Survey of Ontario Custom Farmwork Rates Charged in 2009
Area 4

Tillage

Unit of
Measure

Area 4
# Rep.

Area 4
2009
ave.

Moldboard Plow 

ac.
8
$29

hr.
6
$112

Chisel Plow/Soil Saver 

ac.
 
 

hr.
 
 

Disc -Primary tillage 

ac.
8
$21

hr.
6
$139

Disc -Secondary tillage 

ac.
5
$14

hr.
3
$213

Field Cultivate 

ac.
9
$11

hr.
6
$182

Harrowing

ac.
 
 

Deep tillage/Subsoiling 

ac.
 
 

hr.
 
 

Packer/Rolling 

ac.
3
$7

hr.
 
 

Stalk Chopping 

ac.
 
 

hr.
 
 

 

Planting Soybeans

Unit of
Measure

Area 4
# Rep.

Area 4
2009
ave.

Conventional Row Planter

  • Row width 23 in. or less 

ac.
6
$21

hr.
 
 

Conventional Row Planter

  • Row width 24 in. or more 

ac.
 
 

hr.
 
 

Minimum/No-Till Planter

  • Row width 23 in. or less 

ac.
5
$25

hr.
3
$271

Minimum/No-Till Planter

  • Row width 24 in. or mor

ac
 
 

Conventional Drill 

ac.
 
 

hr.
 
 

No-Till Drill 

ac.
7
$25

hr.
6
$177

Air Seeder without fertilizer

ac.
 
 

hr.
 
 

Air Seeder with fertilizer

ac.
 
 

hr.
 
 

 

Planting Corn

Unit of
Measure

Area 4
# Rep.

Area 4
2009
ave.

Conventional Row Planter

  • Row width 23 in. or less with starter fertilizer 

ac.
3
$24

hr.
3
$337

Conventional Row Planter

  • Row width 24 in. or less without starter fertilizer

ac.
 
 

hr.
 
 

Conventional Row Planter

  • Row width 24 in. or more with starter fertilizer 

ac.
3
$20

hr.
 
 

Conventional Row Planter

  • Row width 24 in. or more without starter fertilizer 

ac.
 
 

hr.
 
 

Minimum/No-Till

  • Row width 23 in. or less with starter fertilizer 

ac.
 
 

hr.
 
 

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.
5
$25

hr.
4
$173

Minimum/No-Till

  • Row width 24 in. or more without starter fertilizer

ac.
 
 

 

Cereals (Oats, Barley, Wheat)

Unit of
Measure

Area 4
# Rep.

Area 4
2009
ave.

Conventional Drill

  • with starter fertilizer 

ac.
 
 

hr.
 
 

Conventional Drill

  • without starter fertilizer 

ac.
 
 

hr.
 
 

No-Till Drill

  • with starter fertilizer 

ac.
5
$26

hr.
4
$172

No-Till Drill

  • without starter fertilizer 

ac.
4
$24

hr.
3
$193

Air Seeder

  • without fertilizer 

ac.
 
 

hr.
 
 

Air Seeder

  • with fertilizer

ac.
 
 

hr.
 
 

 

Planting Forages

Unit of
Measure

Area 4
# Rep.

Area 4
2009
ave.

Drill 

ac.
 
 

hr.
 
 

Broadcast/ATV Spreading 

ac.
3
$6

hr.
 
 

 

Weed Control Herbicide (excluding herbicide cost)

Unit of
Measure

Area 4
# Rep.

Area 4
2009
ave.

Pull-type Sprayer 

ac.

    

hr.

    

Self Propelled High Clearance Sprayer 

ac.
10
$11

hr.
3
$510

Rope Wick 

ac.
 
 

hr.
  
  

 

Mechanical Weed Control

Unit of
Measure

Area 4
# Rep.

Area 4
2009
ave.

Inter-row cultivation 

ac.
   
 

hr.
  
  

Rotary Hoe 

ac.
  
  

hr.
  
  

 

Fertilizer Applications

Unit of
Measure

Area 4
# Rep.

Area 4
2009
ave.

Spread dry fertilizer 

ac.
 
 

hr.
 
 

With GPS 

ac.
 
 

hr.
 
 

Rental of dry bulk applicator 

ac.
 
 

hr.
 
 

Side-dress Dry fertilizer

ac.
 
 

Anhydrous 

ac.
 
 

hr.
 
 

Liquid - ground 

ac.
 
 

hr.
 
 

Liquid side - dress 

ac.
 
 

hr.
 
 

 

Insecticide/Fungicide

Unit of
Measure

Area 4
# Rep.

Area 4
2009
ave.

Boom sprayer 

ac.
  
 

hr.
  
  

 

Combining

Unit of
Measure

Area 4
# Rep.

Area 4
2009
ave.

Corn

  • with grain buggy

ac.
9
$39

hr.
5
$303

Corn

  • without grain buggy 

ac.
7
$39

hr.
4
$166

Soybeans

  • with grain buggy 

ac.
7
$39

hr.
4
$298

Soybeans

  • without grain buggy 

ac.
8
$39

hr.
5
$229

Cereals

  • with grain buggy 

ac.
7
$38

hr.
4
$293

Cereals

  • without grain buggy 

ac.
7
$38

hr.
5
$229

Canola

  • with grain buggy

ac.
 
 

hr.
 
 

Canola

  • without grain buggy 

ac.
  
  

hr.
 
  

Grain Buggy Alone

ac.
 
 

hr.
 
 

 

Other Crop Harvesting

Unit of
Measure

Area 4
# Rep.

Area 4
2009
ave.

Grain swathing 

ac.
 
 

hr.
 
 

High Moisture Corn

  • Combine  

ac.
 
 

hr.
 
 

High Moisture Corn

  • Combined and hauled to Silo 

ac.
 
 

hr.
 
 

Edible Beans

  • Bean Pulling and windrowing 

ac.
 
 

hr.
 
 

Edible Beans

  • Combining -Conventional Grain type 

ac.
 
 

hr.
 
 

Edible Beans

  •  Combining -Specialty -Bob/Lilliston

ac.
 
 

hr.
  
  

 

Trucking

Unit of
Measure

Area 4
# Rep.

Area 4
2009
ave.

Grains and Oilseeds 

bu.
 
 

mt.
11
$11

ton
 
 

 

Forage Harvesting Hay

Unit of
Measure

Area 4
# Rep.

Area 4
2009
ave.

Swathing/Conditioning 

ac.
7
$17

hr.
3
$148

Raking

ac.
4
$9

hr.
 
 

Bale - sm. square (ground)

bale
 
 

Bale - sm. square (loaded)

bale
4
$1.04

Bale - lg. Square

ft.
3
$1.49

Bale - lg. Round under 1000 lbs.

bale
5
$8

Bale - lg. Round over 1000 lbs.

bale
 
 

Entire operation (mowing to baling)
lg. bale

 
 
 

 

Forage Harvesting - Bale Wrapping

Unit of
Measure

Area 4
# Rep.

Area 4
2009
ave.

Individual -with plastic

bale

 

 

Tube -without plastic

bale

 

 

Tube -with plastic

bale

 

 

 

Forage Harvesting - Straw

Unit of
Measure

Area 4
# Rep.

Area 4
2009
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 4
# Rep.

Area 4
2009
ave.

PT0 Harvester

  • Field Chopping only

ac.
 
 

hr.
 
 

PT0 Harvester

  • Chop, Haul, Pack, Blow

ac.
 
 

hr.
 
 

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 4
# Rep.

Area 4
2009
ave.

PT0 Harvester

  • Field Chopping only

ac.

 

 

hr.
 
 

PT0 Harvester

  • Chop, Haul, Pack, Blow

ac.
  
  

hr.
 
 

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 4
# Rep.

Area 4
2009
ave.

Solid

  • Loader only

hr.
3
$78

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 pe

1000 gal

 

 

hr.

 

 

Liquid

  • Truck transfe

hr.

 

 

 

 

Miscellaneous

Unit of
Measure

Area 4
# Rep.

Area 4
2009
ave.

Snow Removal - blade

hr

 
 

Snow blowing

hr

4
$106

 

Tractor Rentals

Unit of
Measure

Area 4
# Rep.

Area 4
2009
ave.

Custom Operator

hr.
 
 

hp/hr
 
 

 


For more information:
Toll Free: 1-877-424-1300
Local: (519) 826-4047
E-mail: ag.info.omafra@ontario.ca
Author: John Molenhuis, Business Analysis and Cost of Production Program Lead/OMAFRA
Creation Date: 17 March 2010
Last Reviewed: 17 March 2010