In response to increasing fuel costs, higher costs for new and used machinery and rising repair costs, custom rates for farm work have also increased. Most custom farm work rates are 3-5% above 2012 rates for the same operations. The findings are a result of Iowa State University’s “Iowa Farm Custom Rate Survey”. All listed custom rates in the survey results include fuel, labor, repairs, depreciation, insurance and interest. The average rates for custom farm work for the most common farm practices are included in the following article: