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Fertilizer application rates, 2016Alberta · Alberta Custom Rates Survey
In the 2016 Alberta Custom Rates Survey, custom fertilizer application had a median charge of $8.50 per acre across 137 distinct operator answers, with the middle half between $7.50 and $10.00 per acre. Source: Government of Alberta, via PrairieRates.ca.
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Typical charge in Alberta, 2016
$8.50/acre
Median of 137 surveyed charges, 2016
Low (25th pct)
$7.50
High (75th pct)
$10.00
These are surveyed rates: what Alberta producers and custom operators reported actually charging, by county (Alberta Custom Rates Survey, Government of Alberta). Some are “good neighbour” rates. Alberta hasn’t published a newer survey. How we source data
By county, 2016
$/acre, 2016 survey only. Click a column to sort.
| Mountain View County | 11 | $8.50 | $17.00 |
| Ponoka County | 8 | $8.25 | $15.00 |
| Vulcan County | 7 | $8.75 | $10.50 |
| Lacombe County | 7 | $9.00 | $15.00 |
| County of Wetaskiwin No. 10 | 7 | $9.00 | $15.00 |
| County of Newell | 5 | $8.50 | $11.75 |
| Clearwater County | 5 | $8.00 | $9.00 |
| County of Stettler No. 6 | 5 | $9.00 | $12.00 |
| Red Deer County | 5 | $8.00 | $9.00 |
| Camrose County | 5 | $9.00 | $12.00 |
| Sturgeon County | 5 | $8.25 | $12.50 |
| Westlock County | 5 | $8.25 | $12.50 |
Individual charges, 2016
Every 2016 answer in $/acre, linked to its page in the government PDF. 2 outside the normal range are greyed out and excluded from the median.
| Woodlands County | $125.00 | PT Willmar, Tyler or per day or Woodlands County G Rental only; no operator, tractor or fuel; with purchase of product Simonsen spin spreader $2.50 per acre | |
| Yellowhead County | $125.00 | PT Willmar, Tyler or per day or Yellowhead County G Rental only; no operator, tractor or fuel; with purchase of product Simonsen spin spreader $2.50 per acre | |
| Mountain View County | $17.00 | Mountain View Dual application; with seeding cereals; with purchase of product; G Case-IH floater County includes hauling of products to field | |
| Foothills County | $15.00 | Tractor, Morris cultivator 31' Single application - cultivating and banding anhydrous MD of Foothills No. 31 A wide with cold flow kit fertilizer; with purchase of product | |
| Lacombe County | $15.00 | John Deere 8320 fwa 360 hp tractor, Bourgault 9200 Lacombe County A Single application field cultivator 40' wide with NH3 kit | |
| Ponoka County | $15.00 | John Deere 8320 fwa 360 hp Ponoka County A tractor, Bourgault 9200 field Single application cultivator 40' wide with NH3 kit | |
| County of Wetaskiwin No. 10 | $15.00 | John Deere 8320 fwa 360 County of hp tractor, Bourgault 9200 A Single application Wetaskiwin No. 10 field cultivator 40' wide with NH3 kit | |
| Leduc County | $15.00 | John Deere 8320 fwa 360 hp tractor, Bourgault 9200 Leduc County A Single application field cultivator 40' wide with NH3 kit | |
| MD of Bighorn No. 8 | $14.00 | MD of Bighorn No. 8 G TerraGator floater Dual application; with granular herbicide or seed; incl. soil test | |
| Mountain View County | $14.00 | Mountain View Custom NH3 Outfit G 50" Blade County Cultivator |