I did some fertiliser spreading for a neighbour, 24m weigh cell KRM spinner with Patchwork GPS on grassland, what should I be charging, thinking £3-4/acre?
How much to charge for fertiliser spreading?
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pine_guy
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- North Cumbria
I get charged less than that and some of the ground is 8 miles away. Around £2.50 I think, depending on area. But at that price, can’t see me buying a spinner myself.
- Location
- Scottish Highlands
What area? I paid contractor £80+vat a couple of years ago to throw 1.8 t (3 big bags) on around 100 acres of smallish paddocks. Probably took him a couple of hours.
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- NSW, Newstralya
$10 / ha
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- Yorkshire
- Location
- Breckland
£4/acre is what I charge.
Cab-over Pete
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- Kenilworth, Warwickshire
I would dearly like the £7.06 for spreading a tonne of lime!
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- Yorkshire
It's from the NAAC that's under the hectare column
Dave6170
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- Watten, caithness
I charge 3.50/acre to my friend, if im putting on 100kg/ha or 500kg/ha keep it the same.
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- Yorkshire
£11.77
Spencer
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- North West
What if they’re spreading variable rate with section control on granular products?
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- Lincolnshire
Did your neighbour lead and load the fert for you? Big difference between turning up and doing 100ac in two fields with the fert there and the owner loading you, Vs 100ac in 16 fields of ridge and furrow, with the fert sat a mile away and loading yourself with an asthmatic front loader with no brakes that needs the nuts reving off it to lift 600kg.
12.50 for spreading or spraying.
Definitely with minimum charge.
Yeh, 2 quid an acre it is then.
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Definitely with minimum charge.
Or even £20k plus a £70k tractor, plus £20k GPS.
Yeh, 2 quid an acre it is then.
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there may just be a £140k tractor and £40k pa driver to pay for as well to get the job done
then there is training / compliance, a yard to work from a building to keep kit in and a office to pay for
a decent spreader is best part of 10k today as well you can spend 20 if you get carried away !
I don’t see many farm contractors looking like they make fortunes! About time this industry started paying properly imo
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- Scottish Highlands
1.8t on 100 acrescareful you don’t over do it
Yeah, thinking about it the area will be out. It’s a block of seasonal rented ground that’s a mix of rough grazing and some permanent improved grass / nothing been reseeded for decades. We put on ~2 cwt/ac on permanent grass areas and nothing on the tougher parts. The area would be the total, and probably 3/4 of that is the inaccessible rough ground.
I charge £1/ha extra for VRA work drilling, spraying or spreading
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