If that is like around here then the bagging is a separate charge. I believe the rate paid is 8 dollars per foot for a 9 foot across bag. I agree with those who say he needs to assess if the corn will be worth putting up in the bag. He might consider given the field portion of the custom work will run nearly 2500 dollars to maybe finding a used forage harvester plus wagons. Around here there are guys who rent or do custom bagging without having to engage in custom harvesting. This would allow to sort the field in terms of quality whereas the custom harvester wants to "level" the field to move on to the next job. Owning his own tools would allow him maybe to leave some for later to direct feed in the field to reduce bagging charges. If this was to be a one year thing he could always resell whatever he bought this year and reclaim that portion of the expense whereas once the custom guy gets done that money is spent and gone. He should also figure some maintenance in if he buys used equipment. The advantage of kernel processing with a custom harvester is minimal at best when there are mostly poorly formed kernels and ears. Lastly,he needs to figure if he has time to do it himself versus custom. Custom has gotten hot here as most of the big dairies here have bought big harvesters and look for extra work to help with the payments. They are very accommodating as to other people's schedules. However, access to a custom harvester varies with location with some people waiting way after the crop was fit to harvest or some self-propelled harvester owners not wanting to custom work especially for those farmers they deem competition.
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