The Custom Rate Guide (2020) summarizes rates paid by Wisconsin farmers who hired custom work, custom operators and farmers who performed custom work, and machinery dealers who rented out equipment for field operations including:

• Tillage
• Fertilizer and chemical application
• Manure services
• Planting
• Harvest operations 
• Hauling and trucking
• Machinery rental

Tools for Pricing Standing Corn Silage

Extension has developed online tools to help corn growers and dairy and livestock producers negotiate a fair price for corn silage. The tools encourage communication between buyers and sellers.

Pricing Standing Alfalfa

Pricing standing alfalfa requires an open conversation between buyer and seller, with both parties understanding the inherent value of the forage as well as the cost and risks of harvesting.