Crop rotation and planting time

[Boris]

I am interested in crop rotation and planting time of crops present in FS19. If anybody has already gathered data please share it.

[Kurt]

There is no crop rotation nor seasons in the base game. A Seasons mod is being worked on... and I recall hearing that it may include crop rotation mechanics.

[I bims Wolf]

LUL

[Boris]

I know that there isn't crop rotation mechanics in the game. What am interested in is how does that work in real life. If I know that i can realisticly choose what to plant.

I am also interested in what time of year are crops planted in real life, because I want to simulate that in the game. It is posible to stop crops growth. What I am planing is to plant crops that are planted in autumn, then alow the to grow to first stage and stop growth after that. Then i would plant spring time crops and alow them to grow.

[Oneblock]

One solution would be to turn off plant withering. It will not stop them growing but you can harvest when you want without loss.

A simple internet search will give you planting seasons for crops.

[Neptun3]

Disease can carry over if you plant the same crop type multiple years in a row, even type of chemical you sprayed on the year before can determine which plants are ruled out.

[SeaDog]

Rotation is mainly done to replenish nutrients in the soil. Many so-called cash crops are really nutrient hungry and will deplete the soil of nitrogen. An example is sugar beats. Other crops will also deplete nutrients from the soil if grown year after year. Beans can fix nitrogen so are a good crop to rotate in. My friends in Michigan grow beats followed by corn followed by beans then repeat.

[Frostbringer]

Originally posted by Fedman:

I know that there isn't crop rotation mechanics in the game. What am interested in is how does that work in real life. If I know that i can realisticly choose what to plant.

I am also interested in what time of year are crops planted in real life, because I want to simulate that in the game. It is posible to stop crops growth. What I am planing is to plant crops that are planted in autumn, then alow the to grow to first stage and stop growth after that. Then i would plant spring time crops and alow them to grow.

I suggest picking up a copy of the Farmer’s Almanac; or just search online.

Your question is simply too complex to answer here.

[Kurt]

In real life, farmers will have a multi-year rotation plan... from what I understand (not being a farmer myself), it can be fairly complex in some cases and quite simple in others.

In the game, I rotate crops a bit... but often more to optimize gameplay than anything else. For instance, I'll do soybeans or sunflowers after corn as I get it done with one fertilizer stage by dragging first a subsoiler and then a fertilizing planter. If I were to seed instead, I'd have to subsoiler (or plow), a fertilizer spreader, and then run my direct-drill seeder, That is, I rotated to a crop that saves me one pass over the field.

I do try to avoid putting in grain crops back to back.

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[irikaraH]

yeah man

[jasonw]

Originally posted by Fedman:

I know that there isn't crop rotation mechanics in the game. What am interested in is how does that work in real life. If I know that i can realisticly choose what to plant.

I am also interested in what time of year are crops planted in real life, because I want to simulate that in the game. It is posible to stop crops growth. What I am planing is to plant crops that are planted in autumn, then alow the to grow to first stage and stop growth after that. Then i would plant spring time crops and alow them to grow.

In real life I have found that my corn really dose not care, Tomatoes however seem to do better when rotated. I have been doing that every couple of years while im between years dumping a lot of organic matter where I planted the tomatoes the previouse year. Like I said though, my corn gose in the same field/s every year and seems to do ok. I am by no means an acomplished farmer but I do ok.

[Usedfireball]

I farm in real life, mostly corn and soybeans, not much else grown around here.
Corn can be grown on a field for many years in a row however it does a little better when rotated. Over time pest pressure builds up, as well as needing more fertilizer and still having a little yield penalty due to nutrients being tied up in the previous years residue. Soybeans in other areas can be grown for a few years in a row but that is not done here, seem to have too many disease issues with them. Wheat, barley, and oats are a bit trickier to follow with each other, as seeds dropped during harvest can sprout and end up growing with the following crop, and in many cases are hard to remove. Canola can also be grown for a few years in a row but not recommended, too many problems.

Sugar beets usually one out of 4 or more years, disease issues. Potatoes I don't know about.

In general, soybeans, sunflowers, and canola can share some disease issues, mostly some kind of mold. Corn and small grains, also known as grasses, (oats, wheat, barley) share some diseases too which are different from the broadleaf crops (Soybean, canola, sunflower, cotton) and root (beet, potato) Sugar cane is a bit different, as well as poplar.

A good rotation would go grass -> broadleaf -> grass -> broadleaf or some variation of, and picking from a different grass, broadleaf, or root crop each time.

Our "rotation" if you can call it that usually is corn -> soybean -> corn, very few small grains grown here. (Limited market, also lower price and won't pay many bills.) Someday that may change.

[MutualFunds75]

Pointless until seasons, even then, the game isn't that in-depth.