Earlier this year, 205 custom operators and farm managers responded to a 2026 survey, submitting nearly 4,700 expected custom ...

Due to the high cost of investment in farm machinery, an ever-increasing number of farm operators are hiring other people to provide some or all of their machinery resources for their farm operation.

Corn farming is an important economic contributor in the U.S., not only to growers and rural communities but across 506 industry sectors in all 50 states. That’s according to the new “Study of the ...

South Dakota State University Extension is collecting data on the state’s custom farming rates and inviting producers to ...

Custom farming agreements usually include tillage, planting, some weed control, harvesting, and delivering grain to a specified location.