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2000

RATES PAID BY KANSAS FARMERS

FOR CUSTOM WORK

KANSAS AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

In Cooperation With

U.S. Department of Agriculture Kansas Department of Agriculture

National Agricultural Statistics Service Division of Statistics

P.O. Box 3534

632 SW Van Buren, Rm. 200

Topeka, Kansas 66601-3534

Phone (785) 233-2230

Compiled by

Dan Kolterman, Agricultural Statistician Eldon J. Thiessen, State Statistician

Dona Ratliff, Research Analyst Eddie Wells, Deputy State Statistician

Glennis Stock, Statistical Assistant

Candace Thomas and Judy Allison, Editorial Assistants

David Judd and Clyde Seel, Reproduction and Distribution

January 2001

The ranges and averages in this bulletin reflect the rates paid by Kansas farmers during 2000 for various custom operations.

Special thanks are due the almost 900 custom operators, farmers, and ranchers who took the time to report the data in this publication. Our appreciation also goes to the Cooperative Extension Service's county agricultural agents who reviewed the survey questionnaire.

Eldon J. Thiessen

State Statistician

KANSAS AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS DISTRICTS

NW NC NE

WC C EC

SW SC SE

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Grain Harvesting

(Wheat, Soybeans, Alfalfa, and Red Clover)

Historical Averages

Grain Hauling

(Wheat, Grain Sorghum, Corn, Soybeans, and Sunflowers)

Silage Operations

Haying

Mowing, Swathing, Conditioning, and Sideraking

Land Tillage

Plowing and Undercutting

Field Cultivation

Historical Averages

Planting

Regular-Till Planting

Grass and Legume Seeding

Historical Averages

Minimal-Till or No-Till Planting

Historical Averages

Chemical Applications

Row Crop Cultivation

Dry and Liquid Fertilizers

INTRODUCTION

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This publication reports average rates paid by Kansas farmers for custom work in 2000. The figures come from an annual survey of Kansas farmers, custom operators, coops and elevators. Questionnaires were mailed to about 1,900 operations. Almost 1,000 responded by mail or telephone.

The Custom Rates book is intended to be a guide to help custom operators and farmers reach mutual agreements. The prices reported here should not be regarded as official or established rates. The average figures in this book give equal weight to all reports received.

The prices in this book are charges for machines, power, fuel, and operator. Costs of chemicals, seeds, and most other materials are excluded. The one exception is hay baling materials. Exchange work between farmers is not considered custom work.

There are large variations in the rates charged for specific jobs. For many items, the State averages may not be typical of any particular locale. There are many reasons for price differences. Some farmers may charge lower prices to neighbors, relatives, or close friends. Soil conditions and field sizes are also significant factors. Rates are often lower in western Kansas where the larger farms are well suited to extensive operation with heavy equipment.

The average custom rates charged in 2000 are generally similar to those reported in 1999. At the State level, most average prices changed by less than 10 percent, up or down. Of the more than 130 custom work items or machinery rentals in this report, 72 increased in price, 5 were unchanged, and 55 decreased in price. The report contains historical tables and graphs which show the results of previous surveys. Data are missing for 1986 because the funding for this project was temporarily halted.

In the past year we have received many comments about the Custom Rates report from the agricultural community. We appreciate this feedback and encourage readers to continue sharing their ideas and suggestions regarding this survey.

GRAIN HARVESTING

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WHEAT: Rates for custom combining wheat averaged $13.68 per acre with, in many cases, an additional average charge of 12.8 cents per bushel for yields greater than 21 bushels per acre. The per acre rate is up 39 cents from last year.

CUSTOM RATES FOR COMBINE HARVESTING OF WHEAT, 2000

District	No. of Rpts. 1/	Dollars per Acre		No. of Rpts. 1/	Extra Charge for High Yield
District	No. of Rpts. 1/	Range	Avg.	No. of Rpts. 1/	¢ per Bu.	Above Bushels

NW	50	12.00-17.00	13.15	42	12.9	20
WC	45	12.00-17.00	13.02	38	12.7	20
SW	55	11.00-14.00	12.64	51	12.6	21

NC	57	12.00-16.50	13.13	51	12.8	21
C	54	10.00-17.00	12.94	45	12.8	20
SC	83	12.00-17.00	13.37	71	13.1	21

NE	37	10.00-20.00	15.70	12	13.3	21
EC	32	13.00-22.00	16.67	3	12.0	23
SE	23	13.00-18.00	15.40	3	12.0	23

STATE	436	10.00-22.00	13.68	316	12.8	21

1/ Reports are counted in each district where combining was done; thus, some reports are included in more than one district.

HISTORICAL CUSTOM RATES FOR WHEAT HARVESTING

Year Dollars

Per

Acre
Extra Charge for

High Yield

¢ per

Bushel
Above

Bushels

1984 13.48 12.6 21

1985 13.18 12.3 21

1987 12.43 11.6 21

1988 12.66 11.6 21

1989 12.71 11.6 21

1990 12.83 11.8 21

1991 12.74 11.8 21

1992 12.90 12.1 21

1993 13.05 12.1 20

1994 13.03 12.2 21

1995 13.02 12.2 20

1996 13.32 12.4 20

1997 13.33 12.6 21

1998 13.32 12.6 21

1999 13.29 12.6 21

2000 13.68 12.8 21

GRAIN HARVESTING

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GRAIN SORGHUM: Rates charged for custom harvesting of grain sorghum averaged $14.64 per acre, an increase of 19 cents from last year. Additional charges averaged 12.6 cents per bushel for yields over 34 bushels per acre.

CUSTOM RATES FOR COMBINE HARVESTING OF GRAIN SORGHUM, 2000

District	No. of Rpts. 1/	Dollars per Acre		No. of Rpts. 1/	Extra Charge for High Yield
District	No. of Rpts. 1/	Range	Avg.	No. of Rpts. 1/	¢ per Bu.	Above Bushels

NW	20	12.00-18.00	13.75	13	12.7	30
WC	19	12.00-18.00	13.55	13	12.6	34
SW	25	12.00-20.00	13.34	19	12.7	32

NC	32	12.00-26.00	14.31	25	12.5	37
C	33	10.00-18.00	13.20	24	12.8	35
SC	33	12.00-19.00	13.90	24	12.6	34

NE	20	13.00-24.00	17.60	3	13.3	37
EC	18	13.00-25.00	18.08	-
SE	22	12.00-20.00	16.15	2/

STATE	222	10.00-26.00	14.64	123	12.6	34

1/ Reports are counted in each district where combining was done; thus, some reports are included in more than one district. 2/ Insufficient reports; included in State totals.

HISTORICAL CUSTOM RATES FOR GRAIN SORGHUM HARVESTING

Year	Dollars Per Acre	Extra Charge for High Yield
Year	Dollars Per Acre	¢ per Bushel	Above Bushels
1983	14.37	12.4	31
1984	14.15	12.4	31
1985	13.99	12.1	33
1987	13.22	11.2	33
1988	13.61	11.9	32
1989	13.58	11.3	34
1990	14.23	11.6	36
1991	13.50	11.8	33
1992	14.15	11.8	36
1993	14.62	12.0	34
1994	14.27	12.0	35
1995	14.27	11.9	36
1996	14.21	12.3	36
1997	14.35	12.5	37
1998	14.42	12.4	37
1999	14.45	12.7	36
2000	14.64	12.6	34

GRAIN HARVESTING

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CORN: The charge to have corn custom harvested in 2000 was $19.23 per acre with some operators adding an average extra charge of 14.7 cents per bushel for yields above 66 bushels per acre. This is a decrease of 5 cents per acre from the previous year.

CUSTOM RATES FOR COMBINE HARVESTING OF CORN, BY DISTRICTS, 2000

Dist.	No. of Rpts. 1/	Cents per Bushel		No. of Rpts. 1/	Dollars per Acre		No. of Rpts. 1/	Extra Charge for High Yields
Dist.	No. of Rpts. 1/	Range	Avg.	No. of Rpts. 1/	Range	Avg.	No. of Rpts. 1/	¢ per Bushel	Above Bushels

NW	23	13-34	23	14	12.00-26.00	19.50	4	16.5	68
WC	14	13-30	23	8	12.00-21.00	17.38	3	14.3	57
SW	31	13-30	23	3	12.00-15.00	14.00	2/

NC	14	13-27	23	16	13.00-27.00	19.13	2/
C	12	15-27	22	11	12.00-25.00	17.45	5	15.0	50
SC	25	13-27	22	12	15.00-26.00	20.31	3	17.0	85

NE	6	18-25	22	33	15.00-27.00	20.27	5	12.2	74
EC	2/			24	12.00-25.00	19.10	2/
SE	3	19-25	22	13	18.00-23.00	19.54	2/

STATE	130	13-34	23	134	12.00-27.00	19.23	27	14.7	66

1/ Reports are counted in districts where combining was done; thus, some reports are included in more than one district. 2/ Insufficient reports; included in State totals.

HISTORICAL CUSTOM RATES FOR CORN HARVESTING

Year	Dollars per Acre	Extra Charge for High Yield		Flat Rate Charge
Year	Dollars per Acre	¢ per Bushel	Above Bushels	¢ per Bushel
1983	17.76	11.1	52	23
1984	18.79	10.7	44	23
1985	16.67	10.9	55	21
1987	17.71	10.5	58	20
1988	17.78	12.2	64	22
1989	18.64	13.0	66	19
1990	18.27	12.1	78	21
1991	18.30	9.5	58	21
1992	18.35	10.7	67	22
1993	18.21	11.8	58	21
1994	18.23	10.1	65	22
1995	17.79	12.4	62	21
1996	18.77	12.6	63	23
1997	18.72	12.3	66	23
1998	18.96	12.7	59	23
1999	19.28	12.0	70	24
2000	19.23	14.7	66	23

GRAIN HARVESTING

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SOYBEANS: The charge to harvest soybeans increased by 46 cents per acre to $19.15. Some operators added an extra charge averaging 12.5 cents per bushel for yields above 25 bushels per acre.

CUSTOM RATES FOR COMBINE HARVESTING OF SOYBEANS, 2000

District	No. of Rpts. 1/	Dollars per Acre		No. of Rpts. 1/	Extra Charge for High Yield
District	No. of Rpts. 1/	Range	Avg.	No. of Rpts. 1/	¢ per Bu.	Above Bushels

NW	20	10.00-25.00	18.65	5	12.6	25
WC	10	12.00-23.00	18.00	3	10.7	35
SW	15	13.00-25.00	20.60	2/

NC	31	13.00-25.00	19.32	6	13.2	27
C	28	10.00-26.00	18.48	6	11.8	19
SC	43	10.00-26.00	19.72	9	12.4	26

NE	46	15.00-25.00	20.22	2/
EC	30	14.00-25.00	18.50	2/
SE	25	14.00-23.00	17.52	2/

STATE	248	10.00-26.00	19.15	35	12.5	25

1/ Reports are counted in each district where combining was done; thus, some reports are included in more than one district. 2/ Insufficient data to publish; included in State totals.

HISTORICAL CUSTOM RATES FOR SOYBEAN HARVESTING

Year Dollars

Per

Acre
Extra Charge for

High Yield

¢ per

Bushel
Above

Bushels

1983 17.76 12.8 23

1984 18.05 13.7 24

1985 18.05 12.2 23

1987 17.46 12.4 24

1988 17.31 12.1 24

1989 17.58 12.3 26

1990 17.92 13.0 25

1991 18.07 12.1 22

1992 18.63 12.5 22

1993 17.96 12.5 23

1994 18.15 12.2 25

1995 17.65 12.2 25

1996 18.54 12.7 24

1997 18.68 12.4 26

1998 18.85 12.8 27

1999 18.69 13.0 25

2000 19.15 12.5 25

GRAIN HARVESTING

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SUNFLOWERS: Custom harvesting of sunflowers averaged $16.33 per acre in 2000. This compares to the average of $18.35 per acre in 1999.

CUSTOM RATES FOR COMBINE HARVESTING OF SUNFLOWERS, 2000

Dist.	Number of Rpts. 1/	Dollars per Acre
Dist.	Number of Rpts. 1/	Range	Avg.

NW	11	13.00-20.00	16.45
WC	5	12.00-20.00	15.00
SW	5	13.00-20.00	17.20

NC	5	13.00-20.00	16.80
C	2/
SC	3	13.00-20.00	15.67

NE	-
EC	-
SE	2/

ST	33	12.00-20.00	16.33

HISTORICAL CUSTOM RATES FOR SUNFLOWER HARVESTING

Year Dollars per Acre Extra Charges for

High Yield

¢ per

Bushel
Above

Bushels

1990 $14.50 11.5 28

1991 $15.50 11.4 38

1992 $16.88 2/ 2/

1993 $16.06 12.0 27

1994 $16.55 11.3 37

1995 $16.52 2/ 2/

1996 $17.10 11.0 30

1997 $17.69 11.6 18

1998 $16.94 11.9 37

1999 $18.35 12.0 34

2000 $16.33 12.7 30

1/ Reports are counted in each district where combining was done; thus, some reports are included in more than one district. 2/ Insufficient data to publish; included in State totals.

SEED CLEANING

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Wheat cleaning with treatment averaged 94 cents per bushel. Rates for cleaning wheat without treatment averaged 46 cents per bushel. The average cost for cleaning soybeans with treatment was 81 cents per bushel, while the cost excluding treatment averaged 46 cents. There were not enough reports for cleaning red clover or alfalfa seed with or without treatment to be published.

CUSTOM RATES FOR SEED CLEANING, 2000

Dist.	WHEAT						SOYBEANS
	With Treatment			Without Treatment			With Treatment			Without Treatment
	Number of Rpts.	Cents per Bushel		Number of Rpts.	Cents per Bushel		Number of Rpts.	Cents per Bushel		Number of Rpts.	Cents per Bushel
	Number of Rpts.	Range	Avg.	Number of Rpts.	Range	Avg.	Number of Rpts.	Range	Avg.	Number of Rpts.	Range	Avg.

NW	1/			16	25-50	43	-			-
WC	3	30-40	33	9	30-50	37	-			-
SW	-			13	35-100	47	-			-

NC	10	45-150	100	15	30-65	47	-			1/
C	7	50-135	108	20	39-60	46	-			3	42-50	45
SC	3	55-115	85	26	31-120	52	1/			1/

NE	4	35-150	119	8	35-80	52	1/			3	40-55	50
EC	1/			1/			-			-
SE	1/			14	30-50	40	1/			6	30-55	43

ST	32	30-150	94	122	25-120	46	4	40-120	81	14	30-55	46

1/ Insufficient reports; included in State totals.

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HISTORICAL CUSTOM RATES FOR SEED CLEANING

Crop	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Wheat (Cents/Bushel)
With Treatment	94	80	96	87	91	94
Without Treatment	41	42	41	43	44	46
Soybeans (Cents/Bushel)
With Treatment	112	87	91	68	109	81
Without Treatment	45	43	46	44	46	46
Alfalfa (Cents/Pound)
With Treatment	1/	1/	1/	1/	1/	-
Without Treatment	10	14	18	22	18	1/
Red Clover (Cents/Pound)
With Treatment	1/	1/	1/	1/	1/	-
Without Treatment	13	12	17	20	13	1/

1/ Insufficient data to publish; included in State totals.

GRAIN HAULING

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Custom rates for hauling wheat, grain sorghum, corn, soybeans, and sunflowers from the field to farm or to the nearest elevator was virtually unchanged from 1999. The overall average charge for these five crops was 12.1 cents per bushel with an extra charge of 1.0 cent per bushel per mile over 12.5 miles. This compares with 1999 averages of 12.2 cents per bushel plus the 1.3 cents a bushel per mile over 14 miles. Only reports which included both a mileage limit and a per mile charge for additional miles were tabulated in the 'over basic mileage' columns.

CUSTOM RATES FOR HAULING GRAIN FROM FIELD TO FARM STORAGE

OR ELEVATOR, 2000

District	No. of Reports	Cents per Bu.	Miles Limit	Cents/bu. /Mile Over Basic Mileage	No. of Reports	Cents per Bu.	Miles Limit	Cents/bu. /Mile Over Basic Mileage
	WHEAT				SORGHUM GRAIN
NW	31	12.5	11	0.9	11	12.2	11	0.8
WC	31	12.5	14	1.0	7	12.6	8	1.0
SW	34	12.4	13	0.8	15	11.9	13	0.7

NC	55	12.7	13	1.1	29	12.2	13	1.0
C	37	12.5	12	0.9	23	12.4	11	0.9
SC	59	12.9	11	1.2	23	12.3	12	1.0

NE	26	13.8	18	1.3	15	13.5	18	1.0
EC	21	10.6	11	1.0	15	10.6	10	0.8
SE	15	12.0	8	1.4	8	10.0	5	1.0

STATE	309	12.6	12	1.1	146	12.1	12	0.9

	CORN				SOYBEANS
NW	10	10.0	10	0.9	7	10.9	10	0.5
WC	4	12.5	-	-	1/
SW	8	9.9	16	0.7	4	12.0	10	0.5

NC	14	11.9	12	0.8	24	11.2	12	0.7
C	9	10.8	9	0.8	14	11.3	14	1.3
SC	13	10.7	12	0.8	21	12.5	12	1.1

NE	25	13.2	19	1.1	26	13.5	19	1.1
EC	17	10.5	13	0.9	21	10.2	12	0.9
SE	4	10.8	6	1.0	10	11.8	5	1.0

STATE	104	11.4	13	0.9	129	11.8	13	0.9

	Sunflowers 2/
West	7	16.4	-	-
Central	10	13.5	12.6	0.8
Eastern	1/
State	18	14.6	11	0.9

1/ Insufficient reports; included in State totals. 2/ Charge is cents per cwt.

SILAGE OPERATIONS

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Custom rates for silage operations were separated into four categories: 1) chopping, hauling, and filling the silo, 2) chopping and hauling, 3) chopping only, and 4) hauling only. The average rate per ton for the complete silage operation was $5.04 per ton, down from $5.31 in 1999. Operations which included only chopping and hauling averaged $4.69 per ton, up 21 cents from 1999, chopping only averaged $3.19, compared to $2.85 in 1999, and hauling only averaged $2.16 in 2000.

CUSTOM RATES FOR MAKING SILAGE, PER TON, 2000

District	Chopping, Hauling, & Filling Silo			Chopping & Hauling
	No. of Rpts.	Dollars per Ton		No. of Rpts.	Dollars per Ton
	No. of Rpts.	Range	Average	No. of Rpts.	Range	Average

NW	3	4.75-6.00	5.25	10	4.50-7.00	4.98
WC	-			1/
SW	4	4.25-5.75	4.94	6	4.25-4.50	4.41

NC	5	4.50-5.50	4.95	7	4.25-4.50	4.46
C	4	4.00-5.00	4.44	7	4.00-7.50	4.96
SC	7	4.00-7.00	5.14	6	4.00-4.75	4.44

NE	5	4.50-5.50	5.10	5	4.00-5.00	4.60
EC	3	5.30-6.00	5.60	3	4.50-6.00	5.00
SE	-			-

STATE	31	4.00-7.00	5.04	46	4.00-7.50	4.69

1/ Insufficient reports; included in State totals.

SILAGE CHOPPING, HAULING, 2000

	Chopping Only			Hauling Only
District	No. of Rpts.	Dollars per Ton		No. of Rpts.	Dollars per Ton
District	No. of Rpts.	Range	Average	No. of Rpts.	Range	Average

NW	4	2.25-5.00	3.41	3	1.00-2.35	1.87
WC	1/			1/
SW	9	2.20-4.50	2.71	6	2.05-2.25	2.22

NC	7	2.25-5.00	3.50	4	2.25-3.50	2.56
C	6	2.00-5.00	3.25	4	2.00-2.50	2.13
SC	7	2.25-5.00	3.32	5	2.00-2.50	2.22

NE	1/			1/
EC	3	2.50-4.50	3.75	-
SE	-			-

STATE	39	2.00-5.00	3.19	25	1.00-3.50	2.16

1/ Insufficient reports; included in State totals.

HAYING

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Mowing or swathing hay cost an average of $7.80 per acre, 1 cent more than in 1999. Mowing or swathing forage cost $9.40 per acre on average. Mowing or swathing with conditioning was $8.27 per acre, 9 cents higher than the 1999 average. The average charge for sideraking hay in 2000 was $2.91 per acre, 8 cents higher than the 1999 figure.

CUSTOM RATES FOR MOWING OR SWATHING, 2000

District	Hay			Forage
	No. of Rpts.	Dollars per Acre		No. of Rpts.	Dollars per Acre
	No. of Rpts.	Range	Average	No. of Rpts.	Range	Average

NW	6	8.00-10.00	9.33	8	8.00-13.00	10.88
WC	1/			4	7.50-11.50	9.13
SW	9	7.00-10.00	7.89	6	7.50-10.00	9.00

NC	15	6.00-10.00	7.20	6	6.00-12.00	8.33
C	20	6.00-10.00	8.04	8	9.00-12.00	9.84
SC	34	4.00-12.50	8.13	9	7.00-11.00	9.39

NE	13	6.00-9.00	7.25	-
EC	8	5.00-9.00	7.09	1/
SE	12	4.00-9.00	7.40	4	7.00-11.00	8.50

STATE	118	4.00-12.50	7.80	46	6.00-13.00	9.40

1/ Insufficient reports; included in State totals.

CUSTOM RATES FOR SWATHING & CONDITIONING AND SIDERAKING, 2000

District	Swathing and Conditioning			Sideraking
	No. of Rpts.	Dollars per Acre		No. of Rpts.	Dollars per Acre
	No. of Rpts.	Range	Average	No. of Rpts.	Range	Average

NW	11	6.00-10.00	8.50	-
WC	10	7.00-10.00	9.35	1/
SW	20	7.00-11.00	8.16	4	2.25-4.00	3.19

NC	22	6.00-10.00	7.82	7	2.00-3.00	2.64
C	25	6.00-12.00	7.76	10	1.50-4.00	2.55
SC	29	7.00-11.00	8.47	13	2.00-5.00	3.00

NE	8	7.00-12.00	9.31	3	2.00-3.00	2.67
EC	9	7.00-10.00	7.94	7	1.50-4.50	3.36
SE	14	7.00-10.00	8.21	7	2.00-4.00	3.11

STATE	148	6.00-12.00	8.27	53	1.50-5.00	2.91

1/ Insufficient reports; included in State totals.

HAYING

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Custom baling of small bales with wire cost an average of 51 cents per bale and the cost for custom baling small bales with twine averaged 49 cents per bale in 2000. Large round bales weighing under 1500 lbs. without net wrapping cost an average of $6.96 per bale, while bales weighing the same but being net wrapped cost an average of $7.67 per bale. Large round bales weighing over 1500 lbs. without net wrapping cost an average of $7.18 per bale. Bales of the same size but being net wrapped cost an average of $8.35 per bale. The charge for large square bales weighing about one ton averaged $12.00, an increase of 50 cents over 1999.

CUSTOM RATES FOR BALING HAY, 2000

Type of Bale	No. of Rpts.	Dollars per Bale
Type of Bale	No. of Rpts.	Range	Average

Small: Square w/Wire	37	0.30-0.75	0.51
Square w/Twine	39	0.30-0.80	0.49
Large: Round (under 1,500 lbs.) wo/net	129	3.00-10.00	6.96
Round (under 1,500 lbs.) w/net	55	5.00-12.00	7.67
Round (over 1,500 lbs.) wo/net	87	5.00-12.00	7.18
Round (over 1,500 lbs.) w/net	57	5.00-15.80	8.35
Square (approx. 1 ton)	35	7.00-18.00	12.00

CUSTOM RATES FOR BALING, SMALL SQUARE BALES, 2000

District	With Wire			With Twine
	No. of Rpts.	Cents per Bale		No. of Rpts.	Cents per Bale
	No. of Rpts.	Range	Average	No. of Rpts.	Range	Average

NW	1/			4	35-60	49
WC	-			1/
SW	1/			7	40-57	50

NC	6	50-75	60	5	30-50	39
C	1/			4	50-65	54
SC	10	30-60	50	7	30-50	45

NE	1/			5	30-60	43
EC	8	35-50	42	1/
SE	7	43-75	54	3	45-75	62

STATE	37	30-75	51	39	30-80	49

1/ Insufficient reports; included in State totals.

CUSTOM RATES FOR BALING, LARGE ROUND BALES, 2000

	Without Net						With Net
Dist.	Under 1,500 lbs.			Over 1,500 lbs.			Under 1,500 lbs.			Over 1,500 lbs.
	No. of Rpts.	Dol. per Bale		No. of Rpts.	Dol. per Bale		No. of Rpts.	Dol. per Bale		No. of Rpts.	Dol. per Bale
	No. of Rpts.	Range	Avg.	No. of Rpts.	Range	Avg.	No. of Rpts.	Range	Avg.	No. of Rpts.	Range	Avg.

NW	12	4.25-8.00	6.60	6	5.00-7.00	5.92	5	5.00-8.00	6.90	3	7.00-8.00	7.50
WC	11	5.00-9.00	6.73	5	5.00-8.00	6.20	-			1/
SW	11	7.00-10.00	8.07	7	7.00-10.00	8.00	6	7.00-9.00	8.00	8	7.50-10.00	8.56

NC	15	5.00-8.00	6.20	12	5.50-8.00	7.21	7	6.00-8.00	6.86	12	6.00-9.00	7.63
C	14	5.50-8.00	6.93	19	6.00-9.00	7.01	3	7.00-8.00	7.67	7	6.00-8.50	7.64
SC	24	4.00-9.00	7.21	13	6.00-12.00	7.62	13	7.00-10.00	8.12	9	6.75-10.00	7.92

NE	12	5.00-9.00	7.04	16	6.00-8.50	7.10	9	5.50-9.00	7.11	9	7.00-10.00	8.50
EC	14	5.00-9.00	7.05	4	6.50-7.50	7.00	6	5.00-12.00	8.38	3	7.00-15.00	11.33
SE	16	4.00-10.00	6.86	5	6.50-12.00	8.35	6	6.50-12.00	8.08	4	7.50-15.80	11.58

STATE	129	4.00-10.00	6.96	87	5.00-12.00	7.18	55	5.00-12.00	7.67	57	5.00-15.80	8.35

1/ Insufficient reports; included in State totals.

HAYING

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Custom rates for hauling small bales from field to farm storage averaged 39 cents per bale in 2000, up 1 cent from 1999. Rates for hauling large bales average $2.94 per bale or $3.88 per ton. In 1999, the rates were $2.87 per bale and $5.72 per ton. The custom rate for stacking hay in stacks of 4-6 tons averaged $50.00 and compares to $51.79 in 1999.

CUSTOM RATES FOR HAULING SMALL BALES FROM FIELD TO STORAGE, 2000

District	No. of Rpts.	Dollars per Bale
District	No. of Rpts.	Range	Average

NW	1/
WC	-
SW	4	27-40	37

NC	1/
C	1/
SC	5	40-45	42

NE	-
EC	7	35-45	41
SE	6	37-50	45

STATE	25	15-50	39

1/ Insufficient reports; included in State totals.

CUSTOM RATES FOR STACKING HAY, 2000

Stack Size (Tons)	No. of Rpts.	Dollars per Stack
Stack Size (Tons)	No. of Rpts.	Range	Average

3	1/
4-6	3	45.00-55.00	50.00

1/ Insufficient data to publish.

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CUSTOM RATES FOR HAULING LARGE BALES FROM FIELD TO STORAGE, 2000

District	No. of Rpts.	Dollars per Bale		No. of Rpts.	Dollars per Ton
District	No. of Rpts.	Range	Average	No. of Rpts.	Range	Average

NW	1/			1/
WC	3	2.00-4.00	2.83	1/
SW	11	1.00-4.50	2.45	1/

NC	3	1.00-2.00	1.33	1/
C	1/			1/
SC	5	2.00-5.00	3.30	1/

NE	8	1.50-5.00	3.06	1/
EC	4	2.00-5.00	2.88	1/
SE	9	2.00-5.00	4.11	1/

STATE	47	1.00-5.00	2.94	8	2.00-7.50	3.88

1/ Insufficient reports; included in State totals.

HAYING

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Rates per bale for the entire haying operation, including cutting, baling, hauling, and stacking, at $1.15 per small bale, were up 1 cent from 1999. Large bales, at $13.67 per bale, were down 47 cents from 1999. Rates reported on a per ton basis averaged $21.44, down from the 1999 figure of $22.32.

CUSTOM RATES FOR ENTIRE HAYING OPERATION, PER BALE, 2000

District	Small Bales			Large Bales
	No. of Rpts.	Dollars per Bale		No. of Rpts.	Dollars per Bale
	No. of Rpts.	Range	Average	No. of Rpts.	Range	Average

NW	-			1/
WC	-			-
SW	1/			1/

NC	-			1/
C	-			1/
SC	1/			3	11.50-24.00	18.50

NE	-			3	11.00-14.50	12.83
EC	1/			3	11.00-12.50	12.00
SE	1/			7	13.00-15.00	13.71

STATE	4	1.00-1.25	1.15	21	8.00-24.00	13.67

1/ Insufficient reports; included in State totals.

CUSTOM RATES FOR ENTIRE HAYING OPERATION, PER TON, 2000

District	No. of Reports	Dollars per Ton		District	No. of Reports	Dollars per Ton
District	No. of Reports	Range	Average	District	No. of Reports	Range	Average

WEST	5	22.00-25.00	22.80	EAST	1/
CENTRAL	1/			STATE	8	12.50-25.00	21.44

1/ Insufficient reports; included in State totals.

ROTARY MOWING

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The average custom rate for rotary mowing was $7.48 per acre or $34.00 per hour in 2000. In 1999, charges were $7.86 per acre or $35.16 per hour. The average custom rate for skid loader tree shearing was $39.29 per hour. This compares to 42.39 in 1999.

CUSTOM RATES FOR ROTARY MOWING, 2000

Dist.	No. of Rpts.	Dollars per Acre		No. of Rpts.	Dollars per Hour
Dist.	No. of Rpts.	Range	Avg.	No. of Rpts.	Range	Avg.

NW	1/			-
WC	1/			-
SW	6	6.00-8.00	6.92	-

NC	-			1/
C	-			-
SC	1/			4	30.00-40.00	36.25

NE	1/			1/
EC	6	5.00-8.00	6.58	4	25.00-50.00	36.25
SE	5	7.00-10.00	8.20	5	25.00-50.00	36.00

STATE	24	5.00-12.00	7.48	15	15.00-50.00	34.00

1/ Insufficient reports; included in State totals.

SKID LOADER TREE SHEARING, 2000

Dist.	No. of Rpts.	Dollars per Hour
Dist.	No. of Rpts.	Range	Avg.

NW	-
WC	-
SW	1/

NC	5	30.00-55.00	45.00
C	-
SC	1/

NE	7	35.00-45.00	42.14
EC	1/
SE	6	30.00-40.00	35.00

STATE	21	20.00-55.00	39.29

1/ Insufficient reports; included in State totals.

LAND TILLAGE

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Custom rates for tillage operations vary depending on the area of the State, type of soil tillage practice, size of fields and size of equipment. Average charges for regular disking were $6.02 per acre, up 32 cents per acre from the 1999 rate. The average charge per acre for one-way disking was $6.36, a 71 cent increase from the 1999 figure of $5.65. The average offset disking charge of $6.76 was up 47 cents an acre from the 1999 rate.

CUSTOM RATES FOR DISKING, 2000

Dist.	Disking			One-Way Disk			Offset Disk
	No. of Rpts.	Dollars per Acre		No. of Rpts.	Dollars per Acre		No. of Rpts.	Dollars per Acre
	No. of Rpts.	Range	Avg.	No. of Rpts.	Range	Avg.	No. of Rpts.	Range	Avg.

NW	14	3.50-7.00	5.20	3	5.00-6.00	5.33	6	5.00-8.00	6.33
WC	4	3.00-6.00	4.69	-			-
SW	9	5.00-9.75	6.31	-			5	5.25-7.00	5.89

NC	6	3.00-10.00	6.33	1/			4	5.00-6.50	5.69
C	6	4.50-7.00	5.42	-			4	5.00-6.00	5.50
SC	8	5.00-10.00	6.88	1/			6	6.00-8.00	7.00

NE	7	5.00-10.00	7.14	-			3	6.50-12.00	8.83
EC	9	5.00-8.00	6.33	1/			5	5.50-8.50	7.30
SE	11	4.00-7.00	5.89	-			3	6.00-12.00	8.67

STATE	74	3.00-10.00	6.02	7	5.00-10.00	6.36	36	5.00-12.00	6.76

1/ Insufficient reports; included in State totals.

In 2000, charges for spiketooth harrowing averaged $4.56, a decrease of 3 cents per acre. The average for springtooth harrowing increased by 43 cents in 2000 to $4.93 per acre.

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CUSTOM RATES FOR HARROWING, 2000

District	Spiketooth Harrow			Springtooth Harrow
	No. of Rpts.	Dollars per Acre		No. of Rpts.	Dollars per Acre
	No. of Rpts.	Range	Average	No. of Rpts.	Range	Average

NW	1/			1/
WC	-			-
SW	-			1/

NC	1/			1/
C	-			1/
SC	1/			1/

NE	-			-
EC	1/			1/
SE	1/			3	3.50-6.00	5.00

STATE	9	3.00-6.00	4.56	9	3.50-6.00	4.93

1/ Insufficient reports; included in State totals.

LAND TILLAGE

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Rates for custom chiseling 4-12 inches deep averaged $7.44 per acre, a 44 cent per acre increase from the 1999 rate. Deep chiseling, over 12 inches deep, averaged $9.13 per acre, an increase of 29 cents from the 1999 average.

CUSTOM RATES FOR CHISELING, 2000

District	Chisel (4-12")			Deep Chisel (Over 12")
	No. of Rpts.	Dollars per Acre		No. of Rpts.	Dollars per Acre
	No. of Rpts.	Range	Average	No. of Rpts.	Range	Average

NW	4	5.00-8.00	6.25	5	5.00-10.00	7.50
WC	-			1/
SW	7	5.00-10.00	6.57	5	5.00-10.00	7.50

NC	1/			3	6.50-12.00	9.50
C	1/			1/
SC	7	7.00-10.00	7.64	5	8.00-11.00	9.80

NE	4	8.00-10.00	9.00	3	7.50-12.00	10.50
EC	4	9.00-10.00	9.50	5	8.00-15.00	11.10
SE	6	6.00-10.00	7.33	1/

STATE	35	5.00-10.00	7.44	30	5.00-15.00	9.13

1/ Insufficient reports; included in State totals.

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The average moldboard plowing rate decreased 15 cents per acre to $9.00, while undercutting operations averaged $5.49 an acre, compared to $5.21 an acre in 1999.

CUSTOM RATES FOR PLOWING AND UNDERCUTTING, 2000

District	Moldboard Plow			Undercutter (Large "V" Blade)
	No. of Rpts.	Dollars per Acre		No. of Rpts.	Dollars per Acre
	No. of Rpts.	Range	Average	No. of Rpts.	Range	Average

NW	1/			15	4.00-7.50	5.23
WC	-			11	3.00-6.00	4.64
SW	1/			12	4.00-7.00	5.15

NC	1/			8	4.00-8.00	5.94
C	1/			4	4.75-5.50	5.19
SC	4	7.00-12.00	9.75	4	6.00-8.00	7.38

NE	-			-
EC	1/			1/
SE	4	7.50-12.00	9.50	1/

STATE	14	5.00-12.00	9.00	57	3.00-9.00	5.49

1/ Insufficient reports; included in State totals.

LAND TILLAGE

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The shank cultivator rate was $5.66 and wheel springtooth cultivation averaged $5.20 per acre. The table at the bottom shows historical average custom rate charges for land tillage in Kansas.

CUSTOM RATES FOR FIELD CULTIVATION, 2000

District	Shank Cultivator			Wheel Springtooth Cultivator
	No. of Rpts.	Dollars per Acre		No. of Rpts.	Dollars per Acre
	No. of Rpts.	Range	Average	No. of Rpts.	Range	Average

NW	5	5.00-6.00	5.40	3	5.00-7.00	5.67
WC	1/			-
SW	5	3.75-9.00	5.85	1/

NC	6	4.00-7.50	5.33	1/
C	5	4.00-5.50	4.80	-
SC	4	6.00-7.00	6.25	1/

NE	7	4.00-10.00	6.29	-
EC	10	3.50-8.50	6.09	1/
SE	10	3.50-7.00	5.50	1/

STATE	54	3.50-10.00	5.66	10	3.50-7.00	5.20

1/ Insufficient reports; included in State totals.

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CUSTOM RATES FOR LAND TILLAGE, HISTORICAL AVERAGES

Type of Operation	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
	Dollars per Acre
Disking	5.25	5.36	5.26	5.60	5.46	5.53	5.79	5.70	6.02
One-Way Disk	5.35	5.63	5.07	5.58	5.42	5.05	5.60	5.65	6.36
Offset Disk	5.88	5.81	5.77	5.74	6.02	6.17	6.16	6.29	6.76
Spiketooth Harrow	4.53	4.34	4.04	4.21	4.17	4.65	4.73	4.59	4.56
Springtooth Harrow	4.07	4.53	4.36	4.13	4.34	4.79	4.61	4.50	4.93
Chisel 4-12"	6.50	6.36	6.34	6.76	7.21	6.70	6.96	7.00	7.44
Deep Chisel Over 12"	8.02	7.99	7.72	8.24	8.24	8.76	8.61	8.84	9.13
Moldboard Plow	9.17	8.50	8.78	8.99	8.23	8.95	9.10	9.15	9.00
Undercutter	4.81	4.83	4.93	4.91	4.98	4.86	5.02	5.21	5.49
Shank Cultivator	5.06	5.10	5.12	5.17	5.33	5.33	5.42	5.57	5.66
Wheel Springtooth Cultivator	4.71	4.69	4.69	4.55	4.70	4.74	5.08	5.36	5.20

PLANTING (Regular-Till)

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Small grain seeding charges averaged $6.10 per acre, a decrease of 12 cents per acre. Sorghum grain charges decreased by 15 cents per acre, to $6.98 per acre, in 2000. The average price charged for planting corn was $7.77 per acre, compared to $7.53 per acre in 1999. Soybean seeding charges averaged $8.23 per acre in 2000. This is an increase of 77 cents per acre from last year. The grass seeding rate increased by 31 cents an acre, to $8.68 per acre, in 2000. The price for seeding alfalfa-legumes averaged $7.46 an acre, a decrease of 30 cents per acre.

CUSTOM RATES FOR REGULAR-TILL PLANTING, 2000

District	No. of Rpts.	Dollars per Acre		No. of Rpts.	Dollars per Acre
District	No. of Rpts.	Range	Average	No. of Rpts.	Range	Average

	SMALL GRAINS			SORGHUM
NW	16	4.00-8.00	6.16	7	5.75-8.00	7.54
WC	10	3.00-8.00	5.44	4	5.69-7.00	6.55
SW	10	4.85-6.50	5.31	9	6.00-8.00	7.00

NC	7	6.00-8.00	6.71	8	6.00-8.00	6.94
C	8	4.50-8.00	5.81	10	5.00-8.00	6.95
SC	8	4.00-8.00	6.56	10	5.00-8.00	7.30

NE	8	5.00-8.50	6.69	5	5.00-8.50	6.90
EC	10	4.50-8.00	6.30	9	4.50-8.00	6.75
SE	9	5.00-8.00	6.22	6	6.00-7.00	6.58

STATE	86	3.00-8.50	6.10	68	4.50-8.50	6.98

	CORN			SOYBEANS
NW	8	7.00-10.00	8.13	5	7.00-10.00	8.40
WC	1/			1/
SW	11	5.00-12.00	7.64	1/

NC	4	7.00-10.00	7.88	4	7.00-10.00	7.88
C	5	7.00-10.50	8.70	7	5.00-10.50	7.79
SC	7	6.00-12.00	9.07	8	6.00-12.00	9.03

NE	10	5.00-12.00	8.05	10	5.00-12.00	9.00
EC	13	4.00-10.00	6.83	11	5.50-12.00	8.02
SE	6	5.00-9.00	6.63	8	5.00-8.00	6.56

STATE	66	4.00-12.00	7.77	56	5.00-12.00	8.23

	GRASS SEEDING			ALFALFA-LEGUME SEEDING
NW	-			1/
WC	1/			1/
SW	4	8.00-10.00	8.88	1/

NC	1/			1/
C	1/			4	5.00-12.00	7.50
SC	4	3.00-12.00	6.75	1/

NE	-			-
EC	3	10.00-12.00	11.33	1/
SE	1/			1/

STATE	17	3.00-12.00	8.68	14	3.00-12.00	7.46

1/ Insufficient reports; included in State totals.

PLANTING

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CUSTOM RATES FOR REGULAR-TILL PLANTING, KANSAS HISTORICAL AVERAGES

Crops	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
	Dollars per Acre
Small Grains	5.20	5.22	5.37	5.34	5.52	5.71	5.94	6.07	6.22	6.10
Sorghum	5.81	5.95	6.13	6.10	6.40	6.65	6.82	7.08	7.13	6.98
Corn	6.10	6.21	6.41	6.33	6.81	7.19	7.28	7.36	7.53	7.77
Soybeans	6.04	6.09	6.23	6.27	6.69	6.97	7.06	7.38	7.46	8.23
Grass	7.19	7.38	7.37	7.19	7.93	8.50	8.27	7.82	8.37	8.68
Alfalfa-Legume	7.06	6.96	6.42	6.41	7.24	7.29	7.42	7.41	7.76	7.46

PLANTING (Minimum-Till)

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Rates for minimum-till planting of small grains averaged $9.77 per acre, up 1 cent from 1999. Minimum-till sorghum planting averaged $9.16, up 31 cents from last year's rate. Corn planting averaged $9.40 per acre, a 44 cent increase. Soybean planting averaged $9.96, compared to last year's average of $9.61 per acre.

CUSTOM RATES FOR MINIMUM-TILL OR NO-TILL PLANTING, 2000

District	No. of Rpts.	Dollars per Acre		No. of Rpts.	Dollars per Acre
District	No. of Rpts.	Range	Average	No. of Rpts.	Range	Average
	SMALL GRAINS			SORGHUM
NW	7	5.00-12.00	8.79	9	5.75-10.00	8.71
WC	4	7.00-11.00	9.00	3	6.50-9.00	8.00
SW	9	5.00-12.00	8.94	10	6.00-11.00	8.15

NC	14	6.00-13.00	9.68	16	6.00-11.00	8.31
C	15	8.00-14.00	11.42	16	5.50-15.00	10.53
SC	5	10.00-12.00	11.00	9	8.00-12.00	10.28

NE	8	5.00-11.50	9.13	3	8.00-10.00	9.17
EC	7	7.00-12.00	8.82	6	7.00-10.00	8.83
SE	9	6.00-13.50	9.69	4	8.00-10.00	9.50

STATE	78	5.00-14.00	9.77	76	5.50-15.00	9.16
	CORN			SOYBEANS
NW	10	7.00-10.00	8.85	7	8.00-10.00	9.07
WC	1/			1/
SW	9	6.50-10.00	8.17	1/

NC	11	7.00-13.00	9.18	8	6.00-11.00	8.38
C	11	9.00-16.00	10.95	14	9.00-16.00	11.50
SC	8	7.00-14.00	9.94	10	6.75-15.00	10.88

NE	14	6.00-13.00	9.68	13	7.00-13.00	9.82
EC	6	7.00-10.00	9.00	9	7.00-12.00	9.22
SE	5	6.00-10.00	8.80	8	6.00-13.00	9.63

STATE	75	6.00-16.00	9.40	71	6.00-16.00	9.96

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CUSTOM RATES FOR MINIMUM-TILL OR NO-TILL PLANTINGS,

HISTORICAL AVERAGES

Crops	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
	Dollars per Acre

Small Grains	7.46	7.28	7.41	8.31	9.26	8.88	8.91	9.76	9.77
Sorghum	6.91	7.08	6.96	7.70	8.06	8.12	8.70	8.85	9.16
Corn	7.19	7.35	7.47	8.39	8.44	8.46	8.65	8.96	9.40
Soybeans	7.35	7.51	7.53	8.61	8.87	8.88	9.29	9.61	9.96

CHEMICAL APPLICATIONS

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The custom rates for chemical applications presented here include the cost of machine, power, and operator, but the cost of the chemicals is excluded. Rates charged for crop cultivation with fertilizer application averaged $6.48 per acre, while cultivation without fertilizer application averaged $5.75. This compares with $5.61 and $5.88 per acre, respectively, in 1999.

CUSTOM RATES FOR ROW CROP CULTIVATION, 2000

District	With Fertilizer			Without Fertilizer
	No. of Rpts.	Dollars per Acre		No. of Rpts.	Dollars per Acre
	No. of Rpts.	Range	Average	No. of Rpts.	Range	Average

WEST	11	5.25-8.00	6.75	10	4.00-8.00	5.88
CENTRAL	5	2.60-8.00	6.12	10	3.50-7.00	5.45
EAST	1/			9	4.00-7.00	5.94
STATE	18	2.60-8.00	6.48	29	3.50-8.00	5.75

Dry fertilizer applications averaged $3.40 per acre, 17 cents more than in 1999. Liquid fertilizer was applied for an average charge of $3.50 per acre, up 17 cents from last year.

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CUSTOM RATES FOR FERTILIZER APPLICATION, 2000

District	Dry Fertilizer			Liquid Fertilizer
	No. of Rpts.	Dollars per Acre		No. of Rpts.	Dollars per Acre
	No. of Rpts.	Range	Average	No. of Rpts.	Range	Average

NW	7	3.00-4.00	3.54	15	3.00-4.00	3.49
WC	3	3.25-3.50	3.33	10	2.75-6.00	3.63
SW	21	3.00-5.00	3.47	22	3.00-6.00	3.79

NC	26	2.50-4.00	3.55	32	1.50-4.00	3.30
C	16	2.50-4.00	3.20	35	1.75-6.00	3.17
SC	35	1.75-4.00	3.12	29	2.25-4.00	3.18

NE	25	3.00-5.00	3.79	32	2.75-5.00	3.91
EC	16	2.50-4.00	3.48	20	3.00-6.00	3.96
SE	25	2.50-4.50	3.22	22	3.00-4.50	3.35

STATE	174	1.75-5.00	3.40	217	1.50-6.00	3.50

CHEMICAL APPLICATIONS

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Custom chemical applicators charged an average of $5.67 per acre to apply anhydrous ammonia, 39 cents higher than the 1999 average.

CUSTOM RATES FOR APPLICATION OF

ANHYDROUS AMMONIA, 2000

District	No. of Rpts.	Dollars per Acre
District	No. of Rpts.	Range	Average

NW	4	3.50-8.00	5.38
WC	3	1.75-6.00	4.25
SW	8	3.00-6.35	5.33

NC	4	3.00-7.00	5.06
C	3	6.00-6.50	6.17
SC	1/

NE	12	3.50-8.00	6.54
EC	14	3.40-8.00	5.85
SE	1/

STATE	52	1.75-8.00	5.67

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The average cost for aerial application of herbicide was $4.20 per acre, up 5 cents from 1999. When herbicides were applied with a ground rig, the average cost was $3.59, 11 cents above 1999.

CUSTOM RATES FOR HERBICIDE APPLICATION, 2000

District	Aerial			Ground Rig
	No. of Rpts.	Dollars per Acre		No. of Rpts.	Dollars per Acre
	No. of Rpts.	Range	Average	No. of Rpts.	Range	Average

NW	12	3.50-5.00	4.27	16	3.00-4.50	3.61
WC	5	3.75-4.00	3.90	16	2.75-3.75	3.25
SW	21	3.25-5.00	3.94	27	3.00-6.00	3.68

NC	9	3.50-4.75	4.11	34	2.75-4.50	3.46
C	6	3.00-4.50	3.50	32	2.60-4.00	3.25
SC	7	3.00-5.00	3.96	36	2.25-4.50	3.37

NE	6	3.50-6.50	5.00	35	3.00-5.00	4.12
EC	1/			28	3.00-4.75	3.97
SE	6	3.25-7.00	5.29	28	2.50-4.50	3.51

STATE	73	3.00-7.00	4.20	252	2.25-6.00	3.59

1/ Insufficient reports; included in State total.

CHEMICAL APPLICATIONS

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The average cost for aerial application of insecticide was $4.19 per acre, up 3 cents from last year. When insecticides were applied with a ground rig, the average cost was $3.66 per acre, up 12 cents from the 1999 rate.

CUSTOM RATES FOR INSECTICIDE APPLICATION, 2000

District	Aerial			Ground Rig
	No. of Rpts.	Dollars per Acre		No. of Rpts.	Dollars per Acre
	No. of Rpts.	Range	Average	No. of Rpts.	Range	Average

NW	10	3.75-4.75	4.30	12	3.00-3.75	3.53
WC	1/			6	3.00-3.75	3.38
SW	20	3.25-5.00	3.89	19	3.00-4.50	3.69

NC	8	3.25-4.50	4.00	24	3.16-5.00	3.59
C	1/			21	2.60-4.00	3.27
SC	3	4.50-4.50	4.50	22	2.25-4.12	3.45

NE	4	3.50-6.50	5.13	22	3.50-5.00	4.12
EC	-			14	3.00-5.00	4.21
SE	3	3.50-7.00	5.50	16	3.00-4.50	3.67

STATE	51	3.00-7.00	4.19	156	2.25-5.00	3.66

1/ Insufficient reports; included in State total.

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CUSTOM RATES FOR CHEMICAL APPLICATION,

HISTORICAL AVERAGES

Type of Operation or Application	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
	Dollars per Acre

Cultivation with Fertilizer	5.95	5.39	5.69	6.08	5.78	5.91	6.43	5.61	6.48

Cultivation without Fertilizer	5.16	4.76	5.16	5.31	5.74	5.96	6.11	5.88	5.75

Dry Fertilizer	2.78	2.88	2.91	2.93	3.02	3.06	3.12	3.23	3.40

Liquid Fertilizer	2.96	3.02	3.09	3.09	3.14	3.19	3.29	3.33	3.50

Anhydrous Ammonia	4.66	4.71	4.87	5.09	5.56	5.24	5.59	5.28	5.67

Herbicide
Aerial	1/	4.30	4.46	3.89	4.20	3.30	4.11	4.15	4.20
Ground Rig	3.15	3.11	3.18	3.25	3.32	3.28	3.39	3.48	3.59

Insecticide
Aerial	3.95	4.25	4.53	3.81	4.20	3.91	4.11	4.16	4.19
Ground Rig	3.12	3.12	3.24	3.22	3.34	3.30	3.41	3.54	3.66

1/ Aerial and ground rig were combined prior to 1993.

FEED PREPARATION

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Rates for custom feed preparations are those generally charged by grain elevators and feed mills. Rates charged in 2000 are generally slightly higher than those reported in 1999. Reports averaged 35 cents per cwt. for grinding grain, 30 cents per cwt. for rolling grain, 108 dollars per hour for grinding hay, 23 cents per cwt. for mixing, 42 cents per cwt. for rolling and mixing, and 51 cents per cwt. for grinding and mixing.

CUSTOM RATES FOR FEED PREPARATION, 2000

District	Grinding Grain			Rolling Grain			Grinding Hay
	No. of Rpts.	Cents per Cwt.		No. of Rpts.	Cents per Cwt.		No. of Rpts.	Dollars per Hour
	No. of Rpts.	Range	Avg.	No. of Rpts.	Range	Avg.	No. of Rpts.	Range	Avg.

NW	1/			7	25-35	30	1/
WC	1/			5	30-30	30	1/
SW	3	30-50	40	3	30-50	40	-

NC	4	20-40	30	11	20-40	26	4	50-100	81
C	3	45-50	48	6	20-50	31	4	100-180	141
SC	6	20-50	33	14	15-50	29	-

NE	9	20-45	31	9	15-45	27	-
EC	4	30-40	35	4	30-45	34	-
SE	5	25-50	41	4	20-50	37	-

STATE	38	20-50	35	63	15-50	30	10	50-180	108

1/ Insufficient reports; included in State totals.

District	Mixing			Rolling and Mixing			Grinding and Mixing
	No. of Rpts.	Cents per Cwt.		No. of Rpts.	Cents per Cwt.		No. of Rpts.	Cents per Cwt.
	No. of Rpts.	Range	Avg.	No. of Rpts.	Range	Avg.	No. of Rpts.	Range	Avg.

NW	3	10-30	18	6	30-50	38	1/
WC	3	10-40	25	3	40-40	40	1/
SW	3	30-50	40	1/			1/

NC	8	10-40	21	10	20-70	39	4	25-70	43
C	6	10-21	18	6	25-53	42	1/
SC	11	18-30	23	9	35-75	50	7	40-75	53

NE	7	10-30	18	7	20-50	33	8	25-70	44
EC	1/			3	30-60	42	1/
SE	4	20-50	30	3	50-75	59	3	50-75	59

STATE	47	10-50	23	48	20-75	42	29	25-80	51

1/ Insufficient reports; included in State totals.

FEED PREPARATION

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Pelleting feed operations averaged 82 cents per cwt., 9 cents higher than in 1999. The charge for grinding, mixing, and pelleting operations combined was an average of 126 cents per cwt., 4 cents higher than in 1999. Sacking operations, excluding the cost of sacks, averaged 93 cents per cwt., 5 cents higher than last year.

CUSTOM RATES FOR FEED PREPARATION, 2000

District	Pelleting Only			Grinding, Mixing and Pelleting			Sacking
	No. of Rpts.	Cents per Cwt.		No. of Rpts.	Cents per Cwt.		No. of Rpts.	Cents per Cwt.
	No. of Rpts.	Range	Avg.	No. of Rpts.	Range	Avg.	No. of Rpts.	Range	Avg.

NW	-			-			1/
WC	-			-			1/
SW	1/			1/			3	54-100	75

NC	1/			1/			6	50-100	87
C	-			-			4	75-84	77
SC	4	60-100	81	1/			9	40-150	104

NE	-			-			8	50-150	104
EC	-			-			1/
SE	-			-			4	50-100	79

STATE	6	60-100	82	4	90-170	126	39	40-150	93

1/ Insufficient reports; included in State totals.

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CUSTOM RATES FOR FEED PREPARATION,

HISTORICAL AVERAGES

Type of Preparation	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
	Cents per Cwt.

Grinding Grain	29	29	29	30	29	29	33	31	35
Rolling Grain	26	26	27	28	28	28	30	29	30
Grinding Hay	49	58	56	49	75	-	56	-	-
Mixing	18	20	21	20	21	22	22	22	23
Rolling and Mixing	38	40	43	40	44	42	44	45	42
Grinding and Mixing	39	42	43	45	46	44	49	46	51
Pelleting	65	71	72	69	72	67	77	73	82
Grinding, Mixing,
and Pelleting	103	115	107	108	118	95	99	122	126
Sacking
(excluding sacks)	68	64	76	69	72	73	76	88	93

FEED DELIVERY

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There are many different methods of charging for bulk feed deliveries. Rates for four of the most commonly reported methods are presented below. Method 1 has a charge per load plus a charge per mile. Method 2 is a straight charge per mile while Method 3 is a straight charge per ton. Method 4, the most commonly reported, is a flat rate per load. Many other types of charges were reported but could not be summarized for this report. The average flat rate per load charge was $19.04 with an average load of 7.0 tons. Many operators also charge extra for miles beyond a specified limit. For all methods, the average extra charge was $1.04 per mile after 11.6 miles.

CUSTOM RATES FOR FEED DELIVERY, 2000

District	Method 1 (Charge per Load plus Mileage)					Method 2 (Charge per Mile)			Method 3 (Charge per Ton)			Method 4 (Charge per Load)			Extra Charge (All Methods)
District	No. of Reports	Dollars per Load	+	Dollars per Mile	Avg. Load (Tons)	No. of Reports	Dollars per Mile	Avg. Load (Tons)	No. of Reports	Dollars per Ton	Avg. Load (Tons)	No. of Reports	Dollars per Load	Avg. Load (Tons)	No. of Reports	Maxim. Miles	Extra Charge $ per Mile

NW	1/					1/			-			1/			1/
WC	1/					1/			-			1/			1/
SW	1/					1/			-			-			1/

NC	3	12.50		1.25	6.3	3	1.43	8.3	1/			3	17.50	8.7	-
C	3	12.72		.85	7.3	-			-			1/			1/
SC	6	14.17		1.18	7.2	1/			1/			5	18.06	6.2	1/

NE	3	14.50		1.23	5.7	1/			1/			5	18.60	6.6	1/
EC	-					-			-			3	24.33	5.0	-
SE	1/					3	1.63	7.3	1/			1/			-

STATE	20	13.28		1.15	6.9	12	1.65	7.7	5	4.0	5.6	22	19.04	7.0	7	11.6	1.04

1/ Insufficient reports; included in State totals.

MACHINERY RENTAL

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Rental costs listed below do not include the cost of fuel or labor for self-propelled equipment and tractors. Fertilizer applicators were the most commonly reported rental items, followed by tractors, combines, and tillage equipment. Many items, such as row crop head, chisel, and mower/conditioners were reported but had too few reports to summarize.

Rental charges are similar to those reported in recent years. Average rental costs for most items show only small increases or decreases. Some of the variation may be due to the small numbers of reports for some rental items.

MACHINE RENTAL RATES, 2000

Machine or Tool	Method of Charge	Number of Reports	Range	Average

Combine	$/Hour	23	60.00-125.00	95.09

Corn Head	$/Acre	4	6.00-8.00	7.25

No-Till Drill	$/Acre	13	1.00-10.00	7.25

Fertilizer Applicators
Dry	$/Ton	8	5.00-9.00	6.94
Dry	$/Acre	13	.75-6.00	1.62
Liquid	$/Acre	3	1.50-6.00	3.17
Anhydrous	$/Ton	7	5.00-12.00	9.21
Anhydrous	$/Acre	12	1.00-9.00	2.02
Dual	$/Acre	10	1.50-2.25	1.95

Tractor
101-150 HP	$/Hour	8	13.20-20.00	16.09
151-200 HP	$/Hour	10	19.80-50.00	27.78
201+ HP	$/Hour	4	20.00-50.00	36.25
Size Not Specified	$/Hour	7	15.00-80.00	34.57

Track-type (Rubber)	$/Hour	5	35.00-75.00	53.00

FENCE BUILDING

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Rates for fence building listed below were reported on the Bluestem Pasture Survey completed in April of 2000. Producers in the 14 Flint Hills counties were surveyed and asked to provide current fence building costs. The reported rates varied considerably due to the difference in equipment and terrain. The rate charged for building a five-wire, all-steel post fence, including materials, averaged $12.63 per rod. The rate excluding materials averaged $6.30 per rod. Average hourly rates charged for fence building are $19.38 per hour without equipment, and $32.19 per hour with equipment.

CUSTOM RATES FOR FENCE BUILDING, PER ROD 1/, 2000

Fence Type	Steel Posts Only			Steel & Wood Posts
	No. of Rpts.	Dollars per Rod		No. of Rpts.	Dollars per Rod
	No. of Rpts.	Range	Average	No. of Rpts.	Range	Average
	Excluding Materials			Excluding Materials
Four Wire	8	4.00-18.00	6.88	2/
Five Wire	37	4.00-15.00	6.30	16	5.00-16.50	8.21
	Including Materials			Including Materials

Four Wire	4	5.50-18.00	12.75	3	3.63-16.50	11.71
Five Wire	25	6.00-29.60	12.63	15	4.46-18.15	13.25

1/ Additional charges for rough and rocky terrain ranged from $1.00-$2.00 per rod and averaged $1.42 per rod. 2/ Insufficient reports.

Custom Fence Builders	No. of Rpts.	Dollars per Hour		Average Number of Persons
Custom Fence Builders	No. of Rpts.	Range	Average	Average Number of Persons

With Equipment	13	12.00-52.00	32.19	1.6
Without Equipment	4	10.00-30.00	19.38	1.7

DOZING

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This is the fifth year we have collected data for building terraces and general dozing. Building terraces averaged 49 cents per foot, an increase of 5 cents from 1999. The average cost for general dozer work was $72.77, compared to $72.46 last year.

CUSTOM RATES FOR TERRACING AND DOZING, 2000

District	No. of Rpts.	Cents per Foot		No. of Rpts.	Dollars per Hour
District	No. of Rpts.	Range	Average	No. of Rpts.	Range	Average
	Terracing			Dozing

NW	1/			1/
WC	-			1/
SW	1/			1/

NC	4	42-50	48	8	65-85	76.25
C	1/			-
SC	1/			1/

NE	-			10	60-90	76.80
EC	1/			3	70-85	78.33
SE	3	40-48	44	8	65-85	73.00

STATE	14	40-65	49	35	45-90	72.77

1/ Insufficient reports; included in State totals.

Year	Dollars Per Acre	Extra Charge for High Yield
Year	Dollars Per Acre	¢ per Bushel	Above Bushels
1984	13.48	12.6	21
1985	13.18	12.3	21
1987	12.43	11.6	21
1988	12.66	11.6	21
1989	12.71	11.6	21
1990	12.83	11.8	21
1991	12.74	11.8	21
1992	12.90	12.1	21
1993	13.05	12.1	20
1994	13.03	12.2	21
1995	13.02	12.2	20
1996	13.32	12.4	20
1997	13.33	12.6	21
1998	13.32	12.6	21
1999	13.29	12.6	21
2000	13.68	12.8	21

Year	Dollars per Acre	Extra Charges for High Yield
Year	Dollars per Acre	¢ per Bushel	Above Bushels

1990	$14.50	11.5	28
1991	$15.50	11.4	38
1992	$16.88	2/	2/
1993	$16.06	12.0	27
1994	$16.55	11.3	37
1995	$16.52	2/	2/
1996	$17.10	11.0	30
1997	$17.69	11.6	18
1998	$16.94	11.9	37
1999	$18.35	12.0	34
2000	$16.33	12.7	30