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Tillage costs

  • 30-10-2011 1:22pm
    #1
    susign
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 116 ✭✭


    I'm hoping to get some sound advise from experienced tillage men,

    I am planning to take over my father's land which is currently rented as grazing land. I am hoping to start farming it (part-time) myself as have done in past and hoping to grow corn. I have a good tractor and most machienery required but no seeddrill, sprayer or combine. Could anyone tell me does it pay to own your own combine for 100 acres and how much would be worth investing into a machine for that volume of work. I have no idea what contractors charge per acre at present but I am aware of the difficulty getting a contractor to harvest exactly when the weather is right. Thanks.


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  • #2
    ihatetractors
    Closed Accounts Posts: 338 ✭✭ihatetractors


    Hi, prices worked out some where around €180/acre for spray/fert up for some/ down for poorer crops, depends on lime/ crop etc, we grow alot of Malt barley so is a bit artifischaly low . Machinery €120/ per acre cereals all in, Osr €80. (Figuires not accurate for 2011*)
    Would be a good job if you had a local farmer who has a larger combine and could cope with extra acerage you could come to a mutualy beneficial agreement/ There's plenty of older classes/ claysons lying about for good money say 4k?, be ready for some needed work though! . Don't go buying anything new/shiney/expensive, get soil samples done as soil may have been neglected for some elements/ lime.. Remember beans/ osr can be part of a good rotation.


  • #3
    susign
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 116 ✭✭susign


    Thanks for the feedback, you clearly keep a good eye on your figures!
    I agree with you entirely with the keeping away from the all flash/no cash approach when investing in machinery as my output will be conciderably low compared to the big boys.

    Did you include your diesel costs in those figures?


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