NAAC CONTRACTING CHARGES GUIDE 2016/17
These prices are the average price surveyed from NAAC members but the actual price may vary considerably
between regions, soil types, distance travelled, size of contract undertaken, size and type of equiptment used,
amount of product applied etc.
PRICES ARE INCLUSIVE OF RED DIESEL AND BASED ON 40ppl.
The NAAC is also aware that many contractors now make individual arrangements with their customers
regarding diesel (eg separate fuel surcharge, fuel used on-farm etc). The prices below do not reflect this market
trend and such agreeements may make a significant difference to contracting charges.
Please note these prices are ONLY a guide.
UK AVERAGE CHARGE
£/HECTARE
OPERATION
£/ACRE
unless otherwise stated unless otherwise stated
Ploughing
Light Land
Heavy Land
add for furrow press
Deep Ploughing (over 30cm)
Rotovating (ploughed land/grass)
Sub-soiling/Flat Lifting
Mole Ploughing
Single Leg
Twin Leg
Stubble Cultivating
Discing
Shallow
Deep
Power Harrowing
Shallow/seedbed prep
Deep/on Ploughing
Spring tine Harrowing
Pressing
One-pass tillage train (solo/discordon etc)
Rolling
Flat (grassland)
Ring (Seedbeds)
Rape Drilling with Flatlift/Subsoiler
Cereal Drillling
Conventional (Accord)
Power Harrow Drill Combo
Direct Drilling
Sugar Beet Drilling
Carrot/Parsnip/Onion Precision Drilling
Grass Seed (broadcast)
Grass Seed Drilling with Harrow (e.g. Opico)
Cross drilling grass
Chain Harrowing
Maize Precision Drilling
Maize Drilling Under Plastic
Fertiliser Distribution
Spinner (per 100Kg/ha)
Extra for variable rate application
Lime spreading (per tonne)
Contract Irrigating (inch/acre)
Crop spraying
Grassland spraying
Large area spraying - over 200 acres/ 80ha
Extra if less than 50acres/ 20ha
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23.76
25.75
2.83
29.93
27.94
23.72
27.42
29.13
17.65
17.60
18.83
20.48
22.04
13.34
13.83
27.22
10.56
7.55
26.50
17.51
24.98
23.68
21.03
31.67
9.17
12.61
30.00
9.43
17.85
47.45
4.78
1.26
4.71
10.13
5.06
5.54
4.61
1.75
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58.71
63.63
6.99
73.96
69.04
58.61
67.76
71.98
43.61
43.49
46.53
50.61
54.46
32.96
34.18
67.26
26.09
18.66
65.48
43.27
61.73
58.52
51.97
78.26
22.66
31.16
74.13
23.30
44.11
117.25
11.81
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25.03
12.50
13.69
11.39
4.32
Liquid fertiliser
ATV Spraying
per hour
per acre
Slug Pelleting
Avadex application 12m
Avadex application 24m +
Weed wiping
Combining Cereals
Extra for straw chopper on combine
Oilseed Rape harvesting
Combining out of a windrow
Direct Combining
Combining Peas & Beans
Combining Grain Maize
Swathing Rape
Grain Carting to Barn (per hour)
Baling (per bale)
Small (conventional)
80cm x 90cm
120cm x 70 cm
120cm x 90cm
120cm x 130cm
Round 120cm
Round 150cm
Bale Wrapping
Round 120cm (6 layers)
Round 120cm (4 layers)
Round 120cm (no plastic)
Square 120cm x 70cm (6 layers)
Square 120cm x 70cm (4 layers)
Square 120cm x 70cm (no plastic)
Potato Harvesting
Harvesting Only
Harvesting and Carting
De-stoning Potato Land
Potato Ridging
Potato Planting
Sugar Beet
Harvesting Only
Harvesting and Carting
Topping margins/ Flail mowing (per hour)
Grass Topping
per hour
per acre
Grass Mowing
Tedding
Raking
Forage Harvesting Only
First Cuts
Other Cuts
Forage Harvesting, Cart (3 Trailers) and Clamp
First Cuts
Other Cuts
Complete Service - Mow, Rake, forage harvest, cart (3 trailers) & clamp
Maize Harvest, 3 Trailers and Clamp
Extra trailer for carting silage/maize/whole crop (per hour)
Forage Box (per hour)
FYM spreading
Tractor & rear Discharge (per hour)
Tractor and Side Discharge (per hour)
Slurry Spreading
Tanker (per hour)
Umbilical (per hour)
Per cube
Extra Pump (per hour)
Slurry Injection (per hour)
Hedgecutting
Flail (per Hour)
Saw Blade (per hour)
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5.70
34.00
4.95
3.60
8.19
7.52
10.50
34.51
2.55
35.56
34.63
35.82
39.92
17.08
40.12
0.60
3.79
4.67
5.57
6.51
2.81
3.47
5.22
4.89
2.13
6.41
5.45
2.42
251.17
385.00
100.50
27.25
76.00
96.00
110.00
44.88
41.00
12.72
11.41
6.56
6.67
26.30
22.92
52.78
46.70
64.82
67.70
40.21
101.25
42.66
37.96
44.81
78.20
2.40
37.31
54.83
35.77
46.03
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12.23
8.90
20.24
18.58
25.95
85.28
6.30
87.87
85.57
88.51
98.65
42.21
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620.67
951.37
248.35
67.34
187.80
237.23
271.82
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31.43
28.20
16.21
16.48
64.99
56.64
130.42
115.40
160.18
167.29
Hedge Laying (per metre run)
Fence Erection (with materials)
Post and 4 Barb
Post, Stock net & 2 Barb
Post and 3 rails (per M run)
Tractor, Post Knocker + Man (per hour)
Ditching Using 360 Digger (per hour)
Tractor, Trailer + Man (per hour)
100 - 150 hp tractor + Man (per hour)
150 - 220 hp tractor + Man (per hour)
220 - 300 hp tractor + Man (per hour)
300 hp tractor and above + Man (per hour)
Forklift/Telehandler + Man (Per hour)
Sheep Dipping (per head)
Sheep Jetting/Showering (per head)
Sheep Shearing
Ewes (per head)
Rams (per Head)
Crutching (per head)
Sheep Ultrasound Scanning (per head)
Cattle Ultrasound Scanning (per head)
Foot Trimming
Sheep
Cattle
Bulls
Livestock Husbandry (per hour)
Sheep
Cattle
Mobile Feed Mixing and Processing (£/Tonne)
Crimping (£/Ton)
Published May 2016
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15.50
5.00
6.08
13.83
37.21
36.64
39.28
35.19
36.50
48.47
63.96
36.50
1.45
0.98
1.54
3.07
0.75
1.05
2.05
1.05
11.00
24.50
14.00
14.00
19.50
9.82