farmdoc - Management

Machinery

Custom Rates
Illinois does not conduct a survey of machinery custom hire rates. Some states around Illinois conduct custom rate surveys. The following links show results from custom rate surveys.

State	Year
Iowa	2005 (pdf)
	2004 (pdf)
	2003 (pdf)
	2002 (pdf)
	2001 (pdf)

Indiana	2004 (pdf)
Indiana	2000 (pdf)

Iowa State Publications
Iowa State University has developed publication that address the following machinery management topics.

Year	Name
2003	Custom Farming: An Alternative to Leasing (pdf)
2001	Acquiring Farm Machinery Services: Ownership, Custom Hire, Rental, Leasing (pdf)
2001	Estimating Field Capacity of Farm Machinery (pdf)
2001	Fuel Required for Field Operations (pdf)
2001	Estimating Farm Machinery Costs (pdf)
2001	Transferring Ownership of Farm Machinery (pdf)
2001	Replacement Strategies for Farm Machinery (pdf)
2001	Combine Ownership or Custom Hire? (pdf)

Kansas State
Kansas State maintains machinery management information. Click here for access.