Earlier this year, 205 custom operators and farm managers responded to a 2026 survey, submitting nearly 4,700 expected custom farm rates for various farm operations in 2026. Here are the results.

Many farm operators provide some type of custom work or use of farm machinery to other farmers during the growing season, and payment is usually made following the completion of the harvest season.

Due to the high cost of investment in farm machinery, an ever-increasing number of farm operations are hiring other farm operators to provide some or all of their machinery resources for their farm ...