Custom Operators Invited to Participate in UNL Nebraska Custom Rates Survey
December 7, 2023
Part one of the survey covers spring and summer operations such as tillage, planting and haying, and part two surveys fall operations, including grain harvest, hauling, cutting ensilage and other miscellaneous operations.
Harvest Operations: Own It or Hire It?
September 22, 2023
A review of custom rates in 2022 and how to use the Ag Budget Calculator to determine what custom operators may be charging this year.
Agricultural Custom Work – What to Charge?
June 29, 2022
Farm and Ranch Management Analyst Glennis McClure discusses how custom operators can use the 2022 Nebraska Custom Rates Report and ABC program to calculate competitive rates.
2020 Nebraska Farm Custom Rates Report Published
July 9, 2020
A survey of agricultural custom operators is conducted in Nebraska every two years to determine the current rates charged by custom operators for machine hire services and other work they provide for neighboring farms and ranches or as part of a business enterprise.
Farmers Invited to Participate in UNL Custom Rate Survey
January 22, 2018
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Agricultural Economics is asking farmers and ranchers for help in compiling its annual report on Nebraska Farm Custom rates.
Nebraska Farm Custom Rate Survey Participants Requested
December 15, 2017
Nebraska custom operators are invited to take part in the 2018 Nebraska Farm Custom Rate Survey. Results for the 2018 survey will be published mid-2018.