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Area 1 - Survey of Custom Farmwork Charged in 2006

Factsheet - ISSN 1198-712X - Copyright Queen's Printer for Ontario
Agdex#: 825
Publication Date: March 2007
Order#: 07-019
Last Reviewed: May 2007
History: Replaces OMAFRA Factsheet 05-071
Written by: Carl Fletcher - Strategic Planning & Business Development Program Lead/OMAFRA

Area 1

Tillage

Unit of
Measure

Area 1
# Rep.

Area 1
2006
ave.

Moldboard Plow 

ac.

30

$21

hr.

19

$90

Chisel Plow/Soil Saver 

ac.

23

$19

hr.

16

$135

Disc -Primary tillage 

ac.

19

$12

hr.

11

$139

Disc -Secondary tillage 

ac.

13

$11

hr.

7

$124

Field Cultivate 

ac.

31

$10

hr.

21

$160

Harrowing

ac.

 

 

Deep tillage/Subsoiling 

ac.

10

$21

hr.

7

$133

Packer/Rolling 

ac.

11

$5

hr.

5

$123

Stalk Chopping 

ac.

5

$10

hr.

3

$113

Planting Soybeans

Unit of
Measure

Area 1
# Rep.

Area 1
2006
ave.

Conventional Row Planter

  • Row width 23 in. or less 

ac.

26

$22

hr.

20

$237

Conventional Row Planter

  • Row width 24 in. or more 

ac.

3

$20

hr.

3

$ 285

Minimum/No-Till Planter

  • Row width 23 in. or less 

ac.

16

$18

hr.

9

$232

Minimum/No-Till Planter

  • Row width 24 in. or more

ac.

 

 

Conventional Drill 

ac.

4

$15

hr.

 

 

No-Till Drill 

ac.

28

$20

hr.

23

$154

Air Seeder without fertilizer

ac.

5

$20

hr.

3

$353

Air Seeder with fertilizer

ac.

3

$23

hr.

 

 

 

Planting Corn

Unit of
Measure

Area 1
# Rep.

Area 1
2006
ave.

Conventional Row Planter

  • Row width 23 in. or less with starter fertilizer 

ac.

12

$18

hr.

9

$235

Conventional Row Planter

  • Row width 23 in. or less without starter fertilizer 

ac.

 

 

 

 

hr.

 

 

 

 

Conventional Row Planter

  • Row width 24 in. or more with starter fertilizer 

ac.

23

$17

hr.

18

$171

Conventional Row Planter

  • Row width 24 in. or more without starter fertilizer 

ac.

 

 

 

 

hr.

3

$281

Minimum/No-Till

  • Row width 23 in. or less with starter fertilizer 

ac.

6

$23

hr.

3

$288

Minimum/No-Till

  • Row width 23 in. or less without starter fertilizer

ac.

 

 

 

 

Minimum/No-Till

  • Row width 24 in. or more with starter fertilizer 

ac.

8

$22

hr.

4

$193

Minimum/No-Till

  • Row width 24 in. or more without starter fertilizer

ac.

 

 

 

 

 

Cereals (Oats, Barley, Wheat)

Unit of
Measure

Area 1
# Rep.

Area 1
2006
ave.

Conventional Drill

  • with starter fertilizer 

ac.

 

 

hr.

 

 

Conventional Drill

  • without starter fertilizer 

ac.

 

 

hr.

 

 

No-Till Drill

  • with starter fertilizer 

ac.

9

$22

hr.

8

$185

No-Till Drill

  • without starter fertilizer 

ac.

10

$21

hr.

7

$211

Air Seeder

  • without fertilizer 

ac.

 

 

hr.

 

 

Air Seeder

  • with fertilizer 

ac.

5

$22

hr.

 

 

Planting Forages

Unit of
Measure

Area 1
# Rep.

Area 1
2006
ave.

Drill 

ac.

4

$18

hr.

 

 

Brillion Type 

ac.

 

 

hr.

 

 

Broadcast/ATV Spreading 

ac.

7

$3

hr.

6

$113

 

Weed Control Herbicide (excluding herbicide cost)

Unit of
Measure

Area 1
# Rep.

Area 1
2006
ave.

Pull-type Sprayer 

ac.

16

$8

hr.

12

$217

Self Propelled High Clearance Sprayer 

ac.

4

$8

hr.

3

$373

With GPS 

ac.

8

$8

hr.

6

$380

Rope Wick 

ac.

3

$5

hr.

 

 

Mechanical Weed Control

Unit of
Measure

Area 1
# Rep.

Area 1
2006
ave.

Inter-row cultivation 

ac.

 

 

hr.

 

 

Rotary Hoe 

ac.

5

$ 6

hr.

 

 

Fertilizer Applications

Unit of
Measure

Area 1
# Rep.

Area 1
2006
ave.

Spread dry fertilizer 

ac.

7

$6

hr.

5

$149

With GPS 

ac.

 

 

hr.

 

 

Rental of dry bulk applicator 

ac.

 

 

hr.

 

 

Side-dress Dry fertilizer

ac.

 

 

Anhydrous 

ac.

7

$14

hr.

5

$226

Liquid - ground 

ac.

3

$8

hr.

3

$202

Liquid side -dress 

ac.

3

$9

hr.

 

 

 

Insecticide/Fungicide

Unit of
Measure

Area 1
# Rep.

Area 1
2006
ave.

Boom sprayer 

ac.

5

$8

hr.

4

$283

Combining - No GPS

Unit of
Measure

Area 1
# Rep.

Area 1
2006
ave.

Corn

  • with grain buggy

ac.

16

$35

hr.

16

$227

Corn

  • without grain buggy 

ac.

22

$34

hr.

14

$225

Soybeans

  • with grain buggy 

ac.

20

$34

hr.

17

$309

Soybeans

  • without grain buggy 

ac.

21

$34

hr.

11

$335

Cereals

  • with grain buggy 

ac.

17

$33

hr.

14

$257

Cereals

  • without grain buggy 

ac.

18

$33

hr.

11

$263

Canola

  • with grain buggy 

ac.

3

$33

hr.

3

$220

Canola

  • without grain buggy 

ac.

 

 

hr.

 

 

Grain Buggy Alone

ac.

 

 

hr.

 

 

 

Combining - With GPS

Unit of
Measure

Area 1
# Rep.

Area 1
2006
ave.

Corn

  • with grain buggy 

ac.

6

$37

hr.

4

$388

Corn

  • without grain buggy 

ac.

4

$34

hr.

3

$210

Soybeans

  • with grain buggy 

ac.

6

$35

hr.

3

$441

Soybeans

  • without grain buggy 

ac.

3

$34

hr.

 

 

Cereals

  • with grain buggy 

ac.

5

$34

hr.

 

 

Cereals

  • without grain buggy 

ac.

3

$32

hr.

 

 

Canola

  • with grain buggy

ac.

 

 

Canola

  • without grain buggy

ac.

 

 

Grain Buggy Alone

ac.

 

 

 

Other Crop Harvesting

Unit of
Measure

Area 1
# Rep.

Area 1
2006
ave.

Grain swathing 

ac.

3

$15

hr.

 

 

High Moisture Corn

  • Combine  

ac.

 

 

hr.

 

 

High Moisture Corn

  • Combined and hauled to Silo 

ac.

 

 

hr.

 

 

Edible Beans

  • Bean Pulling and windrowing 

ac.

3

$23

hr.

 

 

Edible Beans

  • Combining -Conventional Grain type 

ac.

7

$40

hr.

4

$255

Edible Beans

  •  Combining -Specialty -Bob/Lilliston

ac.

3

$47

hr.

 

 

Trucking

Unit of
Measure

Area 1
# Rep.

Area 1
2006
ave.

Grains and Oilseeds 

bu.

7

$0.14

mt.

8

$5

ton

4

$6

Forage Harvesting Hay

Unit of
Measure

Area 1
# Rep.

Area 1
2006
ave.

Swathing/Conditioning 

ac.

11

$16

hr.

9

$99

Raking

ac.

7

$6

Raking

hr.

5

$53

Bale - sm. square (ground)

bale

 

 

Bale - sm. square (loaded)

bale

5

$0.55

Bale - lg. Square

ft.

 

 

Bale - lg. Round under 1000 lbs.

bale

7

$7

Bale - lg. Round over 1000 lbs.

bale

5

$8

Entire operation (mowing to baling)
lg. bale

 

 

 

 

Forage Harvesting - Bale Wrapping

Unit of
Measure

Area 1
# Rep.

Area 1
2006
ave.

Individual -with plastic

bale

 

 

Tube -without plastic

bale

 

 

Tube -with plastic

bale

 

 

Forage Harvesting - Straw

Unit of
Measure

Area 1
# Rep.

Area 1
2006
ave.

Bale - sm. square (loaded)

bale

 

 

Bale - lg. Square

per ft.

 

 

Bale - lg. Round

bale

 

 

Bale - lg. Round with netting

bale

 

 

Forage Harvesting - Haylage

Unit of
Measure

Area 1
# Rep.

Area 1
2006
ave.

PT0 Harvester

  • Field Chopping only

ac.

 

 

hr.

3

$170

PT0 Harvester

  • Chop, Haul, Pack, Blow

ac.

3

$97

hr.

3

$183

Self Prop Harvester

  • Field Chopping only

ac.

 

 

hr.

 

 

Self Prop Harvester

  • Chop, Haul, Pack, Blow

ac.

 

 

hr.

 

 

Silo Bag - 8 ft. diammeter by 150 ft.

 

 

 

 

Forage Harvesting - Corn Silage

Unit of
Measure

Area 1
# Rep.

Area 1
2006
ave.

PT0 Harvester

  • Field Chopping only

ac.

 

 

hr.

4

$155

PT0 Harvester

  • Chop, Haul, Pack, Blow

ac.

 

 

hr.

3

$195

Self Prop Harvester

  • Field Chopping only

ac.

 

 

hr.

 

 

Self Prop Harvester

  • Chop, Haul, Pack, Blow

ac.

 

 

hr.

 

 

Self Prop Harvester with kernel processor

  •  Field Chopping only

ac.

 

 

hr.

 

 

  • Self Prop Harvester with kernel processor

Chop, Haul, Pack, Blow

ac.

 

 

hr.

 

 

Manure Handling

Unit of
Measure

Area 1
# Rep.

Area 1
2006
ave.

Solid

  • Loader only

hr.

 

 

Solid

  • Spreader only

hr.

 

 

Solid

  • Loader and Spreader

hr.

 

 

Liquid

  • Drag hose boom applicator per

1000 gal

 

 

Liquid

  • Drag hose injection per

1000 gal

 

 

Liquid

  •  Tanker (surface applied only) per

1000 gal

 

 

hr.

 

 

Liquid

  • Tanker applied-knife injection per

1000 gal

 

 

hr.

 

 

Liquid

  • Truck transfer

hr.

 

 

 

Miscellaneous

Unit of
Measure

Area 1
# Rep.

Area 1
2006
ave.

Snow Removal - blade

 

 

 

Snow blowing

 

4

$87

Tractor Rentals

Unit of
Measure

Area 1
# Rep.

Area 1
2006
ave.

Custom Operator

hr.

 

 

hp/hr

 

 

 

 

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