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Arable Farming
Cropping
400 acres, 40 miles away.
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<blockquote data-quote="ollie989898" data-source="post: 5972664" data-attributes="member: 54866"><p>Seems the arrangement works for both parties.</p><p></p><p>Contractor has a known and predictable workload, with similarly predictable machinery and labour requirements, also I presume the rates he has charged include a profit (or rather <em>should</em> include a profit) and are fixed for a known period of time, possibly several years. Either way, the predictability of the workload is worth something to someone who profits from selling equipment per hour or area.</p><p></p><p>Landowner gets labour, machinery and operations done on time, having little capital himself to find, yet is still farming in his own right because he is managing his end, buying his own purchases and making his own sales etc.</p><p></p><p>Is it not the dream of every contractor to flick a switch and know he will have the exact same size customer base, exact same workload and exact same rates for a fixed period of time?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ollie989898, post: 5972664, member: 54866"] Seems the arrangement works for both parties. Contractor has a known and predictable workload, with similarly predictable machinery and labour requirements, also I presume the rates he has charged include a profit (or rather [I]should[/I] include a profit) and are fixed for a known period of time, possibly several years. Either way, the predictability of the workload is worth something to someone who profits from selling equipment per hour or area. Landowner gets labour, machinery and operations done on time, having little capital himself to find, yet is still farming in his own right because he is managing his end, buying his own purchases and making his own sales etc. Is it not the dream of every contractor to flick a switch and know he will have the exact same size customer base, exact same workload and exact same rates for a fixed period of time? [/QUOTE]
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