1998 North Dakota Custom Rates

Operation	1998					1995 Average Rate	1998 as Percent of 1995
	Unit	Number of Reports	Range in Rates	Most Frequent Rate Reported	Average Rate
CUSTOM FARMING 1/		No.	- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dollars Per Unit - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -				Pct.
Small Grains	Acre	82	16 .00 - 100.00	50 .00	41 .82	37 .22	112
Row Crops	Acre	38	20 .00 - 120.00	50 .00	52 .36	48 .68	108
MISCELLANEOUS
Farm Drainage/Ditching	Hour	110	20 .00 - 200.00	100 .00	76 .25	63 .49	120
Land Leveling	Hour	40	20 .00 - 115.00	50 .00	63 .26	60 .61	104
Rock Picking	Hour	78	20 .00 - 125.00	50 .00	52 .29	39 .26	133
Snow Removal
Front End Loader	Hour	416	10 .00 - 150.00	50 .00	49 .73	39 .48	126
Tractor Blower	Hour	472	10 .00 - 120.00	50 .00	43 .03	35 .73	120

1/ Includes all necessary farming operations from field preparation through harvesting.

1977 - 98 STATEWIDE AVERAGES, HISTORICAL DATA
Operation	Unit	1977	1980	1982	1984	1986	1989	1992	1995	1998
		- - - - - - Dollars Per Unit - - - - - -
Swathing
Self-Propelled	Acre	2 .46	3 .12	3 .55	3 .73	3 .67	3 .94	4 .22	4 .46	5 .04
PTO Unit	Acre	2 .18	2 .93	3 .16	3 .36	3 .39	3 .68	4 .03	4 .23	4 .58
Combining From Swaths
Small Grains	Acre	8 .59	11 .03	12 .65	12 .61	11 .59	11 .82	13 .13	13 .70	13 .82
Flaxseed	Acre	8 .77	11 .25	12 .85	12 .56	11 .78	12 .06	13 .51	14 .00	13 .95
Dry Beans	Acre	NA	13 .66	15 .91	15 .04	14 .65	16 .27	18 .20	18 .18	19 .06
Straight Combining
Small Grains	Acre	NA	NA	12 .76	12 .57	11 .71	11 .80	13 .15	13 .74	13 .88
Corn	Acre	12 .31	13 .01	15 .10	14 .83	14 .46	14 .05	15 .23	16 .33	16 .26
Sunflower	Acre	9 .33	12 .12	13 .52	13 .26	12 .54	12 .40	13 .54	14 .14	14 .49
Soybeans	Acre	NA	NA	14 .46	14 .68	14 .08	14 .20	15 .70	15 .57	16 .10
Dry Beans	Acre	NA	NA	16 .12	15 .31	15 .46	16 .46	18 .39	17 .96	19 .10
Making Corn Silage
Chopping Only	Acre	10 .16	13 .59	15 .76	16 .41	16 .06	16 .83	17 .65	18 .51	18 .69
Chopping and Hauling	Acre	NA	16 .55	18 .42	21 .22	19 .54	20 .02	21 .65	22 .62	23 .62
Drying
Small Grains	Bushel	.149	.159	.151	.152	.131	.118	.108	.111	.123
Flaxseed	Bushel	NA	NA	.172	.172	.153	.124	.110	.134	.134
Corn	Bushel	.190	.180	.181	.176	.164	.126	.115	.123	.146
Sunflower	Cwt.	.209	.273	.286	.309	.204	.200	.157	.152	.171
Soybeans	Bushel	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	.093	.085	.115
Hauling
Wheat	Bushel	.081	.108	.107	.095	.096	.092	.090	.098	.109
Barley	Bushel	.074	.101	.101	.091	.093	.089	.088	.094	.101
Oats	Bushel	.077	.092	.098	.089	.087	.088	.087	.094	.100
Flax	Bushel	NA	NA	.110	.096	.088	.094	.091	.097	.124
Corn	Bushel	NA	NA	.107	.091	.086	.085	.087	.097	.101
Sunflower	Cwt.	NA	.149	.170	.165	.168	.202	.196	.189	.339
Seed Grain Preparation
Cleaning Only	Gross Bu.	.181	.221	.254	.275	.277	.291	.299	.321	.340
Treating Only	Gross Bu.	.196	.263	.318	.404	.393	.437	.504	.552	.519
Cleaning & Treating	Gross Bu.	NA	.457	.542	.678	.643	.718	.784	.800	.726
Farm Drainage/Ditching	Hour	29 .07	43 .24	50 .54	56 .80	54 .48	50 .34	58 .66	63 .49	76 .25
Land Leveling	Hour	28 .00	42 .67	51 .55	55 .21	51 .17	48 .03	58 .31	60 .61	63 .26
Rock Picking	Hour	20 .58	22 .34	37 .02	35 .69	35 .34	37 .55	40 .20	39 .26	52 .29