WRANGLING Over Road Regs
Flashing red lights in the rear-view mirror are enough to make anyone cringe. For custom operators, however, getting pulled over isn't necessarily a matter...
Beat High Fuel Costs
Skyrocketing diesel fuel prices have touched off a scramble among custom operators to find strategies that will help hold expenses in check. Brothers...
Border Crossing
Two Alberta custom choppers extend their harvest seasons by traveling hundreds of miles every year. Ranchers in Montana's Yellowstone and Gallatin valleys...
Caught In The Middle
A smorgasbord of woe has beset the California alfalfa industry this year, and the unpleasant menu of problems is hitting everyone, including custom harvesters....
Foraging For Farmland
Custom cutting is clearing the way for Seth Braker to buy his own farmland. This Randolph, WI, 19-year-old owns and operates Braker Acres Custom Forage...
Happy Returns
One key to building a successful custom harvesting business: Keep your customers happy, says Wes Hopkins of McClellan Farms, Inc., Delavan, WI. It's like...
Custom Rates Remain Flat
D vu. Fuel prices are once again the unknown variable in this year's custom rates. Fuel has been a thorn in the side of all custom operators, says Tom...
Custom-Made Forages Milk The Most
When asked to evaluate his custom forage harvester, one dairy producer recently replied, I ran him off the job. But most dairymen who filled out the Hay...
Finding New Frontiers
As California dairy producers sell their land by the square inch and move to less-crowded areas, custom forage harvesters are watching. Some will decide...
Get Wisconsin Custom Rate Guide
The 2001 edition of the Wisconsin Custom Rate Guide, which reports what farmers paid last season for custom services such as tillage, applying fertilizer...
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