used. Figures labeled “The State”
represent the straight average of all reports used regardless of geo
graphic location.
Most custom rates are higher this year. Of the 65 rates reported, 87
percent have increased, 8 percent have decreased, and the remaining
5 percent are the same as last year. The overall average is up 5 percent
from the previous year. This percentage increase was computed by
adding the rates for all jobs, regardless of basis of charge, and divid
ing by last year’s comparable total.
14 Gasoline & Diesel Engines
Generators, Water Pumps,
’ High Pressure Washers
w
Pressure
Washers
Gas or Diesel
1600 to 3600 PSI
Wes Stauffer Engine
& Equipment
Epnrata, PA
717-738-4215
DAVID KNOPF
Agricultural Statistician
Generators
Gas or Diesel
1 25 KW IOI7 KW
Diesel Engine
6 to 20 HP
1&2 Cylinders
Gas Engines
S to 18 HP
Notts Engine
Service
Shippensburg, PA
717-423-6300
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. * 1,000 Lbs)
Stacker-Wagon (Avg. = 1 Ton)
Silage Making:
Pull-Type Chopper and Tractor,
Self-Propelled Chopper
Blower
1 Man, 2 Wagons, 1 Tractor.,
2 Men, 2 Wagons. 2 Tractors,
Plowing, Moldboard Plow:
Spring, Stubble
Sod
Stubble
Sod
Fall,
Deep (10 Inches or More).
Chisel
Disk
Tandem ,
Plowing,
Plowing,
Plowing,
Disking,
With Harrow or Cultipacker.
Harrowing:
Spike Tooth..
Spring Tooth.
Cultivating...,
Planting Corn With Fertilizer:
Conventional-Till Planting,.
Reduced-Till Planting
No-Till
Planting Soybeans, Without Fertilizer
Conventional -T ill .
Reduced-Till
No-Till
Drilling Small Grain:
Without Fertilizer
With Fertilizer
With Fertilizer and Cloverseed...
Seeding Alfalfa, Clover, Etc
Broadcast Seeding (On Gram 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..
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
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. 06)
Pump*
2" to 4" Traoh Pump*
3” to 4" Olaphnm
Pump*
IK " to 2K " High
Hoad Pump* for
Irrigation
Irvin’s
Repair Shop
Barr**, PA
814-669-4322
CUSTOM RATES: SELECTED FARMING OPERATIONS, PBMSYLVANIA, 1991
MOUNTAIN
SECTION
BASIS OF
CHARGE
Harvesting
$ 18.
22,
24,
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acre
Bale
Bale
Bale
Bale
Stack
Hour
Hour
Hour
Hour
Hour
Plowing
Acre
Acre
Acre
Planting and Drilling
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acre
Spraying
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acre
Miscellaneous
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acre
THE ULTIMATE
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CONTINUOUS FLOW DRYER
Sizes: 120-925 Bushels Per Hour
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Ut Evergreen Rd., Lebanon, PA 17042
(717) 274-5333
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VALLEY
SECTION
$ 18.40
22.60
23.10
21.60
8.10
9.50
5.10
6.00
18.10
36.90
56.60
5.20
27.30
39.70
And Cultivating
12.00
13.20
12.70
13.80
15.00
11.50
11.20
9.50
10.70
7.40
7.60
8.50
7.40
7.80
7.90
10.90
11.70
12.90
10.20
11.40
13.10
10.50
11.70
13.70
9.80
11.20
13.30
9.30
9.60
10.70
9.40
5.60
8.60
9.00
10.10
9.30
5.30
5.80
5.90
9." , n
5.20
9.30
5.80
8.10
5.40
7.50
6.40
8. SO
10.bO
7.90
9.70
8.30
7.50
5.20
6.00
6.50
5.30
5.40
6.00
18.90
18.50
48.00
STATE
$ 18.
22.
23.
8.00
9.50
5.10
6.10
18.20
35.40
53.50
6.00
26.60
39.40
$ 11.50
13.00
12.10
13.50
14.50
11.50
11.40
9.20
10.40
7.40
7.70
8.20
10.60
11.60
13.00
10.20
11.50
13.60
5.80
9.50
6.00
7.90
6.40
8.30
10.20
8.00
5.30
5.70
6.30