Are sowing or fertilizing contracts worth?

[@0hp]

I was thinking of doing some contracts as i was waiting for my crops to grow but there is a few things im not sure exactly how works. When it comes to sowing or spraying fields for others and you have to provide with seeds or fertilizer yourself, do you get compensated for the money spend on that? And do i get any bonus for completing a field entirely when it gives me 100% when ive done around 90% of it in reality. I only just started so im renting machines but I seem to lose money on vehicle cost because i use it more than i need to. It doesnt seem worth to even finish the field if the contract says 100% before im all done

[Tamika]

No you get no extra compensation for fertilizer or seeds. That is accounted for in the pay they offer.

No you get no bonus for doing 100% of the field. When it says completed get your pay and move on.

Fertilizing contracts are good money. Fertilizer is not that much. I don't do seeding contracts my self.

I do baling and fertilizing contracts. My aunt does the cultivation contracts.

[[BRTD]Luewen]

Originally posted by Tamika:

No you get no extra compensation for fertilizer or seeds. That is accounted for in the pay they offer.

No you get no bonus for doing 100% of the field. When it says completed get your pay and move on.

Fertilizing contracts are good money. Fertilizer is not that much. I don't do seeding contracts my self.

I do baling and fertilizing contracts. My aunt does the cultivation contracts.

You do get compensation if you buy seeds for the contract.

[Willow Rivers]

Originally posted by BRTDLuewen:

Originally posted by Tamika:

No you get no extra compensation for fertilizer or seeds. That is accounted for in the pay they offer.

No you get no bonus for doing 100% of the field. When it says completed get your pay and move on.

Fertilizing contracts are good money. Fertilizer is not that much. I don't do seeding contracts my self.

I do baling and fertilizing contracts. My aunt does the cultivation contracts.

You do get compensation if you buy seeds for the contract.

Someone posted doing a potato seed contract and lost money on the job because it took so many seeds to do it they didn't make any money on the job becuase they were not conpensated for the seed.

[margalus]

Originally posted by Willow Rivers:

Originally posted by BRTDLuewen:

You do get compensation if you buy seeds for the contract.

Someone posted doing a potato seed contract and lost money on the job because it took so many seeds to do it they didn't make any money on the job becuase they were not conpensated for the seed.

I think you are referring to the post where they dropped the contract because they thought they were losing money on it. Then somebody else posted that when they finished a similar contract they were compensated for the cost of the seed

[Murph]

I thought the reimbursement money in the contract was for seeds left in the planter. As far as I knew, what you are being paid is to include the materials you need.

I take contracts and put an AI on them to work it while I am doing things an AI can't do on my farm. Even with the AI buying fertilizer and seeds at the higher AI price, I make money on both types of jobs.

If a job says is pays 5000 to fertilize, I figure the profit after buying the fertilizer will be around 3500. The AI will take its pay, and I'll pull in somewhere below that. But my account balance is always higher than when I started.

[Actionjackson]

Is fertilizing contract worth? Dude it is the BEST contract by far, i hope they dont nerf it, but they probably will. It is too ezy money, i play hard mode and i always do fertilizer contracts first.

[Murph]

It was grape harvesting time, so I started a contract for sowing a field. Contract paid 4600. I borrowed the equipment had an AI do all the work, including buying seeds at the increased AI buy price. After he finished, I was up $700. He finished right around the same time I finished my grape harvest.

So even borrowing the equipment and letting the AI do it all, they are profitable. More profit obviously if you fill the seeder yourself and do the work, but $700 for basically doing nothing but driving the planter to the field was worth it.

What really stinks about this harvest contract bug is, harvest contracts made buying a combine worthwhile when you could use it while doing other stuff on your farm. Since they removed all harvest contracts as a band-aid to the bug, my combine sits for 11 months out of the year.

[Murph]

Originally posted by Actionjackson:

Is fertilizing contract worth? Dude it is the BEST contract by far, i hope they dont nerf it, but they probably will. It is too ezy money, i play hard mode and i always do fertilizer contracts first.

Agreed. A nice big sprayer or spreader is one of the first equipment upgrades I get. Fertilize contracts are fast and easy to do yourself. Definitely best $ for the effort.

[Actionjackson]

Originally posted by Kid Erie:

Originally posted by Actionjackson:

Is fertilizing contract worth? Dude it is the BEST contract by far, i hope they dont nerf it, but they probably will. It is too ezy money, i play hard mode and i always do fertilizer contracts first.

Agreed. A nice big sprayer or spreader is one of the first equipment upgrades I get. Fertilize contracts are fast and easy to do yourself. Definitely best $ for the effort.

If i compare it with plowing, something i never do, i think they should "buff" plowing a bit.
It seems to be calculated for field size, but the plow has tiny work width and the fertilizer... 42meters, do i need to say more?
They should add some money to plowing and cultivating to compensate.

For harvest you get bonus product as left overs that sometimes are almost worth as much as the contract, and fertilzing goes fast and easy.
Plowing and cultivating, you work a long time and get baseline pay... not worth it in my eyes.

[Murph]

Well this is interesting. I just did a cultivation job, let the AI do it, and lost money.
It's the only AI work and only income for the day, and the finances page states:
Contract income 1653
Wage payment 2284
Fuel 39

So I lost $650 on the job. Had I not borrowed the equipment, I'd have made about $500.

For the planting job a few days earlier, it was:
Contract income 2744
Seed costs 674
Fuel costs 38
Wage payment 1381

Total profit 651

[BlueCat]

Originally posted by Kid Erie:

Well this is interesting. I just did a cultivation job, let the AI do it, and lost money.
It's the only AI work and only income for the day, and the finances page states:
Contract income 1653
Wage payment 2284
Fuel 39

So I lost $650 on the job. Had I not borrowed the equipment, I'd have made about $500.

For the planting job a few days earlier, it was:
Contract income 2744
Seed costs 674
Fuel costs 38
Wage payment 1381

Total profit 651

This made me realize. With how little contracts pay, you would probably lose money by using your own equipment when you factor in the absurd repair costs.

[margalus]

Originally posted by Kid Erie:

Well this is interesting. I just did a cultivation job, let the AI do it, and lost money.
It's the only AI work and only income for the day, and the finances page states:
Contract income 1653
Wage payment 2284
Fuel 39

So I lost $650 on the job. Had I not borrowed the equipment, I'd have made about $500.

For the planting job a few days earlier, it was:
Contract income 2744
Seed costs 674
Fuel costs 38
Wage payment 1381

Total profit 651

You are supposed to do contracts yourself. Not hire someone else

[Murph]

Originally posted by margalus:

You are supposed to do contracts yourself. Not hire someone else

Oh. I guess that's why they don't let you hire the AI to do those contr....wait.

Been hiring AI to do some contracts since 13. I get you don't make as much, but it's all about the time and resource management for me. It's one of the reasons I'm very irritated right now that harvest contracts are on hold while they fix the bug. Using an AI in your own harvester and delivering with your own trailer is a great technique, especially when done while you were planting or cultivating your own fields.

This is the first time, however, that I've seen money lost doing a contract.

So if you learn from my post instead of preaching to me on how to play my game...

You can still make money having AI help with the contracts, but it's tighter and possibly a loss if you don't do any of the work yourself AND you don't use your own equipment. In the cultivating case, I'd have made money had I used my own equipment, but still had the AI do the work. But my cultivator was working my field at the time.

It makes sense in 22 since you can have more than one contract going at a time. You will need to cover some of the 'cost', whether it be behind the wheel or supplying the equipment.

[|tb|Brutal]

So if you don't mind a bit of a cheat I will take fertilizing mission and pay to use their equipment. Then accept 2 more fertilizing missions. Do all three contracts but don't collect on the missions until all of them are done. You can use the leased equipment for all three contracts. Then at the end unload your fertilizer and collect your $$$$$

[margalus]

Originally posted by Kid Erie:

Originally posted by margalus:

You are supposed to do contracts yourself. Not hire someone else

Oh. I guess that's why they don't let you hire the AI to do those contr....wait.

Been hiring AI to do some contracts since 13. I get you don't make as much, but it's all about the time and resource management for me. It's one of the reasons I'm very irritated right now that harvest contracts are on hold while they fix the bug. Using an AI in your own harvester and delivering with your own trailer is a great technique, especially when done while you were planting or cultivating your own fields.

This is the first time, however, that I've seen money lost doing a contract.

So if you learn from my post instead of preaching to me on how to play my game...

You can still make money having AI help with the contracts, but it's tighter and possibly a loss if you don't do any of the work yourself AND you don't use your own equipment. In the cultivating case, I'd have made money had I used my own equipment, but still had the AI do the work. But my cultivator was working my field at the time.

It makes sense in 22 since you can have more than one contract going at a time. You will need to cover some of the 'cost', whether it be behind the wheel or supplying the equipment.

You must feel guilty to go on a rant like that for a simple explanation of why you don't make as much when using hired hands