Larry G. Heatherly - Crop Doctor

Agronomic Adviser / Freelance Writer

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ADVISING RATES

Activity

Rate

Remarks

Initial contact

No charge

For establishing work/advising/writing agreement

Off-site advising

$75/hr

Advisory phone calls, emailing information, electronic advising, research of subject or request, etc. Travel not included.

Project Management and/or Coordination

$75/hr

To include: Initial project outline; Establishing project protocol, guidelines, and content; Securing project participants; Writing content such as articles, blogs, white papers; Oversight of project activities and progress; Oversight of project evaluations and analysis procedures; Composing and/or editing project reports; Limited travel.

On-site advising

$800/day

Over 6 hours will be counted as a full day. Travel days count as ½ consulting days. Expenses except air travel, car rental, major outlays included.

Crop advising

By contract

Minimum 500 acres. No field scouting. Category is advisory only, to include: evaluation of soil capabilities; recommending crops/cropping systems, inputs, and operations; scheduling/timing of inputs; selecting products; developing enterprise budgets, etc. Includes both on-site and off-site advisory activities.

Budget creation

$250/budget

Enterprise budgets for a particular crop/system. Use Mississippi State Budget Generator budgets as template for what is included. I decide/suggest inputs and contract for budget creation..

Writing articles

$0.40/word

$250 minimum

Review/edit reports

$75/hr.

Journal articles, project proposals, and special publications

Writing reports and special publications

$75/hr.

Included: library/internet research for original reports and publications; hard and disk copy submissions of original reports and publications; updates of existing web-based reports and publications.  Not included: associated travel and visual presentations.  Client responsible for publishing reports and publications, and for posting online reports and publications to own website.

Literature reviews--literature searches

By contract

Search for pertinent subject matter literature and provide requested items in electronic and/or hard copy form for use by client; Literature review composition supported by accompanying source references.


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