Alternatively, farmers can hire contractors to take care of specific tasks for them, at fixed prices, such as NT $ 12,000 to plant the rice sprouts. If there is a single uniform crop, mechanized contract farmers can handle an area of 600 or 700 hectares.
至於代耕，農民可以根據不同的耕作項目委託，比如一公頃農田整地一萬元，插秧一萬二千元，運穀、乾燥、施肥管理，也都可以請代耕業者操作。以機械一貫化作業的代耕農，經營育苗作業的面積可以多達六、七百公頃，其他如整地、插秧、割稻每期作也可達五、六十公頃。