Newbie question about crop selection

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I might be missing something here but what incentive do I have to plant/harvest anything other than the highest paying fruit?

[bigsnag]

nothing what so ever. one can plant soya until the cows come home.

it does negate the diversity and other interesting play though and can become a little tedious.

[Byzanoid]

I haven't checked in recent game versions, but usually the way it's been since 13-ish is the highest cash crops don't produce as much as the 'common' crops like wheat and barley, making them occasionally a more viable option.

Depending on the fluctuation of the markets, you might get more money from a field of Barley than you would from the same field of canola. Plus the Straw can also be baled and sold for more profit on top of that, while the 'cash crops' usually don't produce any byproducts as such.

What seems to be the big money in every game since FS11, though, is silage. Grass Silage, Chaff Silage, Bales, loose, etc. Everything is Silage Silage Silage with many FS players.

But overall, the main thing is- Do what you have the most fun doing. If you want to become a potato farmer, give it a try. Want to specialize in Pigs? Do it. Want to seed Every Feild in grass and fill Every Bunker at the BGA Plant? Do it :P As long as you're having fun!

Though I do recognise money is an issue. There are things that make more money than others, either faster or slower. Diversify your production with fun and money making activities and you'll be set!

[Reese]

Changes in economy. Let's say you only grow Soybeans. Eventually Soybeans would cost more to plant because you'd make less profit from them in the end because you won't get a good selling price for the crop.

[T-Bone Biggins]

If you buy a loader wagon and sell the straw then wheat and barley often make me more money out of the exact same fields than soy/canola can. After 3 harvests alternating wheat and barley due to price fluctuation the price of straw dropped so low that it wasn't worth the time to collect it purely for money, and my sheep didn't need hay so it was a moot point. Wheat and barley I also feel like I spend a lot more time going back and forth with a tipper. Canola and soy are easy, plant, harvest, sell, no need for that extra step to get your money out of hay like wheat/barley.

Also price fluctuations can drive things severely low to the point where it's not worth growing anymore. The best thing to do is expand your silo storage, fill your silos with a few crop harvests and wait either for the price to go into the green or for a blue great demand, that will maximize your profit. My farm is a mid-sized one that just got out of debt and I invested into 3 solars and 4 greenhouses so my maintence is paid for with excess return daily, my next step is to buy a few silos and start storing crops.

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Im seeing prices go up and down on all fruits but soybeans are always 1K higher than everything else so Ive been harvesting 100% soybeans in the 4 fields I own so far.

[T-Bone Biggins]

Originally posted by freshly snipes:

Im seeing prices go up and down on all fruits but soybeans are always 1K higher than everything else so Ive been harvesting 100% soybeans in the 4 fields I own so far.

Per 1000l yeah soy is priced highest, it also produces the least amount of 'fruit' per hectare. On the opposite end of the spectrum are potatoes and sugar beets, they sell for very little per 1000l but you get so much more when you harvest them they actually make more money. Try planting the same field in wheat or barley and notice on the finance sheet how much profit you get selling those. Nothing is stopping you from selling only soy but you will see diminishing returns on your profits as prices keep dropping.

[troyholst]

here is a placeable silo with a 1 mill cap n another one with 50 mill ea. cap take a look if u like

http://www.farmingmods2015.com/large-silo-with-1mio-liters-capacity-v-0-9-beta-ls17/

http://www.farmingmods2015.com/?s=interim+storage+

also here are 2 seed production mod if ur mod map does not have them already

http://www.farmingmods2015.com/seedmaster-2k17-platzierbar-v1-0-0-0-fs2017/

this next one makes all 3 seed, fert, liquid fert
http://www.farmingmods2015.com/hot-seeds-fertilizer-production-final-fixed-mod/

[Oneblock]

It's not just price you have to consider but yield. How much of a crop you get from a given area. Soya looks good but crops such a potatoes and corn give so much more that you make more money of a given size.

This is a handy guide:

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=796348897

Also, bear in mind that fluctuations casue prices to vary greatly. Growing a variety of crops ensures you always have something profitable to sell.

[Rickenbacker]

Originally posted by Oneblock:

It's not just price you have to consider but yield. How much of a crop you get from a given area. Soya looks good but crops such a potatoes and corn give so much more that you make more money of a given size.

This is a handy guide:

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=796348897

Also, bear in mind that fluctuations casue prices to vary greatly. Growing a variety of crops ensures you always have something profitable to sell.

This is the correct answer. All the "normal" crops make about the same amount of money per acre, but the lesser yelding ones are obviously easier to sell since you don't have to cart such huge amounts to the store.

Potatoes and sugar beets make a lot more money per acre (about double), but are more labor intensive, require expensive special machinery and take absolute ages to sell since you get so much of it.

[margalus]

Originally posted by Rickenbacker:

Originally posted by Oneblock:

It's not just price you have to consider but yield. How much of a crop you get from a given area. Soya looks good but crops such a potatoes and corn give so much more that you make more money of a given size.

This is a handy guide:

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=796348897

Also, bear in mind that fluctuations casue prices to vary greatly. Growing a variety of crops ensures you always have something profitable to sell.

This is the correct answer. All the "normal" crops make about the same amount of money per acre, but the lesser yelding ones are obviously easier to sell since you don't have to cart such huge amounts to the store.

Potatoes and sugar beets make a lot more money per acre (about double), but are more labor intensive, require expensive special machinery and take absolute ages to sell since you get so much of it.

And taters cost a lot more to plant, the seed taters are expensive.

[Byzanoid]

Originally posted by margalus:

Originally posted by Rickenbacker:

This is the correct answer. All the "normal" crops make about the same amount of money per acre, but the lesser yelding ones are obviously easier to sell since you don't have to cart such huge amounts to the store.

Potatoes and sugar beets make a lot more money per acre (about double), but are more labor intensive, require expensive special machinery and take absolute ages to sell since you get so much of it.

And taters cost a lot more to plant, the seed taters are expensive.

But after you pull your first crop of them, they become essentially free, because you can just reseed part of your harvest.

But yeah, if you can afford all the special machinery for harvesting them, or to spend the time working with smaller(mod) machinery, you're probably not worrying about seed costs.