Posted by bc on December 01, 2010 at 21:35:23 from (69.149.214.116):
In Reply to: Custom Rates posted by indianared on November 30, 2010 at 17:03:47:
Talk to your county agent and your FSA/SCS people. They have grain drills to loan out or rent real cheap. The FSA and soil people do all the CRP ground workups and they pay half of the cost for reseeding and such. They know who does the custom work and what they charge. They know your soil type as well and can tell you what kind of ground work is needed.
Your big costs are going to be seed, fertilizer, and one or two herbicide sprays. Probably no plowing, just spray it. I've got their estimates laying around here somewhere for some ground we just bid into CRP. Seed is anywhere from $10 to $50 an acre for the 25 mix. Grass drill rental is about $8 an acre from the SCS. They have a no -till grass drill so the ground doesn't need to be worked even in this clay. Don't know about your alfalfa though but it takes more than a year to get a crop. May have to plant a cover crop with rye to get it going. They will know who the seed sellers are as well.
Rates for tractor work varies but $65 an hour sounds about right but some will do it for down to $25 or between. Shouldn't take more than an hour or two to do your little patches.
Your local coop/fertilizer company can quote spraying fertilizer and herbicide. Most coops also rent a pull behind pellet spreader if you are so inclined. Seems like our coop got about $10 an acre plus chemical for spraying with a minimum $200 spray charge. I think they quoted me about $400 last spring to spray 60N+20P fertilizer for 6 to 10 acres of brome but I forget what the exact acreage was. There pellet spreader for only going to be around $50 plus fertilizer.
Once you talk to your county agents and know what you need to do and the cost, they will recommend some guys who do custom work or just go talk to your neighbors who may even give you a discount since they are close by.
When you get to cutting and baling, I've been paying about $65 an hour with 2 to 2.4 hours to swath about 10-12 acres plus $9 and now increased to $13 a bale for big bales to bale it.
Once you find all this out, post back with the info.
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