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Posted 5/17/2023 09:10 (#10232442 - in reply to #10232163)
Subject: RE: Custom Plant/Harvest Rate


NW Missouri
I guess it's all about what you're using. A high speed 24 row with all the goodies being pulled by a brand new tractor would be worth more than an 8 row box planter being pulled by a 30 year old tractor. But at $25 (which seems to line up with the median Iowa State rates linked above) I'm charging $200-$250 an hour which is what I can hire a good operator to come run a dozer or excavator for. Planting corn, to me, damn sure shouldn't cost more per hour than dozer or an excavator work. Maybe if I had a half million dollar setup, I'd think different.

If you can get $45 an acre, more power to you. If I charged that, I wouldn't be doing any custom work.
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