Posted by big jt on December 09, 2014 at 21:50:35 from (206.72.54.246):
In Reply to: Cost to Combine? posted by tree-farmer on December 09, 2014 at 21:15:45:
Attached is a custom rate chart that ISU puts out every year. These are based soley on what people either charged or paid the previous year.
Now in your case we have a couple of variables that may be some of the problem.
I will start with the Organic part. Are you certified Organic? If so this is major hang up numbero uno. For your crop to be certified doesn't the machine have to have any non organic crop cleaned out? If so it will be nearly impossible to get someone interested in 5 acres. You are talking a half day job cleaning out the machine to do 5 acres.
Variable number two. When production farmers are struggling just to get their own crop in there isn't much desire to do something like this.
Also what do you have for wagons/trucks? Do you have rolling stock that will hold the whole harvest?
What are the weeds like in your field? Once again not interested in contaminating my machine with a bunch of weed seed to harvest your 5 acres.
Does your planter match what your neighbors are using as to #of rows and row width?
All that being said are you asking BTO's? They will be less interested in doing your crop for the reasons mentioned above.
Also now is not the best time to line this up esp if you knew you were gonna need someone to do this.
Sorry to be harsh but I am giving you the perspective from a small production operator (farm 500 acres).
BTW if someone like you came and asked me I would likely help out given the criteria above. IE my only time investment would be very modest travel and time in the field. Not waiting for wagons and not having to clean out my machine to meet organic certification.
Offer a smaller neighbor the upper end of the numbers on the chart and you may have some luck.
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