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RESEARCH BEFORE PLANTING: If you depend on a custom planter or other type of custom work for planting season, now’s the time to do your homework on custom harvest rates. Maryland, New York and Ohio have updated their farming custom rates.
While Pennsylvania hasn’t done a custom farming rate survey since 2016, Maryland, New York and Ohio have recently updated their custom rate charts giving farmers a sense of what they might have to pay for custom work this year.
Michigan will be updating its rate guide this spring, but for this story, the 2019 rates were shared.