Price for hay making

[czechmate]

i suppose this has been done before

So I am mowing tedding raking and baleing for a neighbor. Will do tight 1.6 bales. Small fields and small crops. I was thinking €8/bale but think I will be out of pocket but think any more will be too much for him.
I am not a contractor and have enough of my own to do, so am only doing this as a favour...

 

[Goweresque]

Hourly rate for man and machinery is the only way to go on fiddly small fields with thin crops, otherwise you're working for nothing. Would your neighbour come and work for you for free if you asked for a favour? If he would fair enough, if not then a reasonable hourly rate is a must.

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Don’t bother...waste of time fannying on...you’ll be no better thought of

 

[bobk]

Depends what nationality he is .....

 

[czechmate]

Don’t bother...waste of time fannying on...you’ll be no better thought of

Oh, I won't be better off. I have a weakness for not seeing people struggle

 

[spin cycle]

Oh, I won't be better off. I have a weakness for not seeing people struggle

good for you....i'd suggest half the hay or the cash equivalent though

 

[Hfd Cattle]

Give him the number of your local contractor ....that's all the help he needs !

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Oh, I won't be better off. I have a weakness for not seeing people struggle

So do I but they usually take the p!ss out of you

 

[Hfd Cattle]

I will help anyone out if they are genuinely stuck or in a fix.
When dad retired in '96 he sold everything and I started from nothing.
I built up what I've got and about 5 yrs ago I felt a bit sorry for a neighbour who was trying to make a bit of hay with some antiquated old kit. I turned into the field and finished off his mowing for him and helped him make his hay. My other half pointed out that he had been farming for over 50yrs and had every chance to update his kit and have an easier life but had made other choices ....i.e. New cars,holidays etc. .
Last year the old boy sadly died but left a fortune.....made off the back of people like me ......I'm a bit more careful now

 

[kfpben]

Apologies for hijacking the thread but what would people charge for stacking?
4ft rounds in the corner of a 15acre field? Per bale or on time?

I have figures for all the other operations.

 

[le bon paysan]

15yrs ago it was 7euro at bale to do your own but was 4x4ft chambre figures. I've a few hectares to do, you can come and do them for me at 8e!! 8e would be very very good mates rate

 

[Wooly]

i suppose this has been done before

So I am mowing tedding raking and baleing for a neighbor. Will do tight 1.6 bales. Small fields and small crops. I was thinking €8/bale but think I will be out of pocket but think any more will be too much for him.
I am not a contractor and have enough of my own to do, so am only doing this as a favour...

Quite hard to answer as you are in France, but in England ....(not Wales where apparently Farmers Sons work for peanuts with Daddys machinery) we would charge £11 / acre mowing, £5.50 tedding and £6 rowing up. We would add slightly more for small areas.

Sounds like you are going to subsidise his haymaking out of your own pocket and the farmer will still think it is too expensive from what you have posted !!

 

[Jameshenry]

Apologies for hijacking the thread but what would people charge for stacking?
4ft rounds in the corner of a 15acre field? Per bale or on time?

I have figures for all the other operations.

Charge per hr

 

[czechmate]

15yrs ago it was 7euro at bale to do your own but was 4x4ft chambre figures. I've a few hectares to do, you can come and do them for me at 8e!! 8e would be very very good mates rate

As @spin cycle suggested, half the hay is a common arrangement. I had forgotten. Last year these bales would of been €40 plus. Who knows this year - loads of grass but probably be feeding in a few weeks time...

 

[le bon paysan]

As @spin cycle suggested, half the hay is a common arrangement. I had forgotten. Last year these bales would of been €40 plus. Who knows this year - loads of grass but probably be feeding in a few weeks time...

I saved this from 2017;
Travaux à façon : à partir de 300 à 450 euros/HA (suivant les prestations incluses de base (ex: labour/déchaumage)).



Prestation de service :

Moisson blé : de 70 à 85 euros/HA

Moisson maïs : environ 130 euros/HA

Ensilage : environ 200 euros/HA

Pressage : 5 euros/balle carré, 8 euros/balle ronde pour les plus petit diamètre, 6 euros/balle ronde pour les plus gros diamètre.

Semis :

Herse rotative + Semoir : de 60 à 85 euros/HA

Semis simplifié : de 40 à 45 euros/HA

Lisier : 2 euros/m3

Fumier : 4 euros/T

Fauchage : 30 euros/HA

Déchaumage : de 30 euros/HA à 70 euros/HA suivant le type de déchaumeur et la profondeur de déchaumage.

Strip Till : 70 euros/HA

Pulvérisateur : 15 euros/HA



Location d'un tracteur + benne avec chauffeur : 35 euros/H +

Location tracteur seul sans chauffeur : 20 euros/H +

 

[le bon paysan]

And in English;
First and foremost it is an average fare, there will always be higher and lower prices, depending on the size of the gear, depending on the parcel, ETA's travel costs ... So these are indicative rates.





Contract work: from 300 to 450 euros / HA (depending on the basic services included (eg plowing / stubble cultivation)).



Service provision:

Wheat harvest: 70 to 85 euros / HA

Corn harvest: about 130 euros / HA

Silage: about 200 euros / HA

Pressing: 5 euros / square ball, 8 euros / round ball for smaller diameter, 6 euros / round ball for larger diameter.

Sowing:

Rotary harrow + Seed drill: from 60 to 85 euros / HA

Sowing simplified: from 40 to 45 euros / HA

Slurry: 2 euros / m3

Manure: 4 euros / T

Mowing: 30 euros / HA

Stubble cultivation: from 30 euros / HA to 70 euros / HA depending on the type of stubble cultivator and the depth of stubble cultivation.

Strip Till: 70 euros / HA

Sprayer: 15 euros / HA



Rental of a tractor + tipper with driver: 35 euros / H +

Rent alone tractor without driver: 20 euros / H +