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Colby Field

Colby Field

Assistant Professor and Area Extension Educator – Risk Management / University of Idaho
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Hiring vs. doing it yourself: 2025 Idaho custom rates survey results

The University of Idaho Extension's 2025 Custom Rates Survey helps farmers compare costs of doing farm work themselves versus hiring custom operators, including results for the most-asked-about categories: tillage, seeding and hay operations.
April 16, 2025
Colby Field, Pat Hatzenbuehler, and Brett Wilder

The University of Idaho Extension's 2025 Custom Rates Survey helps farmers compare costs of doing farm work themselves versus hiring custom operators.



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