Results of the 2011 Custom Rate Survey Damona Doye, Extension Economist Roger Sahs, Asst. Extension Specialist OSU Agricultural Economics Department

Survey procedures OSU Cooperators Oklahoma Ag Statistics Service mailings 150 operations Number of responses Publication CR-205 available at: web/Get/Document-8064/CR-205% web.pdf

Price decreases 10 or more responses in 2009 and 2011  Shallow disking, -4%, $10/acre.  Field cultivating, -5%, $8.62/acre.  Planting cotton, -4%, $14/acre.  Planting no-till soybeans, -7%, $13.75/acre.  Spraying livestock, -17%, $1.88/head.  Castrating livestock, -15%, $2.86/head.  Welding, -6%, $34.48/hour.  Build 5-wire fence w/o materials, -5%, $2475/mile.  D7 or larger dozer work, -6%, $102.50/hour.

Price increases More than 20 responses in both 2009 and 2011 and up at least 10%  Chisel plowing  Raking hay  Ground spraying with herbicides  Baling both small square and large round  Combining small grains, flat rate  Hauling small grains & soybeans, flat rate  Base rate for combining small grains, extra charge per bushel  Brush hogging  D6 or smaller dozer work  Hauling livestock with gooseneck trailer

Average = Min = 2 Max = 20

Average = 4.79 Min = 2 Max = 10

Average = Min = 5 Max = 22

Average = 1.32 Min =.40 Max = 2.50

Average = Min = 8 Max = 26

Average = Min = 15 Max = 30

Average = Min = 18 Max = 27

Average =.21 Min =.18 Max =.25

Average = 20 bu. Min = 15 Max = 30

Questions?