Our prices are based on NAAC guidelines, prices per hectare/per acre are subject to accessibility of the site and location and where access is difficult or working grounds slow work additional charges may apply.
SOIL PREPARATION | COST £/hectare | COST £/acre | COST £/hour |
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Ploughing: | |||
– Light land | 72.85 | 29.48 | |
– Heavy land | 81.16 | 32.85 | |
Deep ploughing (over 30cm) | 92.85 | 37.58 | |
Rotovating (ploughed land/grass) | 94.82 | 38.37 | |
Sub-soiling/flat lifting | 77.33 | 31.3 | |
Mole-ploughing: | |||
– Single leg | 100.28 | 40.58 | |
Power harrowing: | |||
– Shallow/ seedbed prep | 64.82 | 26.23 | |
– Deep/ on ploughing | 73.00 | 29.54 | |
Rolling: | |||
– flat (grassland) | 34.02 | 13.84 |
DRILLING | COST £/hectare | COST £/acre | COST £/hour |
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Cereal drilling: | |||
– direct drilling (disc) | 74.54 | 30.17 | |
Grass seed – broadcast | 33.06 | 13.38 | |
Grass seed – drilling with harrow | 47.86 | 19.37 | |
Grass seed – cross drilling (per pass) | 63.53 | 25.71 |
APPLICATION | COST £/hectare | COST £/acre | COST £/hour |
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Fertiliser distribution: | |||
– spinning disc | 15.63 | 6.32 | |
– extra for variable rate application | 10.55 | 4.27 | |
Grassland/pasture/paddock spraying | 24.09 | 9.75 | 70.00 |
ATV spraying | 47.96 | ||
Slug-pelleting | 9.15 | 3.70 |
HEDGES & BOUNDARIES | COST £/hectare | COST £/acre | COST £/hour |
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Hedge cutting – flail | – | – | 47.95 |
TRACTOR HIRE | COST £/hectare | COST £/acre | COST £/hour |
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Ditching using 180 degree digger | 44.83 | ||
Ditching using 360 degree digger | 50.86 | ||
Drain jetting | 62.33 | ||
Tractor + man 100 – 150 hp Tractor | 48.63 | ||
Tractor + man 220 – 300 hp Tractor + man | 70.62 | ||
Additional charge for trailer | 16.66 | ||
Forklift/telehandler + man | 53.58 |
HARVESTING | COST £/hectare | COST £/acre | COST £/hour |
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Topping margins/ flail mowing | 50.85 | 20.58 | |
Grass – topping | 47.94 | 19.40 | 54.08 |
Grass – mowing | 36.17 | 14.64 | |
Grass – tedding | 21.12 | 8.55 | |
Grass – raking | 22.06 | 8.93 | |
Forage wagon | 131.20 |
BAILING* | COST £/hectare | COST £/acre | COST £/hour |
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– Small conventional | 0.94 | ||
– 80cm x 50cm | 4.67 | ||
Bale-wrapping: | |||
– Square 120cm × 70cm (with 6 layers of plastic) | 8.33 | ||
– Square 120cm × 70cm (with 4 layers of plastic) | 8.63 | ||
– Square120cm × 70cm (without plastic) | 3.50 | ||
Bale chasing (per bale) | 3.06 |
SPECIALIST | COST £/hectare | COST £/acre | COST £/hour |
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Labour only | 19.40 | ||
Chainsawing with operator | 34.55 |