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ItsJustKay has Farming Simulator 19

Nov 23, 2018 @ 2:55am

what crop is the best?

what crop is the best?
i cant seem to figure it out all crops seem to have kinda the same price when selling getting around 15k to 25k for 2 fields and tryed almost all crops

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Phaz

Nov 23, 2018 @ 3:06am

I haven't spent time to really look into it, but in my game Soybean is by far the most profitable from the standard "grain" types. Getting prices like €2700 per 1000 liters. Canola second for €2200. Wheat, Barley and Oat barely half that. (Less than €1100.)

This is over a period of 5 ingame days. No idea yet if this is mostly coincidence or not.

Also not sure yet if the amount of liters returned from a field differs between these types. (When the conditions like lime, fertilizer, etc are the same.) There may be a small difference, but not anywhere near enough to compensate for the huge selling price difference.

Still. Not. Bitten. has Farming Simulator 19

Nov 23, 2018 @ 3:07am

Just go to "guides" section here on steam, theres some italian guy posted some YIELD graphs of each crop, take that and compare it to the prices and youll see what's ideal ...

Tritol

Nov 23, 2018 @ 3:09am

Someone did a lot of testing and calculating and posted the results on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/farmingsimulator/comments/9zlszg/fs_19_yield_profit_analysis/

Arrancar

Nov 23, 2018 @ 3:27am

Originally posted by Tritol:
Someone did a lot of testing and calculating and posted the results on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/farmingsimulator/comments/9zlszg/fs_19_yield_profit_analysis/

This is great.

Also try this : https://imgur.com/DxbuiXJ Prices seems to be normal diff. ones.

IDerpedYourMom has Farming Simulator 19

Nov 23, 2018 @ 4:46am

If it is anything like 17, then on average, every starting crop (low equipment setup cost) pays roughly the same per acre/hectare when fully processed. So the difference becomes how often does a harvester fill up, do you have to drive along side, and how many dump runs you have to do? Bottom line is canola and soy are the best crops due to fewer units per hectare, so less trips / stopped harvester.

Last edited by IDerpedYourMom; Nov 23, 2018 @ 4:50am

Purno

Nov 23, 2018 @ 5:04am

Originally posted by Derp Derp:
Bottom line is canola and soy are the best crops due to fewer units per hectare, so less trips / stopped harvester.

But wheat, barley and oat also produce straw.

WildDogsGaming has Farming Simulator 19

Nov 23, 2018 @ 5:26am

My question is, why is the payout to potatoes so low, and why would I bother with them? They require special equipment to plant, and harvest. They require plowing after every field.

Had 5 fields. These same fields when I did wheat all in one go, I made $140k. I plowed, I limed. I fertilized twice, weeded the 3 fields that got weeds. My payout for potatoes was $150k. I should not make just as much money off a starter crop than one where I have to spend a LOT of money and time on it. It is a bummer, I will probably never, ever touch potatoes again.

Last edited by WildDogsGaming; Nov 23, 2018 @ 5:29am

Ruges

Nov 23, 2018 @ 5:38am

Originally posted by WildDogsGaming:
My question is, why is the payout to potatoes so low, and why would I bother with them? They require special equipment to plant, and harvest. They require plowing after every field.

Had 5 fields. These same fields when I did wheat all in one go, I made $140k. I plowed, I limed. I fertilized twice, weeded the 3 fields that got weeds. My payout for potatoes was $150k. I should not make just as much money off a starter crop than one where I have to spend a LOT of money and time on it. It is a bummer, I will probably never, ever touch potatoes again.

Did you look at the link posted? Root crops pay more then twice as much as the best cash crop. and 4 times as much as the worst grain crop. The only thing that pays better is corn silage and sugarcane.

Although my biggest grip about root crops is your spending 4times as long harvesting them as you would a cash crop. However one thing that is not taken into consideration. The way the market works. Each time you make a sale the price goes down. So anytime you harvest more then 70k (the max you can make in a single sale) the next sale you make is going to be less. IE the high volume of potatoes is going to result in the best sell price being allot lower. Unless you happen to get a great demand.

Other then that the chart pretty much confirms the same norm from FS17. With the exception of Soybeans where a bit higher then canola before.

Leona

Nov 23, 2018 @ 5:39am

I have been growing various crops on field 20 on Felsbrunn. I try to only sell crops at max price. A field of soybeans sold for about 16,000 dollars. A field of wheat sold for 14,000, but climbed to 24,000 when I sold all the straw too. So it seems that straw crops are more profitable if you have the equipment.

Switchinzski has Farming Simulator 19

Nov 23, 2018 @ 5:40am

Wheat/barley/oats = high yeild low income average. Canola = Average yeild Average income. Soybean = Lowest yeild Highest income average

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WildDogsGaming has Farming Simulator 19

Nov 23, 2018 @ 5:45am

Originally posted by Ruges:
Originally posted by WildDogsGaming:
My question is, why is the payout to potatoes so low, and why would I bother with them? They require special equipment to plant, and harvest. They require plowing after every field.

Had 5 fields. These same fields when I did wheat all in one go, I made $140k. I plowed, I limed. I fertilized twice, weeded the 3 fields that got weeds. My payout for potatoes was $150k. I should not make just as much money off a starter crop than one where I have to spend a LOT of money and time on it. It is a bummer, I will probably never, ever touch potatoes again.
Did you look at the link posted? Root crops pay more then twice as much as the best cash crop. and 4 times as much as the worst grain crop. The only thing that pays better is corn silage and sugarcane.

Although my biggest grip about root crops is your spending 4times as long harvesting them as you would a cash crop. However one thing that is not taken into consideration. The way the market works. Each time you make a sale the price goes down. So anytime you harvest more then 70k (the max you can make in a single sale) the next sale you make is going to be less. IE the high volume of potatoes is going to result in the best sell price being allot lower. Unless you happen to get a great demand.

Other then that the chart pretty much confirms the same norm from FS17. With the exception of Soybeans where a bit higher then canola before.

I see what he says. i am telling you, between the wheat and the straw, those 5 fields were almost as profitable, with 1/4 of the time investment required. I did it during my stream the other day, because people were saying how profitable it was. So we tested both.

Potatoes have a HUGE time investment to plant, and to harvest.

As for the rest of what you say, except for early game, when I play, i normally let all my stuff sit in silos until there is a great demand for it. Sometimes it means pinching pennies in the meantime, but it works for me. :D

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DizzieDawgie has Farming Simulator 19

Nov 23, 2018 @ 6:06am

Originally posted by ItsJustKay:
what crop is the best?

IMHO, the best crop is the one that brings you the most joy growing it.

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DizzieDawgie has Farming Simulator 19

Nov 23, 2018 @ 6:17am

Originally posted by Tritol:
Someone did a lot of testing and calculating and posted the results on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/farmingsimulator/comments/9zlszg/fs_19_yield_profit_analysis/

Thanks for the link! This was an excellent read -- well organized, well researched, and very informative.

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