Got rid of it? Good, now we wait again, until the crops are fully grown. If you play with crop destruction, use a tractor with narrow tires, otherwise a lot of plants get destroyed. After that, you’d need a field sprayer, but let’s try to avoid that in favor of our finances. In the first stage, you can still use the weeder to remove weeds.
Take your weeder to get rid of it before the crops grow past the first stage. Soon, the first weeds spawn on the field. If you have fertilizer left, you can unload it first at your farm. With a manure or slurry spreader, you can activate double activation rate to fertilize only once.ĭoes the field tell you it also needs lime? Then head back to the shop, buy lime and repeat the same procedure. Tip! Repeat the fertilizing process after sowing to increase the fertilization to 100%. It’s okay if there are some tiny spots still not covered. It should now be fertilized to 50%, look at the right corner box while standing on the field. Then, hook up your spreader to your tractor, position it right next to the BigBag and click the button to refill.īack on the field, you turn it on and cover the whole field in fertilizer. Click on the bigbag category and buy the Solid Fertilizer Bigbag. Step 3: Apply fertilizer (and lime if necessary)įertilizer will improve the yield. Tip! Beehives in proximity to the field increase the yield of canola! Tip! Do yourself a favor and don’t speed up the time while doing this, or the crops will grow unevenly. It doesn’t have to be perfect right from the beginning. Now you sow the grain, one row at a time. Position yourself at one corner of the field, lower the sower and turn it on. Then, over at the field, select the fruit you want to grow. Fill the sowing machine by standing next to the pallet and clicking the refill button.
Mind, that you need to buy seeds at the shop. Get your filled sower attached to your tractor and head over to the field. Get to the field, lower the cultivator into the ground and start cultivating. Unless the game tells you to plow the field, we’ll use a cultivator. If you play with seasonal growth enabled, though, we advise you to choose canola, since you start a save game in August.įor grains, it’s usually enough to cultivate instead of plowing. Got everything you need? Then let’s start on your assignment and sow some grains. It’s especially cost-efficient if you’re playing with seasonal growth on higher difficulty. Tip! You can rent machines like the harvester, too. That allows you to carry out multiple tasks in one go! Tip! Some seeders (like direct seeders) have in-built cultivators and/or fertilizer spreader. Harvester: DEUTZ-FAHR Topliner 4090 HTS + Header 4090 In “New Farmer” mode, you can use the machines, like the tractor for example, without having to by the one recommended below. But mind your account balance and compatibility!ĭepending on the game mode, some machines are already available at your farm. Of course, you’re allowed to make your own choices. This should be a well-balanced selection for beginners. You need a trailer to transport and sell the harvested crops. You need a harvester with a grain header to harvest your crops. Otherwise, the yield will be reduced, and you won’t get as much money out of it You need a weeder to get rid of the weeds that will soon pop up. A fertilizer spreader is found in the fertilizing technology category. You find both lime and fertilizer in the ‘objects’ section of the shop. For beginners, artificial fertilizers are the best choice. Without these, the income from your harvested crops will be lowered.
You need a fertilizer spreader, fertilizer and lime. You also need to buy a Bigbag pallet of seeds from the ‘objects’ section. In the ‘seeders’ category of the tools-tab in the shop, you find seeders to sow grains. You need a cultivator to prepare the field for your crops. You need a tractor, of course, to attach the following tools and operate them. Most of them you’ll need later for other crops, too. All the tools and machinery needed are the essentials you should invest in right at the beginning anyway. Let’s take a look at everything you need to sow and harvest grains.