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Seeding rates, 2010Alberta · Alberta Custom Rates Survey
In the 2010 Alberta Custom Rates Survey, custom seeding had a median charge of $11.00 per acre across 164 distinct operator answers, with the middle half between $7.50 and $20.00 per acre. Source: Government of Alberta, via PrairieRates.ca.
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Typical charge in Alberta, 2010
$11.00/acre
Median of 164 surveyed charges, 2010
Low (25th pct)
$7.50
High (75th pct)
$20.00
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, 2010
$/acre, 2010 survey only. Click a column to sort.
| Mountain View County | 16 | $9.75 | $28.00 |
| Kneehill County | 11 | $8.75 | $24.00 |
| Red Deer County | 11 | $8.25 | $23.50 |
| MD of Willow Creek No. 26 | 9 | $7.50 | $20.00 |
| Foothills County | 6 | $11.25 | $20.00 |
| Rocky View County | 6 | $11.45 | $23.50 |
| Lethbridge County | 5 | $6.50 | $25.00 |
| MD of Taber | 5 | $7.50 | $22.50 |
| Vulcan County | 5 | $7.00 | $20.50 |
| Lacombe County | 5 | $7.50 | $22.00 |
| Flagstaff County | 5 | $20.00 | $22.00 |
| County of Barrhead No. 11 | 5 | $11.00 | $27.50 |
Individual charges, 2010
Every 2010 answer in $/acre, linked to its page in the government PDF. 2 outside the normal range are greyed out and excluded from the median.
| Camrose County | $350.00 | /day Flexi-Coil heavy harrow 50' wide with Valmar Rental only; for broadcast seeding grains and grasses; with Camrose Co 22 Rental box granular fertilizer; no tractor or operator | |
| Mountain View County | $28.00 | Mountain View Tractor, Corn planter GPS guided planting corn; with granular fertilizer | |
| County of Barrhead No. 11 | $27.50 | Tractor, Precision 1710 row crop vacuum planter Barrhead Co 11 GPS guided row crop planting corn, soybeans or sunflowers with GPS guidance and mapping | |
| Lac Ste. Anne County | $27.50 | Tractor, Precision 1710 row crop vacuum planter Lac Ste. Anne GPS guided row crop planting corn, soybeans or sunflowers with GPS guidance and mapping | |
| Sturgeon County | $27.50 | Tractor, Precision 1710 row crop vacuum planter Sturgeon GPS guided row crop planting corn, soybeans or sunflowers with GPS guidance and mapping | |
| Westlock County | $27.50 | Tractor, Precision 1710 row crop vacuum planter Westlock GPS guided row crop planting corn, soybeans or sunflowers with GPS guidance and mapping | |
| Woodlands County | $27.50 | Tractor, Precision 1710 row crop vacuum planter Woodlands GPS guided row crop planting corn, soybeans or sunflowers with GPS guidance and mapping | |
| Lethbridge County | $25.00 | Tractor, John Deere 1770 NT row planter 40' Lethbridge Row crop planting corn; minimum of 40 acres wide, 16 row, 30" spacing | |
| Mountain View County | $25.00 | John Deere 8760 4wd tractor, Flexi-Coil 5000 Mountain View Direct (no-till) seeding; with granular fertilizer 33' zero-till seeder | |
| Westlock County | $25.00 | Direct (no-till) seeding wheat, barley, oats or canola; triple Tractor, Concorde no-till triple shoot air seeder Westlock shoot seed, granular and anhydrous fertilizer all placed 40' wide separately |