NDSU Extension and the North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station conduct a study of custom farm work rates every four years. As expected the rates seen this past year were much higher than seen in 2020. As an example, vertical tillage averaged $15.78 per acre in 2024, up from $10.74 four years earlier. The rate for chopping corn silage was $116.23 per acre last year, up from $81.25 per acre in 2020. The rate for straight combining of small grains averaged $36.49 per acre, up 11 percent from the previous report. The full report can be found on the NDSU Extension website.
