What to charge

mudcreek183

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Got a neighbor that want me to plant his corn this year.I haven't done any custom planting for a while what is the going rate now?
 
Is it 5 acres or 500 acres? Is it 5-ten acre fields or 1-50 acre field? Is it neighbor across the road or neighbor 10 miles down the road? Keep it simple and just charge him $65.00/hr. from the time
you leave your place until the time you return to your place. That makes it fair for both parties.
 
If those lists are like the ones I looked at in the late 1980's double everything you read.
 
I like the hourly rate. Never can tell what to conditions to expect and clients seem to cooperate more if they are paying by the hour. I am at $50/hour most of the time.
 
Neighbor charges me $20/acre. Plants 10-30
acres of corn for me per year. Another neighbor
charges $13/acre to rent their deere 1590 no till
drill I pull with my tractor. Doesn't answer your
question, but might help. Msu also puts out a
custom rate sheet every year. Kind of a guide line
around here.
 
I charge $1 per horsepower per hour on tire machines and $1.25 for tracked machines plus
$150 per day for the machine being pulled, plus consumables.
 

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