Farm Machinery Management

Machinery Cost Estimates (pdf)
updated in June, 2009 with a $2.25 farm-level diesel fuel price.

Farm Machinery Economic Cost Estimation Spreadsheet (MACHDATA.xls)
Download the MS Excel spreadsheet template (contains macros).

Repair Cost Calculator (REPAIRCOST.xls) Download the MS Excel spreadsheet template.
Download a Forage Focus article about the repair cost calculator. Download Paper (REPAIR_CHECK.pdf)

Machinery Resources in Other States

Iowa State Resources
  •   Custom Rates

Illinois Resources

Kansas State Resources

Indiana Custom Rates

North Dakota Custom Rates

Wisconsin Resources

Links to slide sets on strip tillage from the Minnesota Strip Till Expo at at the Southwest Research and Outreach Center, August 11, 2009:

Planter Considerations for Strip Till, by Matthew Digman, UW-Madison

Strip Till, by Jodi DeJong-Hughes

Strip Tillage Economics, by Rob Holcomb