A beginners guide to Farming Simulator 17 - Part Two - Growing your first crop

[@adamsisk6048]

to all my dang friends.. this is the best dang tutorial i’ve ever dang seen, cause you went over everything!

[@kingarthursims]

Hehe - thanks Adam! Glad it helped!

[@RayGamez2]

Ehem.. let me correct you right there... Every DANG thing* 🤣

[@slipknotfan2217]

*D A N G*

[@sidsmells]

@@slipknotfan2217 well thats dang good to know.

[@taller2495]

daung*

[@burnnoticelover1]

Damn i spent half my night watching how to play this game, you're one of the best tutorials ive watched. Getting it on switch tomorrow wish me luck lol

[@kingarthursims]

Glad to have been of service - its great on the switch. I play on there still and I have had it since release!

[@burnnoticelover1]

Arthur and Simone Chapman yay can’t wait then! Will be watching more videos as I progress along because I still have no clue what I’m doing 🤨 and if I like it, I see they’re releasing another on in December!

[@shaneb9160]

I just picked up FS17 on the steam autumn sale. Thank you so much for these into videos, I have never played a FS game and holy cow is the learning curve steep. The game really gives you very little info on what to do once you finnish the 3 tutorial "quests"... I was so lost.

[@kingarthursims]

IKR - 15 was worse, and that is why I started making these tutorials.

[@superdave6889]

Arthur, a good general rule of thumb about how to know what side to point the plow: the tail of the plow should always point towards the unplowed area of the field.

[@JCarter3000]

Great video. Very clear and informative, thanks for emphasis on realism. When I learn virtually to simulate reality I prefer when it's the real world ha.

[@kingarthursims]

Glad you found it helpful!

[@AliZurix]

Man I love your videos. Super helpful and straightforward

[@kingarthursims]

Glad to be of service!

[@nicolashix3719]

Can you do a quick video on trains? And where you can sell what you can haul that sort of thing.

[@TheDreday410]

Do anyone know how long it takes the plants to grow in the game....because mine is not at all

[@kingarthursims]

Check your menu and make sure your "growth" option is set to normal

[@PaoDAtt]

13:30 more flawed = more "perfect" aaaactually =D... gr8 ontent Sir! Namaste

[@kingarthursims]

loll, thank you sir!

[@SirBobbyDuncan]

Thank you for what you have done here and at such depth. I own a Nintendo switch and unfortunately the only option I have as far as looking in the mirror and calling myself a man is the original farming simulator (this one). After 500 hours of Golden Crest (map 1) I realized I only had it set on normal 😂😂😂

[@kingarthursims]

lol - Glad I could help - I actually still play this on my Switch too. Its the best farming game on switch and don't feel bad. Its still a GREAT game.

[@neilharbott8394]

When the game first released, there was no restrictions on using the weeder, you could even use it when there was no seed in the ground. Thus you could take a cultivated field and use the seeding-weeder, to weed and plant oilseed radish - for 2 stages of fertilization. I think it was about 3 months in when they changed weeders to restrict to the first 2 stages of plant growth (when you can see plants on the field) - which made that particular weeder completely pointless - and since it costs more than the wide one, even less worth it!

[@kingarthursims]

I forgot about that. Yeah, they did kill it didn't they!

[@prodyakaid9828]

He got me in the beginning, sounded like Fitz😅

[@jacklarkin6396]

You should have 100K subs because your channel is so entertaining

[@kingarthursims]

hehe - hopefully someday :)

[@jacklarkin6396]

Arthur Chapman some day

[@siloamking2486]

I have always used the cultivar and skipped the plowing phase. Now I'm going to start doing it the correct way to see if my fields yield a larger harvest.

[@kingarthursims]

it will give you 10 percent more if it needs it. It will need plowing every 3rd crop (if you have plowing turned on in the menu).

[@siloamking2486]

@@kingarthursims Yes, I now have plowing turned on. I completed a side mission/field to get the money for the purchase. I'm a new player to this game, so I'm taking tips from your videos to incorporate into my gameplay.

[@lestervai]

Hi dude. very informative tutorial specially for beginners like me. quick question. What is the difference of 1 stage fertilizer over 3 stage? does it sell in much higher price? thanks!

[@kingarthursims]

The more you fertilize, the more crop you get. If an unfertilized field gives you 1000 liters of grain, each fertilization with give you 333 liters more. So 1 stage = 1333 liters, 2 stage = 1666 liters, and stage 3 fertilization gives you 1999 liters or double what your unfertilized field will give you (1000 liters).

[@julianvizio2190]

Wonderful video Arthur. I have a question, plow and cultivate count as one ferti stage each one? Do i have to spray some ferti for the third? If, when?

[@kingarthursims]

No, They are seperate - Plowing only has to be done every 3rd time, and cultivating must be done after each crop, though some seeders cultivate for you. (they will say "ground does not have to be prepared first" in the description. This video covers all the fertilization kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2mUc6Wcbtyjo9U

[@Parhikunii]

35:20 You just fired Georgette without hesitate, not even asked why she was out of the field. Poor Georgette and his five sons :(

[@fsssssss]

Can you skip plowing? I didn’t know you needed too

[@kingarthursims]

You can turn that off in the menu - look for "periodic plowing" and set it to off.

[@ethanb6526]

Ur the best, before I was soooo confused but now I’m Gucci

[@terencekeenan7536]

Is it not better to just have one stage of fertiliser in the menu so you just have to fertilise it once do you get the same yield as if it where set on three stages?

[@kingarthursims]

Depends on how realistic you want it. You could also turn off crop destruction and plowing and just plant and harvest. The game is completely configurable to your liking, but some of us play it more like a sim than a game.

[@terencekeenan7536]

Arthur Chapman thanks helps a bunch just getting back into the game I used to play the one before 17 don’t know which one it is but I play on Xbox

[@hellotheretraveller]

you have earned a sub

[@kingarthursims]

Thanks Serberv!

[@jacklarkin6396]

I shared it with my friend

[@tommycooker3996]

Goldnuggets indeed only on Goldcrest

[@RoadRunner-ih4rq]

Buy's a plow: plowed over the guy walking across the street 🤣

[@kingarthursims]

poor fella

[@johnhumphrey7339]

Do fields produce better if you leave the straw for organic matter?

[@kingarthursims]

at this point, no - but there is a mod called "chopped straw" that turns chopped straw into a layer of fertilizer.

[@matteowoods4666]

a great video and tutorial but i do have one question. when you said several hours later was that real time or game time that you accelerated? should i accelerate my game time?

[@kingarthursims]

Yes, I accelerate time to 120 while waiting.

[@billdeloach5868]

Arthur, do you recommend when first starting to follow your tips on selling all the starting grain and equipment and buying the equipment your show in the "how to start your farm" tut? I'm not a farmer, never been but FS17 just looked like something as a change of pace from my normal gaming. Also, hit me up on Steam, I'm Jameson Bolmara. Thanks for getting me started!

[@kingarthursims]

The only downside with doing silage bales is that it can get tedious, but it does make 2x as much income. If you can stand the tediousness, then I would do it and then buy a nicer harvester and tractors when you can afford them. If you want to experience the farming crops side though, then I would recommend getting the farming set I show (valtra, vaderstadt and so on) and just keep the old harvester. There really is no right or wrong way to do it. Just options.

[@RobertPerrigoOkiechopper]

What are you using for steering ? I'm on X-BOX 1. When I started a few years back , it was on my PC.

[@kingarthursims]

I use a G29 steering wheel with pedals, and a Microsoft Sidewinder 3D pro as my front loader controls.

[@lolorogue9158]

Do u have to take care of all the fields ? How do you know which are ours ?

[@kingarthursims]

just your fields - when you stand on a field in the lower corner it will tell you who owns it and what is growing on it. Also in the map view, your owned fields will have green numbers while other fields will be white numbers

[@AESVIII]

Can you make bails from the straw that you collected?

[@kingarthursims]

Once its been collected with a pickup wagon its best to either put it in a hay loft (can be purchased in the shop) or sold, or dumped in piles. You can bale the piles, but its not realistic and difficult.

[@giraffe912]

Do you have to wait till the oil seed radish is fully grown or ready to harvest to cultivate it in. Sorry new to the game not at that stage yet

[@kingarthursims]

as soon as it pops up (green leaves) you can plow it under. Just takes one stage of growth. It won't get any taller.

[@giraffe912]

@@kingarthursims Thankyou :)

[@solowarrior3549]

You can also do work for other farmers I got 100.000 dollars on just 1 hour the pay was like 45.000 on one or the big big fields

[@ilovebrean]

Hi wondering if you can advise Have the Massey Ferguson activa 7347s but for the life of me can’t find a header for corn to fit it

[@kingarthursims]

The Capello Diamant HS8 for 34k is the header you want

[@ilovebrean]

Arthur Chapman your a star thank you

[@lilnic804]

What's your setup like your controls you said you use a steering wheel what else n what brand do you use

[@kingarthursims]

I actually went back to just using an Xbox controller for this game - its way simpler and more comfortable. I was using a G13, A G29, and a microsoft sidewinder 3D pro joystick for arm controls.

[@daanw6270]

Great video. Subbed.

[@kingarthursims]

Welcome aboard Daan!

[@solowarrior3549]

Do you have to plow first? Cause I can plant without plowing just cultivating

[@kingarthursims]

You need to check the status of your field - in the menu map it will tell you if the field needs plowing or not. You can skip it, but you will lose 10 percent of the crop by not plowing. It needs to be done once every 3 crops.

[@solowarrior3549]

Oh yes I see that , I also saw that you can turn that off...but it’s Less realistic,anyways thank you!

[@Frenchylikeshikes]

I watched the first part of that tutorial, and it made a huge difference for me. Frankly I was ready to toss that game. I did not get anything and found the in game tutorials absolutely terrible, bur I was able to enjoy the fame yesterday.

[@kingarthursims]

Glad to hear it - its really a great game - pretty in depth and there are MANY activities to do!

[@yagerrocket5573]

I sold all my equipment except the harvester like you did in the previous video. Do I really need to spray fertilizer 3 times? I'm not understanding the 3 parts. Is it optional

[@kingarthursims]

You can turn it on and off in the menu, but by default, medium and hard mode require 3 fert stages - See if this helps - kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2mUc6Wcbtyjo9U

[@PaoDAtt]

Arthur's gotta be an 80s kid ✌

[@kingarthursims]

definitely lol

[@passtime4188]

So when I'm waiting for crops to grow, do I just afk in game or do crops grow even when the game isnt running?

[@kingarthursims]

You can AFK, do some logging, or speed up time to 120. Crops stop growing when you exit the game. If you are on the PC look for the Time Fast Forward mod and you can super speed up time so you can go through an entire day in a few seconds.

[@friis5230]

Do you have to fertilize

[@kingarthursims]

If you want 100 percent crop yeild, yes.

[@jorgev5785]

I just finished getting the straw off the wheat crop so now what do I do to grow more wheat on that crop I am playing on the easy difficulty so do I have to duplicate what happened in this video to my game with the seeding and everything or what do I do I need help

[@kingarthursims]

Yes, you can plant anything you want - I would suggest soybeans or canola unless you want more straw.

[@jorgev5785]

Arthur Chapman so do I just repeat the process that you did in this video on my game and it’ll work?

[@thecoolguy2012]

What do you use to pick up on the wheat field after you harvest it

[@arane7197]

The first 1 on the loader category on the shop menu

[@thecoolguy2012]

@@arane7197 Alright thanks and i can't find the wrapper for the square bales anywhere

[@kingarthursims]

The square bale wrapper is part of the Kuhn DLC, so if you haven't purchased it, you can only wrap round bales using the Ursus

[@thecoolguy2012]

@@kingarthursims I'll look into getting that DLC

[@gtwarrior4221]

To you have to cultivate after plowing or can you just plow?

[@kingarthursims]

You can seed directly after plowing in game. This would never actually work in real life.

[@gtwarrior4221]

Ok thanks

[@swonharris5726]

Like spike bro 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

[@HP_line_cook]

So I'm confused is it plow then cultivator or cultivator then plow?

[@kingarthursims]

Plow first, then Cultivate

[@HP_line_cook]

@@kingarthursims thanks i appreciate it.

[@jacklarkin6396]

I love this guide will you do one on fs19??

[@kingarthursims]

Absolutely

[@jacklarkin6396]

Yay

[@robindean8739]

2016 black widow???? am i spelling that cause i'm thinking of the spider :P

[@lgr_cr4zy11]

It is the best he is right

[@mihaiene2193]

You planted Radish??

[@kingarthursims]

oil seed radish, yes. You let it grow one stage and then plow it under. In real life, the oil seed radish will pull nitrogen to the surface. Then when you plow it under you have fertilizer.

[@mihaiene2193]

​@@kingarthursims Thanks :))

[@striderrhm3094]

I did evrything you siad in the vid and nothing is growing please help

[@kingarthursims]

how long have you waited? did you go through a full day yet?

[@striderrhm3094]

@@kingarthursims i have waited for an hour

[@Unoxfan2000]

my crop has dried/withered i cant harvest it now what should i do its wasting space of my field

[@Unoxfan2000]

its in fs19 btw

[@kingarthursims]

Use a cultivator to plow it under - the just replant.

[@aus.1108]

I use a logitech stearing wheel for xbox will it wirk for this

[@kingarthursims]

It should

[@aus.1108]

@@kingarthursims when i used it it worked fine but some things i cant do am i able to also use a controller and still use the wheel

[@assocpress]

I’ve subscribed and I’ve watched both of your videos on this. I haven’t even started playing yet. That’s how ANAL I am. So, if I grow grass, is that just to make some quick money and then I go back to regular crops?? Is there an END GAME here? Or you just earn some money and continue with the status quo? I get that it’s relaxing. I’m just making sure I understand. Thanks for the videos. I’ve never played a game like this before. I’m going to stick with FS17 instead of 19 because it’s on Xbox Game Pass.

[@kingarthursims]

I would say the grind is the fun part - that is why having lots of maps is important - once you feel you have "succeeded" on a particular farm, you can move to the next map and do something different. But yeah - I would start with grass, buy some additional fields and then start getting equipment for those other fields. Then expand to animals. There is no real end game. I also agree about 17 - its much smoother than 19 on xbox. You really need a good pc for 19, and the xbox emulation just doesn't do it justice.

[@assocpress]

How long would you grow grass on the three fields? Then switch to regular crops? When you say buy more fields and more equipment, do you mean buy duplicate items or different items? Decisions, decisions! Edit: I learned a valuable lesson. Always make sure and SAVE.

[@abyss9067]

Good vid thx but cant u just use a cultivator

[@kingarthursims]

Depends on your settings. If you turn periodic plowing off, or play easy mode, then yes. If you have periodic plowing on, you need to plow after every third crop

[@abyss9067]

@@kingarthursims thank you

[@PeytonAdamson54]

I noticed that my field is growing even though I didn’t put down any fertilizer

[@kingarthursims]

As long as you seed, plants will grow - Fertilizer helps you get more from your crops - are you saying you got crop and didn't seed?

[@PeytonAdamson54]

@@kingarthursims no I mean I only put down one layer of fertilizer, I didn’t cultivate after and I didn’t seed again, my crops grew after one layer of seed

[@jascharl]

Why, oh why, am I watching a beginners guide? Nice intro “song”

[@kingarthursims]

Thank you JC! A little BR-183 Guitar recording. That guitar belongs to my X-Father in Law. Really nice sound guitar.

[@cowboyfan4life]

@@kingarthursims I was thinking bout getting this game for my PS4..so I wanna know is there a lot work in it ?

[@denisIoI]

lamont graham yeah a ton

[@giraffe912]

Honestly i think my game just doesnt work. It says fertilised when the crop has grown. Wont show me what crop is in each field in the growing menu (yes i have it on). Will only show its cultivated when the seed is sown. And randomly tells me ‘worker e has finished working’ when i have no workers hired. :| I sewed a whole field and it didnt grow (yes i had seed), then sewed the next field and it grew, but the previous one stayed not grown.

[@kingarthursims]

PC version or Console, and what were you planting?

[@giraffe912]

planting wheat and barley, on xbox one. I think it fixed, I reset the game and seemed to sort it all out.

[@reenadamor3131]

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[@dixie_land_outfitters5791]

if you get off the game will your crops still grow

[@kingarthursims]

Nope. They only grow when you are playing.

[@NeoB-Lac]

I have the one you recommended

[@NeoB-Lac]

How do I gill it? I can’t fill it

[@kingarthursims]

To fill the seeder (I am assuming that is what "it" is) you pull next the seed back and press the right joystick.

[@adamhofhaug2434]

Spiers? 😂

[@amthx4005]

What plowing do ?

[@kingarthursims]

In the game it gives you 10 percent better yield if you do it every 3 crops, In real life it brings nutrients up to the top of the soil where the seeds get planted.

[@bradystechandgaming8923]

21:16

[@twobaybugs5882]

Like the video

[@michaelricchiuti]

Wondering what map this is?

[@kingarthursims]

Just the default Goldcrest map that comes with the game.

[@victorvirgen6284]

26.30 he said my name victor

[@robindean8739]

so to get a plow is it really needed in the game ? or can you just ummm i can't spell it but it starts with a C .. COAVACT ?????

[@kingarthursims]

I would get a cultivator, you will need it every time. Then you can rent a plow every 3rd crop as needed.

[@robindean8739]

@@kingarthursims how well i tell if it needs plowed? did i miss it on this clip or was it explained on the last clip? LOL

[@robindean8739]

cause my husband and i have already planted wheat in two fields and we didn't use the plow its why i asked

[@kingarthursims]

if you go into the map page on the pause menu - you can see the status of the fields - You have to change the map to show it though. Fields that need plowing will be red.

[@Verukusaki]

Ahhh... infotainment.

[@kingarthursims]

I hope it was entertaining lol

[@Verukusaki]

@@kingarthursims It was. Thank you, good sir. :)>

[@Anakinskywalker98]

Guess who plowed two fields collected the straw and cultivated two fields and stared the third fields plowing left to eat something and HAD HIS XBOX TURN OFF AND I DIDNT SAVE!! Ugwjabekdielabelabdlna!!!!

[@josephbennett3482]

Aww that sucks I've done that on FS15 playing on Xbox 360 , one day when playing it i got up to use the bathroom then make something to eat and drink then somehow during my little break the console shut down and I lost 6 fields of work and 1 hour worth of cleaning out the bio gas silos so I had to redo everything 😒

[@evanwernimont8328]

Westbridge did the other one did not how ever you spell it

[@kingarthursims]

aha - Yes, you spelled it right.

[@williamfrench9725]

They didn’t

[@josephnesbitt293]

800+800=1600

[@kingarthursims]

Facepalm

[@Liofa73]

Giants need to ship their games with more maps, two crappy maps is unacceptable. Rubbish American or Russian maps, both are totally unrealistic.

[@kingarthursims]

I agree sort of... If you are on the switch, you are stuck. But honestly the best maps have always been the maps made by the modding community so Giants maps don't really have to be that great because good maps very quickly follow.

[@sineadcaseyful]

I said no

[@reenadamor3131]

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