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Custom Drilling small grains and soybeans Rates in Missouri

Green = 2025 University of Missouri Extension survey. Amber = what farmers report paying.

Rates charged or paid in 2025; published March 2026.

Per acre

Bars share one scale: $0–45. Bar = low to high; tick = average.

Conventional planting: Soybean: drill

Planting activities · per acre

University survey · 2025 · University of Missouri Extension

$22.45 avg per acre

$0$11$23$34$45

Low $15.00 · High $30.00 · statewide

Farmer-reported · 2026 season

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Conventional planting: Small grains: drill

Planting activities · per acre

University survey · 2025 · University of Missouri Extension

$25.11 avg per acre

$0$11$23$34$45

Low $15.00 · High $30.00 · statewide

Farmer-reported · 2026 season

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Conventional planting: Forages and small seeds: drill

Planting activities · per acre

University survey · 2025 · University of Missouri Extension

$29.17 avg per acre

$0$11$23$34$45

Low $23.00 · High $35.00 · statewide

Farmer-reported · 2026 season

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No-till planting: Soybean: drill

Planting activities · per acre

University survey · 2025 · University of Missouri Extension

$27.56 avg per acre

$0$11$23$34$45

Low $22.00 · High $40.00 · statewide

Farmer-reported · 2026 season

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No-till planting: Small grains: drill

Planting activities · per acre

University survey · 2025 · University of Missouri Extension

$23.82 avg per acre

$0$11$23$34$45

Low $15.00 · High $35.00 · statewide

Farmer-reported · 2026 season

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No-till planting: Forages and small seeds: drill

Planting activities · per acre

University survey · 2025 · University of Missouri Extension

$24.60 avg per acre

$0$11$23$34$45

Low $15.00 · High $35.00 · statewide

Farmer-reported · 2026 season

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No-till planting: Cover crops: drill

Planting activities · per acre

University survey · 2025 · University of Missouri Extension

$24.17 avg per acre

$0$11$23$34$45

Low $15.00 · High $35.00 · statewide

Farmer-reported · 2026 season

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Other states

Drilling small grains and soybeans, as each survey worded it. Survey years differ and aren't inflation-adjusted.

State · surveyJobAvgRange
Texas · 2026Planting and Chemical Application No till: Drilling (per acre)$23.65$18.00–$30.00
Planting Only No till: Drilling (per acre)$24.36$13.00–$70.00
Drilling: Small grains, sudan, grain sorghum, ryegrass, soybeans, beans (per acre)$21.35$10.00–$40.00
Oklahoma · 2021–22Drill small grains - conventional tillage (per acre)$12.55not published
Georgia · 2024Drill Forages (per acre)$23.43$10.00–$65.00
Drill Small Grains (per acre)$21.87$10.00–$50.00
Mississippi · 2024Drilling rice (per acre)$17.80$14.00–$20.00
Drilling grass crops (per acre)$17.50$15.00–$20.00
Tennessee · 2023No-Till Drilling (per acre)$17.08$8.00–$25.00
Kansas · 2026Cover Crop Drilling, Regular-Till Planting [column group 1 of 2] (per acre)$20.04$5.00–$28.00
Cover Crop Drilling, Regular-Till Planting [column group 2 of 2] (per acre)$24.58$20.00–$32.00
Cover Crop Drilling, Minimum-Till or No-Till Planting 2026 [column group 1 of 2] (per acre)$22.51$16.00–$30.00
Iowa · 2026Drilling soybean (per acre)$22.00$14.00–$28.00
Drilling soybean, no-till (per acre)$24.15$15.00–$32.00
Drilling grass seed (per acre)$21.80$10.00–$30.00
Nebraska · 2026Drilling: Small Grains, conventional drill (per acre)$17.86$10.00–$25.00
Drilling: Small Grains, no-till drill (per acre)$22.55$15.00–$40.00
Drilling: Soybeans, conventional drill (per acre)$22.33$18.00–$25.00
ArkansasNo university survey; farmer reports wanted

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Source

University of Missouri Extension, Custom Rates for Farm Services in Missouri (G302). https://extension.missouri.edu/media/wysiwyg/Extensiondata/Pub/pdf/agguides/agecon/g00302.pdf. Other-state rows come from each state's survey; see all sources.

Disclaimer

Survey averages are not price quotes. Rates vary with field size, distance, crop, equipment, fuel and local supply. Farmer reports are reviewed before publishing and never blended with survey data. Full disclaimer.