Farming Simulator 25 brings an immersive farming experience with expanded options for harvesting, processing, and storing essential materials like straw, grass, and hay. Here’s a guide on how to make the most of these resources to keep your farm thriving.
1. Harvesting Grass
To start harvesting grass, equip a mower, typically attached to a tractor. Once the grass is cut, you have several options:
Feed it directly to animals: Grass can be used as-is to feed your animals, saving time if you need quick fodder.
Sell it at a sales point: Several sales points on the map will buy grass, offering a quick cash flow.
Convert it into silage: Silage is a valuable product made by allowing grass to ferment. Place it in a silo or bale it into silage bales, and you’re set for future use or sale.
Alternatively, you can process grass further to create hay, which has its own benefits.
2. Making Hay
Hay is created by drying out cut grass, making it suitable for feeding animals or mixing into total mixed rations (TMR). Here’s how to produce hay:
Use a hay tedder: After mowing, run a hay tedder over the cut grass. This process flips and spreads the grass, allowing it to dry evenly.
Dry to a lighter color: Once the grass has turned lighter, it’s officially hay. Now you can feed it to your animals directly or use it as part of TMR, a nutrient-rich feed mix that boosts livestock productivity.
Sell if you don’t have animals: If you’re not raising livestock, hay is still a profitable product to sell at market.
3. Making Straw
Unlike hay, straw is a by-product you gather after harvesting grains like wheat, barley, or oats. It doesn’t come from grass but rather from the leftover stalks after a grain harvest. Straw is also highly versatile:
Animal Bedding: Straw makes excellent bedding for animals, adding comfort and keeping them productive.
Feed: Some animals also benefit from straw in their diet, though it isn’t as nutritionally rich as hay or grass.
Sales: Like hay and grass, straw can be sold directly if you have excess or no need for it on the farm.
4. Collecting & Storing Grass, Straw, and Hay
To streamline collecting grass, straw, and hay, follow these steps:
Use a swather: A swather gathers loose grass, hay, or straw into organized swaths, making it easier to collect.
Loader wagon or baler: Choose between a loader wagon or baler to pick up the swaths. For maximum efficiency, consider adding silage additives to your loader wagon—this can increase yields by 5%.
Baling options: You can press your materials into round or square bales, making storage and transport easier. Use the CLAAS QUADRANT 5300 FC or a similar bale loader to efficiently gather and store bales.
Storage or sale: Once baled, transport the bales to your farm’s storage area or directly to a sales point.
Final Tips
By learning how to effectively produce and store straw, grass, and hay, you’ll not only maximize your farm’s productivity but also keep animals well-fed and generate extra revenue through sales. Embrace the different processes Farming Simulator 25 offers to create a profitable and sustainable farming operation.
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