Gittlein Farms Custom Harvesting

Gittlein Farms focuses on the most critical aspects of custom harvesting, which include response time, having the right equipment and people for the job, onsite equipment repair, professional work, and great, competitive pricing. We work throughout the Midwest and the Great Plains area, and harvest all types of silage, plus spring crops such as corn, sorghum, triticale, wheat and alfalfa haylage. We will get you the most out of every acre!

The Right People and Equipment

Garrett Gittlein loves farming and big equipment, and he really enjoys providing professional and efficient services. Working alongside his father, Jim, and their harvest team, these guys maintain their own equipment, and know every blade and cog. Teamwork comes second nature, and this gang will hit the ground running to do a professional, no worries job at a competitive price every time.

Our equipment includes 3 choppers for direct cut, pickup head work, and multi row corn heads, with a John Deere 8700 and two John Deere 7980’s, and a fleet of trucks from tandems to 40-foot chain floors. We also offer a 12-foot silage bagger and pit packing.

Professional and Efficient

Gittlein Farms accepts work for spring, summer, fall and winter, and we pride ourselves in getting in the field as quickly as possible. Our experienced team will converge on your fields with the right equipment and people to do a clean, professional job. We will get you the most out of every acre. We also understand your need to get the work done in a timely --manner, and at a competitive price. Call us today at 417-773-7350.

Cost to hire a custom harvester:

Acres	Crop	Yield	Custom Cost
1000	Wheat	60	$ 35,000
1000	Irrigated Corn	220	$ 57,200
500	Dryland Corn	120	$ 17,000
500	Soybeans	70	$ 18,750
TOTAL			$ 127,950

Cost for a farmer to harvest their own crop:

	New Machinery	Used Machinery
	S770 JD Combine	2-Yr Old S670 (600 hrs.)
Equipment
Combine	$ 395,000	$ 250,000
40’ Flex Draper Head	$ 96,000	$ 77,500
Brent 1196 Grain Cart	$ 78,000	$ 57,500
JD 612C Corn Head	98,000	62,500
Insurance	3,780	2,148
Equip. TOTAL	670,780	449,648
Annual Expenses
5 yr. payment	133,400	89,500
3% interest	20,010	13,425
Fuel	5,980	5,980
Combine/Tractor Labor	8,100	8,100
Tractor	15,000	15,000
Tractor Fuel	3,680	3,680
Combine Depreciation	67,078	44,964
Tractor Depreciation	15,000	15,000
Expense Total	268,248	195,649

All figures are based on the 2017 harvest season and economy.
Trucking not included in financials.

Why hire a professional harvester?

• Professionals have modern equipment with labor trained specificly to the machines.
• With a hired harvester in the field, you're free to attend to other business around your operation.
• Professional harvesters can adjust and calibrate their machines and the have the know-how to do repairs in the field. Less time and money is spent waiting on the dealer’s mechanics to show up.
• Off-season maintenance and repair costs are eliminated. Keeping headers in good running condition and putting a combine through a dealership program are expensive and time-consuming.
• Everything you pay a custom harvester is tax deductible.
• If you are hailed out and don’t have a crop, you don’t have a payment to make if you hire a harvester.
• Multiple combines get the job done faster making less stress for family members.

Our Services

Pick-up Head Work

Direct Cut Head Work

Silage Bagging

Pit Packing

Custom Haying

Custom Spraying

Custom Forage Harvesting

Grain Hauling

Trucking

Custom Planting/Farming