Farming Simulator 19 – Starter Guide (Basic Info)

This guide contains basics to everything in Farming Sim 19.

Crops

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Grains

Wheat

Requires:

• Cultivator, seeder, harvester with grain header.

Usage:

• As food for: chickens, pigs
• Chaff for compost (after using special harvester)

Special Characteristics:

• Leaves straw

Barley

Requires:

• Cultivator, seeder, harvester with grain header.

Usage:

• As food for: pigs
• Chaff for compost (after using special harvester)

Special Characteristics:

• Leaves straw

Oat

Requires:

• Cultivator, seeder, harvester with grain header

Usage:

• As food for: horses
• Chaff for compost (after using special harvester)

Special Characteristics:

• Leaves straw

Canola

Requires:

• Cultivator, seeder, harvester with grain header

Usage:

• As food for: chickens, pigs
• Chaff for compost (after using special harvester)

Special Characteristics:

• Leaves straw

Soybean

Can be sowed by almost every seeder and planter.

Requires:

• Cultivator, seeder, harvester with grain header

Usage:

• As food for: chickens, pigs
• Chaff for compost (after using special harvester)

Special Characteristics:

• Leaves straw

Sunflower

Requires:

• Cultivator, seeder, harvester with corn/sunflower header

Usage:

• As food for: pigs

Special Characteristics:

• Special header that can collect at 15 km/h

Corn

Yields will be 15% smaller when field isn’t plowed before planting.

Requires:

• Cultivator, seeder, harvester with grain header

Usage:

• As food for: pigs
• Chaff for compost (after using special harvester)

Roots

Potatoes

Yields will be 15% smaller when field isn’t plowed before planting.

Requires:

• Plow, potato planter, harvester with potato header, semi-trailer

Usage:

• As food for: pigs

Special Characteristics:

• Can be filled with already harvested potatoes.
• Store potatoes on ground; load on semi-trailers with belt system (can also use this to place on pallets).

Sugar Beetroot

Yields will be 15% smaller when field isn’t plowed before planting

Potatoes give more money. But, beets are faster to collect, and the required machines are cheaper.

Requires:

• Plow, planter, harvester with sugar beetroot header, semi-trailer

Usage:

• As food for: pigs

Special Characteristics:

• Can be filled with already harvested sugar beetroots.
• Store sugar beetroots on ground; load on semi-trailers with belt system (can also use this to place on pallets).

Farming

Wheat, Canola, Barley, Oats, Corn, Soy Beans, Sunflowers

1. Cultivator – loosen soil
2. Planter / Seeder – sow
   Refill: Buy Seed Pallet
3. Combine Harvester with Header – harvest

Potatoes, Sugar Beet

Requires special sowing machines and harvesters

1. Cultivator – loosen soil
2. Planter / Seeder – sow
   Refill: Previous harvest or buy Seed Pallet
3. Haulm Cutter – remove foliage
4. Potato / Sugar Beet Harvester with Header or Self-Propelled Harvester- harvest
   Can store on ground and collect with belt system

Sugar Cane

Requires special planters and harvesters

1. Cultivator – loosen soil
2. Sugarcane Billet Planters – sow
   Refill: Buy Pallets of Sugarcane
3. Sugarcane Harvester – harvest
   No Tanks: Attach trailer OR Hire worker to drive alongside with trailer

Cotton

Requires special harvesters and trailers

1. Cultivator – loosen soil
2. Planter/Seeder – sow
   Refill: Buy Seed Pallet
3. Cotton Harvester – harvest
   Bales can only be transported on special cotton trailer