27 Days into Earning $1 Billion & I'm FLAT BROKE in Farming Simulator

[@alexeizaraiov]

Update on my run of this challenge: - Started with fields 53 & 54, immediately added a wind generator (medium), trailer home and precision farming shed (yes, im playing with precision farming, its more fun) - Grass silage with round baler. Slowly bought more fields. Adding fields 47, 48 and 50 gave me around 102 silage bales every "harvest", mowing 3 times per year gave me around 306 bales a year. On Hard, a 5500l bale of silage sells for around 1k. So around 300k/year. - Its now year 10. I own fields 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 53, 54 and 55. I just built a small BGA on field 55. - Since building a cow barn (45 animals) on year 8, I was getting a lot of slurry. All that slurry is going to the BGA and i still have enough to fertilize my fields. Tha BGA is making me around $1500/month - Im doing a crop rotation of oats (April - August) and grass for silage (August - November and then November - April) - I have four wind generators (medium), two solar panels (large), two medium tractors, a combine harvester, round baler for silage, round baler for hay and straw, forager wagon, slurry tank/distributor, manure wagon, trailers, and everything needed to take care of the fields. - I also bought the dairy downtown, turning my milk into cheese.

[@tylerlepage8619]

Respect to my oat and grass brother. Always been my fav combo. The only easy to do two crop (three if you count straw) in one year rotation. I like to run a stationary baler auto dropping into my hay sheds fed by two tractors pulling forage wagons. Back one up and leave it to empty while i fill the other.

[@alexeizaraiov]

@@tylerlepage8619 cheers! will try the stationary baler, its a good idea. I actually got the idea of doing oats and grass from sandivin, a commenter on a previous video who grows sorghum/grass, but since i need straw, i went for the oats

[@tylerlepage8619]

@@alexeizaraiov Awesome! The stationary baler and wagons are sweet, maybe not optimized for a billionaire run, as the baler, wagons, and tractors that can pull big wagons aren't cheap, but as for a normal run, it's one of my favorite systems. Send a helper with a windrowing mower and just follow behind. No standalone windrowing, no baler to pull around, only time you load the bale trailer is when you're headed to cash out.

[@aidanreilly5271]

​@tylerlepage8619 Just wondering with the stationery auto baler setup does the baler need to be attached to a tractor for it to work and if so does the tractor get in the way of the grass unloaded from the forage wagons?

[@alexeizaraiov]

@@aidanreilly5271 it does need a tractor powering it for it to work. the tractors does not get in the way, it wouldnt make much sense would it?

[@GageDaws]

Pickle just keep doing what you're doing. If you ever get discouraged, just know the people who like your content like your content for what it is, there's no need to change yet

[@alexhc21]

I’ve binged this series in 2 days and have enjoyed every minute. It might be time to start thinking about upgrading your mower setup and harvester setup. I can’t imagine harvesting all of the land you own using a 5 meter mower and harvester.

[@2muse399]

I just did the same thing. I don’t know how it ended up on my feed because I’ve never played nor have I ever watched a video of FS but I’ve gotten addicted to this series for some reason.

[@zach1269]

Pickle, we love you, you know that right? PLEASE MAKE LONGER VIDEOS!!!

[@NikolasMontoya-bn5yd]

Dude make longer videos and stop cutting in middle of the work... All the best for you

[@filippocarletti3352]

Yeah and hire more workers so more is done every episode

[@Laurawinte-dk8ie]

Ya but that just costs more money because hiring workers cost money

[@dantethunderstone2118]

@@Laurawinte-dk8iealso makes money faster. Margins go down but profit goes up

[@that150rbkid3]

You have to remember he's a farmer IRL to and if he does corn then it would be planting season rn. He's probably really busy with actual farming so he doesn't have much time to play farm sim

[@davidcookson4043]

One usually has hours of recorded material and tries to select the most interesting parts. Fortunately for us pickle has an editor so he can upload more frequently, but if for example he records on the same day an electrician is coming to work on his recording space or there's physical farming to get done, one series might have a few shorter episodes.

[@hibanabanana863]

The more hours on the tractor, the faster it wears and the more it costs to repair

[@TheFormalPickle]

I suspected so, sounds like we should be finding a way to get rid of it lol

[@dtrawick123]

@@TheFormalPickle Yeah you have 50 some odd hours on it when I stopped to message. From what I'm told that's like having 5 decades worth of work on it IRL. It's time to put the Deere out to pasture and find another one.

[@klm2fm4]

@@TheFormalPickleI want to say repairs stop being worth it around 40 hours

[@mischakaslin4285]

@@TheFormalPickleplease get a dog?

[@aoneil57]

No way man males us wait 4 days for a 13 min video

[@Karlb240]

Damn it’s a sad day😂 I started binging this series a week or so ago and now I’m officially all caught up and have to actually wait for vids

[@corvettelovertopdrives]

same here

[@Middyman43]

Same

[@OsirisKing2120]

why are the episodes so shoooooort lol 13min and your other series gets like hour long lol

[@alexeizaraiov]

feel like he doesnt really want to play this challenge anymore

[@ackielhemmings8174]

Seems more invested in the series with his dad, this is giving afterthought vibes

[@prutehi7621]

He cuts it up a lot because we’ve been watching him plant and mow the same fields for multiple episodes so maybe if he starts a different production maybe sheep and cotton those videos would be a little longer I think

[@CoolChristina59]

I just wanted to tell you that watching this series inspired me to buy farming sim 22 and i've been non-stop playing! I'm very new and really only making money from contracts but I managed to save myself when i went down to 5k by just spending HOURS harveting carrots lol.

[@NareshBharasagar]

Started watching the series this week. At day 6 now. Looked at the end of this playlist and I was sad to see the videos getting shorter On top of that, the title 'FLAT BROKE' made me believe that you left this series. I REALLY REALLY HOPE YOU FINISH THIS... All the best 😄

[@TheFormalPickle]

It will continue

[@nickb7795]

Yeah dude you need to think about replacing the JD, I think around 50-60hours is the games maximum repair rate, which means it’ll cost ya an arm and a leg to run. You’ve gotten you money out of it so I would turn it in next time something good comes up for sale, dont worry about what stage of repair it’s in cause you’ll get that money out when you sell it. Also at least plow those two back grass fields together, I sorta get leaving the roads, but at least give us a little win for the “plow all your fields together” clan lol

[@stephenmurray9850]

Yeah I find that second hand tractors need a lot more repairs each year .. I have the same problem at my farm. Thanks for the video

[@pootmahgoots8482]

"If you wanna make your field larger and maximize your profits" Also Pickle: "TrYiNg To MaKe A BiLLiOn DoLLaRs"

[@TheFormalPickle]

A few more feet won’t make us a billionaire lol

[@pootmahgoots8482]

@@TheFormalPickle But it won't NOT make you a billionaire either. Eh? 😉😉

[@reinjaagup733]

I think it would be cool and really satisfying to watch if you could get like a top down view of you working the fields and make a timelapse.

[@bewareofchickens]

The tree with the largest trunk is the African Baobab, which can grow close to 50 feet in diameter (a circumference of 155 feet).

[@Wodfamchocsod4]

It would be nice if you could isolate the sound from the video, just to be able to cut down on the jump-cuts a little bit. F/i from 6:15 to 6:35 there are four jump-cuts, which could be comfortably cut down at least to two.

[@scibilityrs]

john deere is breaking down so much because of the almost 50 hours on it, ingame this is a lot.

[@Mikeb7667]

Still liking the content! Don’t forget about the house and bigger barn for all the equipment lol

[@francoisvanaardt1721]

I love this series Got me back into playing fs22 Please show us all you do, cutting the videos takes away from it

[@agrisam2024]

When you next do silge can I do pit I know it will cost money but it's more fun than the bales

[@JustSwag7]

What do you think about expanding your grass fields with a plow so you get more higher quality grass? Love your videos pickle

[@manbabygaming1226]

Rocks in the fields don’t effect the yield it just damages your machinery. You should plow instead of cultivating to save money on herbicide for the weeds

[@paddingtonbear-uk4wh]

Use a weeder straight after planting and you won't need spray

[@QuestingTruck]

A plow also doesn't create the large stones.

[@reubenbeetge8074]

The reason why you keep needing to repair the John dear is because you keep using it constantly for everything

[@Pit_Winder]

my man is STILL working himself to the BONE for that virtual billion

[@chrisgingerich9787]

"You could take out these roads if you were really trying to maximize profit but were only on year 9 of a billionaire series that was supposed to take 3 years with 7 grand in the bank so I'm just going to go ahead and leave it"

[@TheFormalPickle]

That’s right, not changing it either. Others may like to rip up the map but I don’t.

[@mcgoo721]

Its great to watch however the progress goes, but i think it will be mindful of efficiencies with scale. The little side mower and cute, detached fields are going to peter out trying to make it to a billion dollars.

[@jonny3210101]

I think the higher the hours the more it breaks down or faster I guess I stopped repairing me and nothing has happened yet so idk

[@AlaskanGamester]

5 mins later down to 99% repair 😅

[@jordonoldham6590]

Love the vids, but I think it’s time to call the reinforcements in! Ie papa…

[@METSMETSMETS]

Why make this series that takes a lot of work 14 mins long but the series with your dad with no purpose have 45 min videos

[@robertoats1517]

The way this has so quickly turned into lawn mower simulator though.

[@dyxin5567]

please fill all ur fields with grass, can't wait too see a barn full of silage!!

[@numbers._.]

Yay! 😀

[@363skidoo]

Get the chicken coop with 360 chickens, then you can finally make money from eggs.

[@NathanGraham-jy9zt]

Like your farm keep up a good work

[@TheBeast0253]

Day 27 of saying love this series

[@Sparko2]

We need more!!! Keep up the awesome videos!

[@D4D-i7N]

you can use the front mower and the rake at the same time ....less time one pass

[@Blackwellll3066]

Great video

[@texasson]

Shower, Shi.... ummm, & Shave. Important S's.... Well, except shaving, the greatest scheme ever crafted.

[@alexeizaraiov]

sleep?

[@AmySimonson-e7j]

That building that you have that you put bales in. Is it a base game building or a modded building? I had always wondered.

[@TheFormalPickle]

Base game, In silos.

[@AmySimonson-e7j]

@@TheFormalPickle okay. Thanks for letting me know. Love watching your videos

[@nuggy_]

What map is this on

[@Shadow-Sharky90]

What's the name of the map?

[@benjones4301]

Hey can you or anyone pls help me pls

[@markusblitlehaug]

Did you stop? 😢

[@TheFormalPickle]

No, it will return.. I am trying to sort out a good plan for the series to make it go a little better.

[@Dcc632]

4:07 I believe It's breaking more because you Need to paint it.

[@alexeizaraiov]

no

[@DannyMerriman]

Hey guys changed account but still gotta ask for pigs for no apparent reason (day 15 btw)

[@Rocket091]

0 views in 0 sec Bro fell off

[@xthex1xreaperx301]

Absolutely loving this series! Really hope you continue it as I know you have other series going as well. But this gave me a whole new perspective on this game!! I’ve always loved this game, but quickly became detached cause of no real goals. I never thought of these as, more so, end goals! Ive started my own play through, but with very little time to play as of now, I’m always eager to play more and try to progress, especially when binging your videos!! Keep up the work and really want to see this come to fruition! 🫶🏼

[@TheFormalPickle]

Coming soon!