Custom Operations
Information Files
Iowa Farm Custom Rate Survey -- A3-10
Historical Iowa Farm Custom Rate Survey -- A3-12
Custom Farming - A Share of the Crop -- A3-13
Custom Farming: An Alternative to Leasing -- A3-15
Grain Harvesting Equipment and Labor in Iowa -- A3-16
Newsletter Articles
Custom rate survey guide released for 2023 -- March 2023
Custom rate survey shows average costs of common farming practices -- April 2022
Custom rates lower in 2020 -- March 2020
Custom rates higher in 2019 -- March 2019
ISU survey shows decline in custom rates across operations in 2018 -- March 2018
Custom rates and machinery rental rates shared in the 2017 Iowa farm custom rate survey -- April 2017
Iowa farm custom rate survey provides guidance for hiring -- March 2016

Machinery Management
Information Files
Acquiring Farm Machinery Services -- A3-21
Buying Used Machinery -- A3-22
Estimating the Field Capacity of Farm Machines -- A3-24
Days Suitable for Fieldwork in Iowa -- A3-25
Fuel Required for Field Operations -- A3-27
Farm Machinery Selection -- A3-28
Estimating Farm Machinery Costs -- A3-29
Replacement Strategies for Farm Machinery -- A3-30
Transferring Ownership of Farm Machinery -- A3-32
Self-Propelled Harvesting and Spraying: Machinery Ownership Versus Custom Hire -- A3-33
Joint Machinery Ownership -- A3-34
Machinery Leasing -- Is It for You? -- A3-35
Farm Machinery Joint Ventures -- A3-37
Farm Machinery Joint Venture Worksheet -- A3-38
Motor Vehicle Cost Analyzer -- A3-40
Estimating Grain Transportation Costs -- A3-41
Grain Harvesting and Handling (GH2) System Sizing Tool -- A3-42
Newsletter Articles
The number of days suitable for fieldwork in Iowa is shrinking -- March 2020
Five ways to control farm machinery costs in 2016 -- February 2016

 

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