GROWING GRASS & HAY - TUTORIAL - Farming Simulator 25

[@TheTrueCallen151]

Fun fact idk if you've discovered it yet, but in the build menu, under Containers, there is a Silo that holds Solid Fertilizer, and also allows you to buy solid fertilizer to fill it. Its cheaper to buy this way than it is through the store, it only cost 1700 or so per 1000L vs the 1920 via the store. So saving a bit of money and getting an easy place to store it too

[@sicecko]

That's cool. Kinda like a bulk buy discount

[@eliashuittinen4408]

How mich does the container itself cost? Is it the mineral cell silo or the meridian fertilizer silo?

[@SteveGad]

Great tip thank you.

[@SenecaRaccoon]

i cant even put into words, how helpful your videos are man, THANK YOU! I got my silage and rice farm started up with your help!!!

[@rimtuuktheogre8976]

FC, great video as always however, I think something has changed in regard to the "2nd growth stage". I am using field 35 for my testing, I did not do any field prep, I just mowed it and then baled it. If I mowed it when it was first ready for harvest, I got 40k according to time saving stock check. I then reloaded my saved game and waited till the third month and my yield was the same 40k. This is as of update 1.4 so not sure when they may have changed it. Also, I found that if you harvest and then roll your grass in November, you can not harvest again till May. However, if you harvest in November and then replant it, it will let you harvest in March instead of having to wait till May. You can get an extra harvest out of the year.

[@kimber45auto77]

Thank you so much for your videos they are straight to the point and so so helpful. I was waiting for the grass to dry out to bale and it was never turning into hay lol

[@TRobGaming_Twitch]

Thank you for all your informative videos! My chat and i appreciate it 😂 when i dont know how to do something i just come to your channel

[@FarmerCop]

Happy tp help haha :)

[@life-longpatriot8258]

I found that the grass roller keeps any grass fields I planted (not sure about base game fields that already had grass on them) from regrowing. Not sure if it's a bug in the roller, since the roller is supposed to reset the grass field to the initial growing stage no matter what stage it is currently on. But I currently (V.1.2.1) never get a "growing" status on any fields I grass roll , although I do get the second stage of fertilization. If I use a mulcher, I can "reset" the grass field to "harvested" state, and then don't roll it, I will get a growing stage the following month. I've seen other folks having this problem on the Steam Community forum, so it's not just me. (PC version, BTW). In your video, after you rolled, you demonstrated getting the second fertilization stage, but your legend at the bottom right is also missing a "growing" status after you rolled. I'll bet that if you turned off the fertilization color on the map, you wouldn't have seen any green to indicate the field was growing after you rolled it.

[@shanebennett4761]

Im playing on console xbox and had the same problem thanks for the mulching tip to reset

[@Bigbird-cm9kt]

Just had this problem and found this comment thanks for the mulching tip man your awesome

[@Bigbird-cm9kt]

I’ve been using a liquid fertiliser and seen I could save some money with the grass roller so I bought and used it on 12/20 of my grass fields I was about to get off till I seen this lol i really didn’t want to re plant them💀

[@life-longpatriot8258]

@@Bigbird-cm9kt You're welcome!

[@Vraxes]

I can now rest easy and know that I am not going crazy thanks to this comment. Now I also know how to fix my "stuck" grass

[@TheGupsterMan]

I love using a pickup wagon and then using the stationary baler with two auto load trailers. It's so much easier. I just back the trailer up to the baler and leave the tractors on and it does everything for you. Park the auto load trailer next to where the bales come out and it loads then on the trailer automatically. I can do other things while that does it's thing.

[@JonnyFromSconny]

Yeah, this is definitely the way to go. Use a forage wagon with silage additive to pickup large quantities of grass and then just back it up to the stationary bailer that bails, wraps, and then unloads them directly into your bail storage shed (i think the shed is an addon). Also you dont need to keep any tractor attached to the forage wagon and it will still auto unload into the stationary bailer.

[@rhynekillian8080]

Thank you for all these amazing videos. Im new to FS and these have helped so much

[@SDFerke]

Waiting for the 2nd harvest stage let you only gain a few liters per ha, cutting the grass as soon as it is ready to harvest you can mow it 4 times per year

[@qntum_jim]

Can’t comment on FS 25 but this is definitely not true in FS 22. In FS 22 the second harvest increases the harvest by 50%. You should still harvest 4 times a year: March, June, September and November.

[@chrisjones6002]

Have you tested it? It was well worth waiting in 22.

[@SDFerke]

@@chrisjones6002 Yes of course it was tested in FS25. You can test it yourself on a new save game

[@SDFerke]

@@qntum_jim You are right about fs22 but this is a fs25 tutorial video so i dont talk about the 22 version. of course this was tested in fs25.

@@qntum_jim if I harvest in Nov and then roll it, in March I cannot harvest. I ended up only harvest 3 times: May, Aug, Nov

[@mr_glitter]

A weeder has the same boost to fertilization. I prefer a weeder over a grass roller due to the wider working width.

[@bmw3567]

So I screwed up my first harvest and ended up selling small bails of grass. I Bought the wrong bailer which made it impossible to auto load but you can lift the 120cm square bails by hand or using a front loader attachment. Then I realized they can't be used for silage (without a forage wagon to break then up and bunker) because that size can't be wrapped. My new plan is to buy a round bailer in a size that can be autoloaded/wrapped for silage, leaving some unwrapped for hay. Basically check the sizes of the bailers and the equipment it goes into next. Also make sure your tractor has enough HP to run the equipment. You need a large tractor for some of the large square bailers. Don't forget the special grass tools like the tedder, windrower and grass roller. This game really makes you feel it when you screw up and don't research things 😭

[@davidc2328]

those small bales can be collected with the Arcusin Multipack D14, which bundles 14 small bales to a pack. however, I don't think this pack can be wrapped, but it solves part of the problem

[@bmw3567]

@davidc2328 nice I must have missed that. Next time I make small bales I'll have to look into it. I held onto the mini baler to make some 120s for the horses I bought. I appreciate the tip. There's so many ins and outs to this game but it's what makes it so damn interesting to play. Hopefully grass season 2 will go better 🤷🏻

[@dimes3967]

bro, I have been waiting for the grass tutorial for so long. There are so many equipments and I always wonder which set of combination needs the least work. after mowing you can bale-wrap, but you can't use silage additives, or you can have wagon (with additives) to pickup and dump in the bunker silo to ferment, but that require more leveling and compacting work

[@oddiethefox5832]

Grass is real fun. Stick to baling and let it ferment into silage and sell for good profit. Don't try the bunker silo method, it's way more tedious and no real benefit imo.

[@johnivie3010]

​@oddiethefox5832 there is a benefit, you don't have to pickup bales twice. Also it's easy to pickup with a forage wagon and then you can dump in silo(pack/ferment) after that use conveyors to pick up and 18 wheelers to deliver. Tedious but imo better than bales unless you use a modded auto pickup flatbed

[@oddiethefox5832]

@@johnivie3010 I mean I've tried the bunker silo method and my forage wagon often got stuck when I tried driving over it to load it. Made it very annoying. I also have a steer loader with a bale attachment. I can grab two large bales at a time with it and I am able to stack 4 large bales in 2x5 rows on my small trailer then strap them in. I do reset the trailer after unstrapping to make selling easier which is an exploit technically. I only see baling becoming not as good when either the game or modders add a silage silo where you can store/ferment silage and just load it into a trailer like it's a grain silo. Alternatively the silage can be loaded into a storage wagon or trailer with a silage fork but that's still more tedious than baling imo. Plus bales are more aesthetic to farming to me lmao

[@johnivie3010]

@@oddiethefox5832 they have conveyors that allow you to load it directly from the silo to a tipper that accepts silage.

[@oddiethefox5832]

@johnivie3010 also there aren't conveyers that pick up things off the ground yet in fs25

[@kevinklein8041]

Do you have to progress the day before windrow ing the hay after tedder? I teddered and then windrowed and it still showed it was grass

[@nitrade87]

Don’t mow while snow is on the ground. When the snow disappears, it will either eat the grass already mowed, or move it up to where you are

[@doubletapgaming1189]

Yea that happened to me...

[@Jebusite100]

Happened to me too

[@wagnerantonio6498]

Im playing fs22 and just watched your video about grass for it. I have about 20 hours on fs. And i thinked "Lets get an eye on how is to do it on fs25". Did not watched yet, but this game is fs22 with new menu layout and in-game visuals. Is it? Im thinking about to buy it. Its kind expensive. Worth it? Sorry for the off-topic. Ps.: your tutorials and presentations of mods and maps. All the mod stuff. Is amazing. No bs talking. No long videos. Right to the point. Love that.

[@notfreshey]

It’s a simulator-like game, the way things are done isn’t going to be revolutionised every time..

[@wagnerantonio6498]

​@@notfreshey Yeah. Makes sense. Lol

[@alijuandrostaszukio4660]

You want a super easy to make money with this crop? Cut the grass, skip next months until mature, cut the same lines, do this 6 to 7 times in a row, THEN take a tedder and make super stacks. Go over these mounds with the square baler. You should pump out a bale every 3 seconds at this time, once done get a wrapper, snug those puppies up and let age. once done run around with the truck, scoop em up and send em. Hundreds of thousands per run, not a lot of hands on!

[@ESPirits87]

I recommend Large tractors for using the front / back mowers, i had a Medium Fendt and it did 7-12 kmh mowing, Large does 21 kmh.

[@Metallica8414]

Grass, Rice and Long grain rice do not only use one state of fertilizer: harvesting them give you a state of fertilizer. I tested it, on a field with 0 fertilizer, after the harvest, I got one, it mean see to be the same thing but no, on the first seeding you should fertilize 2 time, then, if you don't change your crops, you only need one. Also, tested on the 24 Nov, no improvement yield from a 2 months to a 3 months, maybe it's a bug because the different was significant in FS22 And in the comment I saw few people have issue with rolling and regrow. It work fine for me, maybe platform specific? Also check the season and FS22 is different then FS25, it will not put your grass in a regrow state right away, but still work the same for me on PC.

[@rcdroneuav9954]

So to get 100% yield you need to mulch the grass after you cut it becuase I can’t get 100% unless I reseed

[@Farmerjim69]

Great info thanks anyone else notice the case baler has no rear lights the new Holland version does

[@udggy]

Do you still have to mulch the grass to get it growing again like in farming simulator 22?

[@niaralosusa]

...if I want to mow twice before picking up the grass, can I/should I roll in between or will that damage the mown grass laying on the ground? Thanks!

[@Tallsasquatchdude]

ill have to test it but if you roll over cut grass i believe it gets deleted. havent tested in 25 yet

[@niaralosusa]

@@Tallsasquatchdude…I tested and yes, it appears to delete the cut grass. Instead, I used fertilizer to get the second fertilizer stage.

[@moedog5087]

Have you tested production of a farmed field of grass compared to cut meadow?

[@ItzJusAGameBruh84]

So I’m running that same equipment with a JCB and when it goes over the grass that is surrounding the land or property it is smashing the grass does it regrow or does that do anything special to the grass?

[@Tbone1980]

You didn’t mention that there is some type of bug or something going on with the rolling of the grass. It won’t grow after you use the grass roller. FYI I had to replow and start over

[@Metallica8414]

Tested multiple time, mine regrow, unless you play with season on and you harvest it in November, then you will not see it regrow before Apr while seeding in November will be rdy to harvest in march & apr. If it not related to seasonal grow, I don't know what to see, because work fine for me.

[@benhoose256]

You have to wait a month to roll or it destroys the field. Pretty sure it was not this way in fs22

[@grumpypants5898]

Grass appears to be different from FS22. After mowing, baling, etc., if you do nothing and advance to the next month, the grass will automatically start to regrow. If you use a weeder or grass roller on the field after baling then it will increase its fertilization state by 50% but won't show as growing until you advance to the next month. I also tried using a mulcher but at least for me, it didn't increase the fertilization state.

[@RadiatedJay]

New subscriber, really like your videos. I'm trying to start a silage money stream with grass but the field (#6) never shows any growth state. And the only soil state it ever shows is fertilized. Never regrew after mowing even though i rolled it. Even when I turn all the colors off, the field color on the map is slightly different than all other fields. Any ideas?

[@geriatricginger]

I mowed/windrowed, baled, rolled, fertilized, and slept a few days to next month (Jan 1) and my grass still shows 'harvested' and 'needs rolling'. on PC.

[@bluegru]

Does it really pay off to wait for the second stage? Because you can harvest one more time when not waiting

[@everwhat013]

also, i keep hearing that there's a bug right now where you don't even get anything extra for waiting the extra day.

[@Panda-Monium251]

i did a test where i harvested grass from 2 and 3 days I got the same yield.

[@Kaptoj]

It makes a lot of sense to only use one “windrover” on the mower then a smaller rake let’s say a 12m rake can rake 15 meters 😉 it’s used in real life when you run tram lines in the grass let’s say 24meter no rake is that wide..

[@gustavn8902]

fc, it looks like the dry hay is wet and the grass is dry... how come....? i know this video is 1 minth old but... its looks the same now or do it? after the 2 latest updates it will change slightly i think or is it in the game settings i can change the look of the dry "wet" looking hay/grass...? it looks lik green clay for me.... and so the dirt but its slmost like clay or wet dirt/sand.

[@gabrielcox6522]

I just planted grass seed, my field condition says needs rolling, I got the grassland roller (same one shown in video) and it wont do anything with AI or when I try to roll it manually. Is this because this is my first planting and I havent harvested? I am curious to know why it wont let AI roll or and/or why it still shows needing to be rolled. Thank you.

[@gabegarza6320]

Wondering the same thing

[@Metallica8414]

Need rolling and grass rolling are different. The soil roller is after the seeding, in game, it will remove the small stones and increase your yield by 2-3% but it need to be done right after seeding. The grassland roller is to be use after the harvest and give you a free fertilized state.

[@janik307]

when i tedder the textures are really weird and dont have that much volume. when i do it the hay is the same height as the mowed grass plant texture. something is weird with my game

[@techdirector5491]

Fun fact (at least in fs22). If you let the grass grow a month or two then roll it, the grass will be reset to the just cut state of growth.

[@ReubenNewbill]

waiting for that second fuller set of grass is a waste of time better yield or not you get the same amount of money ive tested it many times and noticed in my financial reports in the menu

[@user-qs2qj2rf8b]

do you know why my mowers aren't depositing the grass on the field? it keeps holding onto it until it reaches the edge of the field and then it drops it all in huge piles.

[@dramoth64]

All steps of the grass/hay making process can be automated using helpers. The only stage where you have to do it all yourself is the actual baling.

[@suspiciouspickle5756]

FYI Maxiroll 630 will bug field and grass will not grow if used right after harvest, need to wait a day. I had to plow and replant

[@jborselli15]

Does the grass just start growing again on its own after you mow and pick it all up? I have all mine fermenting in silo so what is the next step

[@Tallsasquatchdude]

grass will grow automatically if it is during growth time (green) in your seasonal growth calendar. Make sure you add back your 2nd fertalizer state before the grass gets to its ready to harvest state.

[@gnrboom]

Shin high or knee high. Cut at knee high

[@chrisjones6002]

FC could you do a test on the difference between mowing as soon as it shows it's ready to harvest vs waiting an extra day? I know it was well worth it in 22 so I'm wondering if it still is in 25.

[@Metallica8414]

For now, no improvement, I hope it's a bug.

[@burnsyd17]

Have tested. No yield benefit to waiting the extra month like there was in 22. Bug or feature, not sure.

[@adaml1272]

Just saw another KZbinr test the second day of grass and it made no difference on the yield of bales. Might be good for an additional test

[@justinmercer8141]

I have been trying to Lime a partially grown grass field and it will not apply the line state to it also what is the yield bonus for waiting for the second ready to harvest stage

[@Metallica8414]

Lime need to apply before seeding or in the seeding month, it's doesn't work after, so harvest your grass then lime. For the 2 months grow VS 3, I tested it and I got nothing in FS25, in FS22,it was around 50%!! I don't ii it is a bug or not but for now, it bring no bonus.

[@Jebusite100]

@@Metallica8414 You are right, no bonus in fs25, 50% bonus in fs22

[@ianluce9297]

I was so hoping for 25 they incorporated a drying process for hay rather than I magically turning to hay like fs22 😢

[@bwuebker11]

why does my grass field always say needs rolling? Use a grass roller and nothing changes

[@gustavn8902]

yes i have seen it too, its weird after rolling it needs,... rolling, again... sighs. now this video is 1 month old so it would maybe have slightly change after the latest updates...

[@AriesVibe399]

Where is the blue grassland roller located at in game to purchase?

[@Tallsasquatchdude]

It is in the grassland care section. Next to the tedders and windrowers

[@Prince_Adoy]

I used the grass roller and the info says needs rolling still. bug or is not needed?

[@Tallsasquatchdude]

I believe that indicator us for everything besides grass. I don't think you can actually roll grass with a field roller and have it grow again. The highest yield bonus you can get with grass is either 95% 97%. I don't think there is a way to get 100% except for your first harvest after planting

[@doubletapgaming1189]

I hope they fix the grass so you can drive over it without bouncing all over the place. Tedding and windrowing are almost unbearable...

[@germanwarrior6463]

Right! I thought I was the only one who noticed! It sucks and feels like going over rocks. Was it like that in fs22? Why did they overlook it? I hope they know about it and fix it.

[@notfreshey]

Not perfect, but try narrow wheels

[@LuckeyGaming816]

It’s called realism kid 😂

[@doubletapgaming1189]

@@LuckeyGaming816 Lol... Thats not real.

[@LuckeyGaming816]

@ so you’ve never felt a bump out in the field on a tractor? I guess my family whose been farming since 1950 and has donated over 2 million dollars to YMCA don’t know how to drive tractors I better go to tell them 😆🤣💀

[@alicedad6171]

I would like to see how you can go from 87% yield bonus to 97% or even better to 100%. In your field you have 85. I have two fields at 87 and two at 97 and I treat them the same. I dont know why it differ?

[@trevor4521]

So since grass only requires 1 fertilizer application, does the yield bonus mean anything when it comes to mowing? I have not tested this myself yet, if someone could shed some light.

[@Tallsasquatchdude]

Fertilization should be 100% when allowing it to grow. Simple answer when it is harvested it only takes away 1 fertilizer state. Meaning every time you harvest you only need to add 1 back rather than 2. Starting with a field that is 0% fertilized; 1. Fertalise cultivated field 2. Plant grass 3. Fertalize again 4. Roll This should give you 100% fertilization and given no field stone or lime requirements, you should have a 97% yield bonus. If you talking about a field just harvested check if it is attached stage 1 of fertilization or no fertilization. If it has no fertilizer on it you will need to fertalize 2x. If it has stage 1 fertilization you only need 1 addition of fertilizer.

[@Tallsasquatchdude]

Basically for efficiency in my opinion. If you are at 95%-97% yield bonus you're good. Any lower and you're missing something important

[@lor7780]

can you let the grass dry on the field to obtain hay?

[@Tallsasquatchdude]

At the moment no. If grass is just left in the field it will stay as if you just mowed it. I'm sure there will be a mod in the future that allows that but it will most likely be PC only.

[@lor7780]

@ yep have to wait for the mod then

[@Tallsasquatchdude]

@@lor7780 if you get a tender from the store it will turn it into hay

[@willgibson9718]

Hay farmer cop can you please make a video of ferry

[@thomascollins7539]

😁👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@7T_Primal_Wolf]

the pickup headers are confusing to me they don't seem to work like I think they should

[@legacy_of_g]

If you roll your grass fields immediately after harvesting your grass WILL NOT grow. You’ll have to cultivate/seed/roll and start all over. You need to wait one growth cycle before using the grass roller.

[@Druac]

workers can't mow grass? I have tried several mowers and none will mow the grass...keep getting field not ready for this work...but it is ready to harvest and I can manually harvest it.

[@TARS27]

I used the big mower and the ai did its job

[@ashslayer3285]

what if not doing hay?

[@tomthefarmer3712]

Can i roll the grass with normal roll??

[@alicedad6171]

Needs to be grassroller. He shows it in the vid, costs 17k

[@benbailey5685]

Is anyone else having trouble getting the ai assistant to mow grass, I’ve tried with both the butterfly and front mowers as well as the self propelled krone mower , this is on pc and also with a standard field that has been manually extended

[@eddierock7179]

THIS, literally having this issue rn, it says ready to harvest but the AI won't do it at all idk why, and im using a stick field as well

[@carlosprieto2554]

@@eddierock7179 i found that if you roll your field AI bug sometimes with mowers..

[@eddierock7179]

@@carlosprieto2554 thats annoying, is it only with grass rollers or any rolling? Becuase i did the normal rolling not grass roller

[@victorhobson5078]

Anyone having issues with river bend map? It has stopped on me several times. I’ve reported it every time.

[@andrewengland971]

Can’t even use the front and rear mowers on console. No option to drop the front one or turn it on. Am I the only one with these issues?

[@andrewengland971]

All mowers wide spread. No options for anything else. Dang.

[@Tallsasquatchdude]

All mowers do wide spread but some have the option to windrow. As for your front attachment issue 1st check your input settings to see how to select your control group. Make sure you switch on your help window and on the top left there will be a little tractor. If you have something attached, there will be a box in front of or behind the tractor depending on where it is attached. Make sure the front attachment is highlighted when trying to turn on / lower the implement.

[@verdej2057]

It crashes on ps5 ever few minutes when working with grass, the game is a mess.

[@PreK97]

Same, its ridicolous

[@sublis939]

10:12 extra day? You skipped a month.

[@FarmerCop]

Day/Month are the same with standard settings in farm sim.

[@davefool6815]

My ps5 continually crashes making grass bails. So i have given up bothering

[@VevoFerenc]

why is my planted grass not regrowing

[@Builder18796]

Did you roll it?

[@__blessings__]

It’s winter? Nothing grows in winter. Wait until march. Harvest, mulch roll fertilize

[@dimes3967]

growth is paused in winter

[@justinjordan4733]

I've done all the steps and my grass isn't growing at all. And I've went past almost a year.

[@Tallsasquatchdude]

Is your growth paused in the menu? Did you plant the grass or is it map grass? (Map grass and field grass are very different)

[@butters_bottom_B]

w

[@DragK20Civic]

Bit hard to take in all the information when you talk so fast, great otherwise

[@micnoviggy2938]

Grass will not grow after you harvest and roll

[@forukonomegamer5021]

its not workink when you need macke hay still grass😑

[@FarmerCop]

You have to use a tedder on it to make it into hay

[@germanwarrior6463]

Why is the grass so hard? It's not supposed to be like going over dirt or rocks.😂 They really need to fix the grass hardness. It sucks.