Custom Broadcast Seeding Thoughts

connor9988

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Location
Central Iowa
My brother and I grow and thresh barley and other small grains with our antique Case combine and I have been toying around with the idea of custom broadcast spreading barley seed. We have several pallet bags full of it.

I have a Herd 750 broadcast seeder and can use my display to record coverage and application rate (not a variable rate setup) for billing.
I am not really sure what a person charges for something like that. I figured I could post on marketplace and see if there was any interest in my area.

What are folks thoughts?

Things for me to consider:
Fuel, maintenance/upkeep costs, seed, my time (opportunity costs).

Thanks!
 
My brother and I grow and thresh barley and other small grains with our antique Case combine and I have been toying around with the idea of custom broadcast spreading barley seed. We have several pallet bags full of it.

I have a Herd 750 broadcast seeder and can use my display to record coverage and application rate (not a variable rate setup) for billing.
I am not really sure what a person charges for something like that. I figured I could post on marketplace and see if there was any interest in my area.

What are folks thoughts?

Things for me to consider:
Fuel, maintenance/upkeep costs, seed, my time (opportunity costs).

Thanks!
 
If this is one of those spinner spreaders on the 3 p,t you can't cover ground fast enough for much acreage. IF just doing food plots or some such size it will work. But a 2or3 bushel spreader is to small for most fields of any size. I would consider a regular fertilizer spreader for that situation if I needed to spread larger areas. Otherwise a drill or other larger seeder of some type would be the ticket for those jobs.
 
We can hire the local Co-op to custom broadcast seed in the spring, or fall for cover crops with their air-flow. GPS gets accurate coverage and you can have fertilizer mixed in the blend. All same price as applying fertilizer per acre
 

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