What is it worth to mow and rake?

[D7E]

Standard is 50/50

50/50 here is for land owner doing nothing at all other guy doing everything .....land is hard to get

 

[blueriver]

In this area most of the time its 60/40 some times its 50/50 ... my neighbor just asked me to cut and rake some hay for him and he would bale. I suggested we could go by the acre for the cutter and the rake or 1/2 of the going custom rate to cut rake and bale ... in other words according to the OSU Extension website the 2012 custom rates for cut rake and bale averaged $21.48 per bale statewide ... so to cut and rake would be $10.74 a bale... this year with all the rain and the fields have been fertilized good that may pay fairly well could do 3 bales to the acre or $32 per acre ... now if he didn't fertilize and it produces 1 bale to the acre ... well.

2012 average per acre for Cutting was $11.38 and to rake was $4.79 ... thats $16.17 an acre. Just have to decide which way to go.

 

[bigbull338]

ok we just hired a friens to cut well over 100acs for for us.so we are paying him #12 a bale to cut an rake wich leaves $13 a bale for the baler.so a 50/50 splitt is right on the money.as your using your equipment.

 

[AKfish]

^xx here, too on the 50/50 split. Keep lookin' for hay or acres elsewhere. Seems like somebody will break down or have problems getting their hay in... and then they'll give you a call. Neighbor just spent last night in the hospital with bad burns after catching his leg on fire while welding.

I'm guessing that a couple of days working their fields might be in order...

I've turned down a couple of fields close to me. They're both likely 2-3 years of time, seed, herbicide and fertilizer before a quality crop would be/could be expected. The current owner's don't understand the time and investment that's required to nurse an overgrown and neglected field back into production. So, they don't want to commit to a 5-year - I get every bale off the field - agreement.

And I'm not gonna commit my equipment and money to bring their fields back - without at least that timeframe - on paper.

AKfish

 

[Beltman60]

50/50 split
I would talk to the land owner and ask him what he would do it for
I think the bil is already trying to get some inheritance LOL :laughing: