Courseplay Headland

[Ray Hoodoo]

I'm sorry for the stupid question, but what exactly is headland?
I'm asking in context of Courseplay, but I guess it doesn't really matter, I just want to know what the term means.

Thanks!

[korac]

Not sure about Courseplay itself, but the word 'headland' in farming in general refers to the area at each end of a field which is used for turning around with farm implements during field operations - e.g. the two shorter ends of a typical rectangular field.

[SeaDog]

In CP the headland is the outside edge of the field. You input how many times you want to circle the edge before doing the long rows of the field. As korac said, this is so you can turn your vehicle around without going out of the boundary of the field.

[Merck]

Headlands are the turning space at the end of fields. When plowing & other field preparation operations, the farmers would use the headlands to turn the equipment for each new row. Then when done with the whole field, he would finish of the headlands by working those ends perpendicular to the main rows.

During harvests, the farmer would "open" the headlands first, by harvesting a couple rows on each end of the field. Again these would be perpendicular to the main field rows. This would then give the farmer space to turn the equipment at the end of each row, without running over any of the crop.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headland_(agriculture)
Many farming simulator games have all kinds of open space at the ends of the fields. These grassy areas outside of the fields boundaries, which players can use to turn their equipment. But in real life, most fields are ran right up to obstacles, such as fence lines, or trees. So the farmer has to use space in the field itself to turn at the end of each row.

Here is a video by Kentucky Farmer in his FS17 Courseplay series that explains using headlands in Couseplay, quite well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hm8E8Mgbt0s

[Ray Hoodoo]

Thank you guys so much, this is exactly what I wanted to know!
I'm a part-time farmer in real life too, I was aware of this, just didn't know what the term was in English (nor in my native language as well haha).

On my real life field harvesters usually do a couple of laps of headland, but me personally when spraying herbicide or fertilizer I do straight rows, and in the end, if there's any fertilizer / herbicide left in the tank, spray it along the edge lanes perpendicular to the ones I was driving amongst. When turning around in the opposite direction at the end of lanes, I turn, then reverse for a bit. Don't know if it's the best way to do it though. That's why I bought FS19, thought maybe I could learn something from a game haha.

[Tankfriend]

Unfortunately, the game is too shallow (even with mods) to really learn much for real-life farming. If you're looking for knowledge, maybe look at the various farming vlogs you can find on youtube? Those tend to show and talk about their daily work, and what works or doesn't work for them.

[Ray Hoodoo]

Publicado originalmente por Tankfriend:

Unfortunately, the game is too shallow (even with mods) to really learn much for real-life farming. If you're looking for knowledge, maybe look at the various farming vlogs you can find on youtube? Those tend to show and talk about their daily work, and what works or doesn't work for them.

It is quite shallow for learning indeed, except you can try out different methods of drawing lanes and maneuvering.

[Merck]

Plus, I like that I can try out equipment that wasn't even around when I last farmed. Or equipment that is so expensive that I would likely not be able to afford if farming today.

[Ray Hoodoo]

Publicado originalmente por Merck:

Plus, I like that I can try out equipment that wasn't even around when I last farmed. Or equipment that is so expensive that I would likely not be able to afford if farming today.

That's a good point, I'm driving old Belarus T-40 and using rusty 30+ year old attachments. Feels good to sit in a new John Deere at least trough the game :D

[Merck]

Yes indeed its like candy for a farmer