In this way, Farming Simulator can act as a form of wish fulfilment for those unable to afford thousands of acres of land, or the largest or most technologically advanced farming machinery. “But through Farming Simulator I can do that, with a lot of different equipment choices.” Playing on the mobile version of the game, Kelley creates large arable farms more like Welker’s than his own. “One of the main reasons I play Farming Simulator is, in real life, we don’t run a very large operation,” says Wade Kelley, who works on his family’s 500-acre corn farm in Tennessee. The simulation game allows farmers to run large operations and expensive machinery, like Big Bud tractors, out of reach for their own business. “Even though Farming Simulator is about farming, it’s also about all the dynamics in the background, like trying to manage your budget, buy the land next to you, and get new equipment that will make your operation more efficient.” “There’s a type of accomplishment, to grow and build and overcome a challenge in the game,” says Nick Welker, of Welker Farms Inc, a 10,000 acre wheat farm in northern Montana.
The game’s creator, Giants Software, estimates that as many as a quarter of its players are connected to farming in some way, and around 8-10% are full-time, professional farmers.
And then, in the evening, you sit down at a computer to do it all again – virtually.įarming Simulator is a long-running video game series played by about a million people. You do this every day, all year, in all weather. Square bales can be used in preparing Total Mixer Rations too but their capacity is not that handy when it comes to using them in mixer wagons.I magine that you spend most of your day ploughing fields, sowing seeds, spraying fertilisers or pesticides, harvesting crops, feeding livestock (if you have any), repairing fences, and maintaining a half-dozen different kinds of farm machinery. The ideal ratio for Kuhn SPV Confort 12 is 1 round or square hay bale and the rest of the wagon is filled with silage either by using the wagon's silage cutter or by manually putting two forks of silage via front loader.
Note that you aren't absolutely required to add the straw bale, it is only used to fill out the remaining free space of the mixer wagon. The ideal ratio for Kuhn Profile 1880 is 1 round or square hay bale (round bales can be made with Krone Comprima V 180 Round Baler), 2 forks of sillage and 1 round or square straw bale. The mixer wagon can be filled using any front loader and proper attachments like bale fork and silage fork or shovel (either of the latter two only needed if you are not using Kuhn SPV Confort 12). To get ideal forage, all bars must be within the region marked by arrows. When mixing, a graphical display is shown in the top-left corner of the screen displaying the current mix ratio. Mixer wagons take the different feeds (hay, silage and straw), weighs and blends them into a feed that allows your cows optimal production. Total Mixed Ration must be produced in a mixer wagon such as Kuhn Profile 1880 or Kuhn SPV Confort 12. For 100% yield, they must be fed with Total Mixed Rations and resupplied with straw which is used for bedding. A mix of grass, silage and straw raises the productivity to 80%). Adding straw to the barn will increase productivity to 44% (the straw alone will put productivity to only 10%). Feeding them with grass will give you 35% of productivity. There are a couple different ways you can feed them, such as silage, grass or hay. If you do not feed your cows they will produce a very low (5%) yield. The location of these cow pastures vary based on the map being used. When purchasing a cow in compatible versions, the cow is automatically placed in the cow pasture.
1,000 liters of milk sell for $1600 on easy, $800 on normal and $400 on hard difficulty levels. To produce such amount of milk and both kinds of manure, the cow needs 100 liters of straw and 330 liters of Mixed Ration. Production Rates Main article: Prices (Farming Simulator 2013)Īt 100% productivity level, one cow produces 714 liters of milk, 250 liters of slurry and 100 litres of manure per day. In Farming Simulator 15, they cost $2500 each. In Farming Simulator 14, cows do not cost anything, and are included in the farm when starting a career. In Farming Simulator 2013, they cost $2000 and maintenance costs $15. The cost of a cow varies based on the game.