Farm Operations Cost Guide 2005

This book gives you all the information you need to calculate your farm machinery costs and set custom rates. Part one summarizes custom work and rental rates. Part two gives information about the cost of owning and operating machinery. The final section shows how to calculate farm machinery costs and provides example worksheets and space to do calculations. 41 pages.

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Contents

Introduction
Custom Rates Survey Summary
- Tillage
- Seeding
- Fertilizer Application
- Herbicide Application
- Grain Harvesting
- Grain Hauling
- Haying
- Silage
- Land Clearing and Breaking
- Machinery Rental
- Soil Testing
- Grain Processing
- Livestock Hauling
- Livestock Feeding
- Corral Cleaning
- Fencing
- Land Leasing
Average Alberta Farm Input Prices
- Agricultural Input Prices
- Building supplies
- Machinery repairs
- Crop supplies
- Feeds
- Livestock supplies
- Fuel and oil
- Other
Farm Machinery Costs
- How to Use the Farm Machinery Cost Guide
- Tractors - 2 wheel drive
- Tractors - 4 wheel drive
- Tillage equipment
- Tillage/seeding/spraying equipment
- Forage equipment
- Baling equipment
- Combines
- Grinders, mixers and dryers
- Farm trucks
- Rock pickers
- Grain vacuums
Calculating Farm Machinery Costs
- Preface
- Machinery cost terms
- Worked examples of:
- Worksheet Formulas
- Machinery Cost Worksheet
- Machinery Cost Summary
- Worksheet Formulas
- Machinery Cost Worksheet
- Machinery Cost Summary
Fuel Consumption for Varying Tractor Horsepower
Machinery Costs Assumption Guide The contents of this page are no longer available.

For more information about the content of this document, contact Ada Serafinchon.
This information published to the web on April 27, 2001.
Last Reviewed/Revised on April 20, 2005.