Shannon Dill, Principal Agriculture Agent
University of Maryland Extension, Talbot County
Attention custom farming operators!
We need your assistance in securing up-to-date information about farm custom work rates, machinery rental rates and hired labor costs in Maryland. This information is being updated and published by the University of Maryland Extension. It is widely used by farmers across the state and the region, so we need the best information available.
Please respond even if you know only a few rates. We want information on actual rates, either what you paid to hire work or what you charged if you perform custom work. Custom Rates should include all ownership costs of implement & tractor (if needed), operator labor, fuel and lube.
Reported rates will be summarized in the Custom Rate Survey to show a range and averages for the state. NO individual names or rates will be published in the Custom Rate Survey.
You can complete this survey online at: https://go.umd.edu/customrate2021 or you may request a hard copy from Shannon Dill (sdill@umd.edu). Please return by: December 31, 2020. We hope these publications will be beneficial to you as a custom farm operator as well as farmers who use custom operators to perform various tasks on their farm.
The results will be available online at www.extension.umd.edu/grainmarketing. We hope this publication will be beneficial to you as a custom farm operator and thank you for your cooperation with this effort.
If you have any questions or comments regarding the survey please contact me at 410-822-1244 or sdill@umd.edu.
