Wisconsin Farm Custom Rate Guide

The Custom Rate Guide is a summary from a mail survey which collected: rates paid by Wisconsin farmers who hired custom work, custom operators and farmers who performed custom work, and machinery dealers who rented out equipment for field operations including: manure services, tillage, planting, fertilizer & chemical application, harvest operations, and machinery rental.

UW Crop Enterprise Budgets

The UW Crop Enterprise Budget Tool can be used to help estimate the cost of production for your crops.

A printable version of this resource is also available. 

Cover Crop Budget Analyzer

For farmers who practice cover cropping or reduced tillage, use the Crop Budget Analyzer to capture a snapshot of the immediate financial expenses and income that a farm may experience in using practices such as cover cropping and reduced tillage, particularly in grain crop systems.