Fert Spreading Going Rate

[Spud]

But no one turns up these days with a Ford 6600, vicon spinner, and a stanley knife to cut 1 cwt bags......
It's an £80k tractor, £12k spreader with £3k GPS, and to top it off a £60k telehandler to load 600kg bags.
£5 / acre sounds way too cheap to me....

You are correct, of course. How many ac per day would the aforementioned rig do? 6th gear at pto revs in a 66 is about 9.5kph, so at 12m wagtail width thats 11.4ha without turning. (24m twin disc at 12kph = 28.8ha for the same) So thats 2.5times more ac covered, and half the turning. If 50% on average total time spreading with a twin disc & fairly handy fert supply, thats 35ac/hr @ 3quid = say £100/hr.
The 66, conversely, has double the turning, and likely double the filling time way back when, so only 25% productive = 7ac/hr @ £3/ac = £21/hr.

Nowt much changes really, does it!

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Interesting point. It costs me £20 / bale (round) to make last year, after sensible costing. Yet if you ask £25/ bale, folks would rather stab themselves with a bale spike. In an attempt to keep prices low, and still make a profit, I've not used fert this year. Race to the bottom.



People, IMO, just don't cost things properly.

Costing should be done with realistic selling price and work back , no one owes anyone a living , if what i sell is to dear i dont sell it

 

[Traffic dodger]

Slightly off the topic but round here all I seem to see is the omex liquid fertiliser tanker running around. Is liquid more common than granulated ?

 

[Wooly]

I pay £5/ acre for fertilize spreading on my arable ground. Probably a good earner if you are doing 30 acres an hour, but it is put on with all the latest GPS machine with weigh scales, so more accurate than what I can achieve.

Pay the same for applying liquid fert and for each pass with the sprayer.

 

[DrDunc]

Hi

Anyone know what the going rate is for fert spreading?

Fertiliser supplied by us, everything else from contractor.

Thanks

Cheaper to buy a spreader and do it yourself

 

[7610 super q]

Cheaper to buy a spreader and do it yourself

+ Being able to do it when you want = priceless.

 

[Grassman]

Let's be realistic. There is never going to be a one price suits all.
One job could be 200 acres in the day. All close and 30 acre fields.
Another could be 5 acres split into 5 bits and 5 gates to go through.

I can't understand why contractors can't work out their own costs. Quite simple really.

 

[Ritchie]

It's usually 7 gates and the sheep are in lots about to lamb or just lambed. Also is it possible to do the field at so and so on your way home which is 4 miles in the wrong direction, so ALWAYS BY THE HOUR.

Ritchie

 

[Jim75]

View attachment 544008 It's usually 7 gates and the sheep are in lots about to lamb or just lambed. Also is it possible to do the field at so and so on your way home which is 4 miles in the wrong direction, so ALWAYS BY THE HOUR.

Ritchie

Another favourite is if you've got 100kg left, go 7 miles yonder into that 3 ac field and spread it in there. Trust me it'll work out spot on