What Crop Makes The Most Money? - Farming Simulator 25

[@Scroft]

Hey everyone. I thought I'd release the video a day earlier than planned. Join the discord for V1 of the spreadsheet with all the info in discord.com/invite/MQQ4DtC Thanks for watching 👍

[@mrgusse]

Incredible job as always, we'll see if it get to use it, haven't decided if I getting thev game yet as I mentioned in another comment =)

[@jeffreydubbs6711]

it would be interesting to see how this changes when playing with seasons off

[@JacknifeUK]

This is a great resource, thanks. I'm not sure if you mention it but using the MacDon swather to cut Corn, Wheat, Barley and Canola will improve yield and straw yield by about 25%. 😀

[@HUNTER44444]

Hi, I can't find your spreadsheet, could you send a link or something I looked in discord and can't find it. any help? thanks

[@Payne2225]

@@HUNTER44444 I'm looking for it, as well! FS25 is my first ever Farm Sim game, so that spreadsheet is going to be a huge help.

[@Ravenblade86]

Pretty sure this video for FS22 is how I found you're channel. Hopefully this one is even more successful for you Scroft!

[@Scroft]

Thanks Raven 🙂🙂

[@Adrian9eltigre]

Same for me. Good quality video

[@ItsJustWithers]

His FS22 video was the first FS related video I ever watched

[@Rico-m9s]

I know it’s a ton of work but I would have loved a comparison with the new swathing. Supposedly gets higher yields. Thanks for your time scroft!

[@Scroft]

It's in the works right now. Video will be tomorrow and a new tab for the spreadsheet 👍🙂

[@animatiV9]

@@Scroft Is it possible to download a spreadsheet?

[@Scroft]

Yeah buddy. It's in my discord 🙂

[@animatiV9]

@@Scroft Thanks

[@sparks6177]

Petty simple to figure out yourself if you use scrofts data to inform your math. Swathing is proven to increase yield by an additional 25% (it isn’t exact but it’s extremely close, within one point) this also includes straw yield for applicable crops.

[@dusanmirkovic1915]

Great work! Thank you in the name of us all who are in love with spreadsheets! You did it for FS22 after some time, NOW you did it even before new game came out. You are the best!

[@Scroft]

2 days of solid work... but it was worth every second 🙂👍 Thanks buddy

[@WombatDakk]

Brilliant work, thank you :) Love it. Small note, i'd love to see the cost of machinery factored in as well. Sugarbeet might earn the most, but by the time you purchase/lease the required equipment, i wonder if that would change. Still, lots of crunchy data, love it, thank you.

[@harag9]

Great work on that Scroft, however the next question is Production, e.g. grapes / olives is at the bottom, but if you take them to a production, and sell the end products, do they still come out at bottom? Maybe that is the way to turn them in to a money maker ? Are you making the spreadsheet available online, so we always get the latest version when we open it up?

[@keithwheeler8875]

Ive only just discovered your channel after it was on my screen when i logged into KZbin this is absolutley awesome thank you so much for this. Up to now ive only ever played all the previous android versions of FS But when the features of FS25 started to come out i decided i need an upgrade from Android I had just recieved some inheritance from my dad who passed away in september and as we were both farmers for real back in the day as herdsman and had a shared love of farming i decided it was fitting to use some of his inheritance money which was just a small windfall from cashing in his premium bonds to buy myself a PS5 and the FS25 so ive spent the last 3 weeks practising with FS15 getting used to using the controls etc so roll on 1pm today when my new journey in farming simulator starts 😊 26:58

[@landonhackney9935]

Commenting for the algorithm. Great video, respect for being the first one to put a video covering this out (I think).

[@chriswatkinson93]

Thanks for all the work you’ve put in scroft 🙏🏻

[@noobprogaming4871]

Thanks Man . Very Impressive effort with a very Informative outcome. It's very beneficial video for grinding. Hope your next video will be on Animals and then on other productions and factories. Stay Blessed

[@simfellow]

Wow, you have put in the effort. This is great!! Thank you very much!

[@Scroft]

Thank you very much!

[@That_Guy_Grizz]

Wow @scroft, talk about a detailed review and info on the crops. I've watched others do something similar but Mate, your video is more detailed, more immersed provides a lot stronger insight which i truly appreciate. Good job mate, well done

[@MechMancer]

Thank you so much for all the effort you put into this! It’s much appreciated and so so helpful.

[@tommysmedberg5411]

Tip from Coach. Mission: Transport trees, 10k a mission. You can easy do 5-6/hour (they pop back up directly). ez 50k/hour. 8h hard work 400k. Ofc it req some expensive machinery, but if you go for tree planting and saw mills etc, this is a good was to pay off your loans while your trees grow.

[@brianfeuillet3943]

Thank you Scroft for the hard work you put into this very informative video.

[@fraserskomorowski2311]

Thanks Scroft! Always appreciate the effort you make in these deep dives. I would expect that the weirdly low seed usage on those affected crops is a bug that likely gets patched on release day. You will likely need to repeat this experiment after release.

[@RamboHackerGaming]

I was holding off on watching fs25 videos until the release... but was looking forward to this video the most so going to break my rule and go ahead watch. Thank you for all the work you did on this video and all the super helpful info!!

[@Scroft]

Hope you enjoy it! Thank you so much for your support RamboHacker!

[@DisTurbedSimulations]

Awesome video. Top level spreadsheeting

[@Scroft]

Appreciate it! Thanks mate 👍

[@jonny5777]

You definitely found a new follower in May after the effort that must’ve been. Especially for another Yorkshireman. I’ve left my Farm early so I can come home and play FS 25. They all laughed at me 😂

[@erniebogie]

Wow ,a ton of work went into this .Thank you very much .

[@PugBip]

Fantastic Scoft, great advice thank you for taking the time to make this video love everything you do mate .

[@SarcasticRealist1]

Another great overview, Scroft. Hats off to you. Thank you for this.

[@MoonHowlerGaming]

Thanks @SCroft, appreciate the time and effort you put into this.

[@keggarino]

Well done Mate! Thank you!

[@cendapangrac3644]

Really nice video :) Imagine having better statistics for PC game than I have for my bachelor's thesis :D

[@mateuspab]

Love it! Spreadsheet analysis ;)

[@barrakuda17009]

Hey Scroft! Loved the video. Great information as always. I think you could take this a step further to evaluate these crops with their respective production chains to see how things pan out. Things like canola might end up being more valuable after being processed and further refined.

[@maltemuller1577]

Edit: i was so in rage about the vegtables i almost forgot to tell that the whole video is realy nice, thanks for youre work. The whole vegetable harvesting system (carrots, parsnips, beetroot) is broken at the moment. You can only effectively use one harvester-the one with a tank on it-but it takes an eternity because it only covers one row (0.8m). All the other harvesters, especially the larger ones with four rows, require you to drive alongside them, and that’s where the problems begin. If the AI drives straight, it works okay. But as soon as it needs to turn, it becomes a nightmare. The AI will only turn if you’re positioned directly under the ejection belt, leaving you stuck in a frustrating back-and-forth. If you’re in the way, the AI can’t turn. If you’re not in the way, you’re not under the ejection belt, and it still doesn’t work. This wouldn’t be such a problem if the AI worked like it did in LS22, where it simply drove in straight lines. Now, it proceeds to turn at the edges of the field, which is great for most crops but makes the vegetable issue worse. You can’t work around the problem by forcing it to drive straight anymore. I eventually gave up on harvesting vegetables entirely-it’s just not worth the hassle. Hope they (or mods ) will fix that issue

[@RGbcc]

@@maltemuller1577 took a contract for one of these crops. Let’s just say if it had been in the 2 hour window I might have refunded. Keep yourself sane and skip these until molders add a harvester with storage.

[@R41d1]

I thought the harvester all have a tank for the vegetables? I just noticed that doing sillage is pain, because exactly what you said is happening. but in that case, you dont have to be very exact at the truck. Cant imagine how this should work on vegetables if there is no thank.

[@maltemuller1577]

@R41d1 there is actually one with a tank , the tank only got like 5000l (don't remember correctly) that one just got one row, so it takes lot of time and you need to empty it fast so you can't let AI do it for long until you need to drive by and empty him. The self driving harvester got 4 rows and it want you exactly under the belt wich can't change direction. For silage you at least git some space to drive, and an multi directional output. It just seems giants was so enthusiastic about their new GPS AI that tge forgot it brings new problems. It's pretty much easy to fix I think, if game detects silage or vegetables AI could go into ,,just straight lines,,mode (like it did in former games)that would solve the issue.

[@jeremiahgranatowski1400]

There's a mod Harvester that you can download, it has a large tank and does 4 rows at a time. I hated vegetables before I downloaded the mod and now I plant a whole lot of veggies.

[@joelg8004]

Thanks for doing all this!

[@skinnmann9022]

Fantastic work Scroft thanks for all your hard work

[@twostrokeseb6028]

This was a really great video! Thanks for the info and keep on going with the good Work!

[@FernandoWeeber]

Thank you Scroft for the hard work!

[@Essin62]

MASSIVE effort! Thank you

[@adamsmith2758]

Love your stuff Scroft and your community, so please don’t take this the wrong way, I’m asking because I trust those here… is there anyone doing a legit let’s play on riverbend springs? No offense to him, but I’m not a fan of DJ’s let’s plays. Can’t wait for a long Scroft series on 25!

[@Scroft]

I'm sure DJ won't mind mate. That's the great thing about KZbin. With all the different creators and their styles it gives you the option to find someone you prefer and that's a great thing. I'll be doing a proper let's play soon where I don't have loads of money

[@RickyEngland1965]

SimulationoftheNation is doing one

[@jstring]

@@adamsmith2758 daggerwin is doing one also

[@mikey22355]

Yeah, DJ plays like a child, literally cheating everything he can and making stupid noises all the time. Couldn’t watch his fs22 lets plays but he is definitely popular with some people

[@adamsmith2758]

@@mikey22355 it’s the fake “excited” voice 24/7 for me.. and yea, I prefer realism.

[@TapTapUrDone]

Great video. Well done. Looking forward to the animal breakdowns.

[@andrewgreen97]

Amazing amount of detail. Thanks for sharing your findings. It would be interesting to see a side by side comparison of the minimal necessary machinery cost for each as well, which I know can significantly vary due to the number of options, but maybe some kind of estimate.

[@ranwolfFARM]

So much to learn yet. Thank you Scroft for all your informative videos.

[@DoctorFish10]

Amazing work Scroft - see what you meant about it taking so long to prepare for

[@stephenadams1940]

Brilliant; thanks for your effort. Look forward to seeing the animal spreadsheets

[@AHRavnsborg]

Great video, I would've been interesting to consider the "cost of entry" for each crop. I am disappointed by the fact that rice scored so low, but if you consider the harvester and planter only cost around 130.000 together, this changes the math, perhaps. Also next step could be to consider productions and the impact on the sell price - Canola scored low, what if you turn it into oil, will it score better? You have all the data, already, so it shouldn't be too bad to look at

[@thmsbkr]

Hats off to you for putting in the work! Thank you!

[@Beanie_TFH]

Perfect and all ready for tomorrow! Loving the spreadsheet Scroft it's looking even better then when you did it for FS22! 😊🥳🚜

[@mrgusse]

A bit biased there Beanie? Now that's he's done with it maybe he has time to spend some time with you too =)

[@Beanie_TFH]

@ haha maybe but seeing all the work Scroft put into this video and looking at the comparisons between both spreadsheets I don’t think it’s too biased ☺️😂 Fingers crossed although I know he’s got a lot more exciting videos to come on FS25 😁

[@mrgusse]

​@@Beanie_TFH I'm just teasing you =). Scroft is doing a great job really. But I just want more TFH =) should I buy FS25 or not, haven't decided really :D

[@carlandersson8467]

Awsome work! 💪🏻

[@AmbitiousAnglerFishing]

Wow, thanks so much dude for doing this for us! I can see how much work and organization this took! MVP right here!

[@KevinMullins-k3f]

Thanks, Probably the best video with FS25 information!

[@dewolfen5129]

Like you fs19 version im over the moon with this one as well. thanks for your time and effort .

[@TheWinFasT]

Lifesaving video mate. Thanks for that. Greetings from Türkiye

[@tommyvercetti4040]

Well done and very educactional !!! Proper statistical approach with a metric f*ckton of work put into it. That is how Scroft rolls :) Already knew you were the real deal when I subscibed years ago and this is yet another confirmation. Thanks a lot and happy farming!

[@CodyStone282]

I love the info, analysis, and presentation, but I always run my own test to compare against yours and I found in FS22 that poplar wood chips was actually be the highest earner. Plant once, harvest multiple times, extreme yield, and around $1,100 high sell point.

[@lew7678]

Watched this in its entirety, very useful info that I'll be considering while I farm grass and silage.

[@calebcollins6736]

Hello! I think it would be extremely helpful to also cover the productions of each crop and see if that impacts the ranking at all. I know that would probably be alot of work but i think it would be interesting and a good thing to add to the "Farming Simulator Bible" haha. Have a good one!

[@Dawkins921]

Thank you for making this. Great video

[@Frithgar20]

Not surprised to see the new rice lower down on the per minute result. But I'm curious how these numbers will change if they're pushed through a production facility. Harder to take a good balance on that, things like cotton and wheat/barley/oats are better after being pushed through a couple of productions. Canola being turned to oil I think would bring back the £/min for the British Farming enthusiasts

[@Ravenblade86]

I won't stand for this grape slander Scroft! 😂 I assume it will be the same story as FS22 for them that you really need to be doing some productions with them, plus I think you would be a bit mad if you aren't cheating in some money to cover the initial planting cost or using a mod that makes it cheaper. Personally I just find the process of working with them to be relaxing, same way some people love making endless amounts of bails. Glad to see that some of the new crops are going to be well worth doing.

[@TheMrScoffer]

This is great. Would be even better if it went down the route of also covering productions. i.e. Canola was disappointing from a pure crop perspective but what if you turned it into Oi?l etc etc

[@Jiangcool9]

Thank you for everything you do

[@gustavn8902]

scroft... spinach looks to be best. u can harvest it twice like sugarcane... great.... i go for spinace tomorrow...

[@RoneryBob]

Oh wow, what a great Video. Thank you so much.

[@jasper71374]

Damn, I was quite surprised about Canola being that low. Really appreciate all of the effort put into this video mate.

[@kellyvanstaveren72]

@jasper71374 agreed where I'm from it's the most common crop. Sometimes with modded maps it's worth around 30% more than base game maps was like that on 22 anyways.

[@generalchrome]

Got a sub and like out of me. This is mint. Great job.

[@Scroft]

Thanks for that mate

[@EmmaCrossland-mr5gy]

Will there be a farm hand episode this week buddy? Proper good vid by the way 😂

[@Harry-racer]

Loved the video scroft I will be trying the Asian map out tomorrow 😊

[@ydlac9289]

Awesome work, thanks for the effort and sharing the information.

[@VitorianoFM]

Thanks, great video!

[@dmrgaming1034]

Look forward to seeing new videos on FS25 between you and Mr sealy p (as I'm console)

[@WOLFiIftITigrex]

Nice video. On the side note. I think you calculated lime with the double amount, since one pallet is 2000l. Since its universal nithing changes tho.

[@ddSqueeze]

I would be curious to see this comparison with the tweak that each crop’s income is based on the price in the (first) month you would be harvesting it. Essentially simulating the results for someone who doesn’t choose to sit on harvests until best sell price periods - they just harvest and sell. I also think a study on time-to-profitability would be interesting. Basically, so many of the crops require specialty equipment to harvest. So why not take that equipment’s cost into consideration. For example, sugar beets have the highest profit, but maybe the sugar beet equipment is also the most expensive, so if you compare it to a more average profit crop that maybe has cheaper priced equipment to harvest something ends up looking more appealing.

[@wikingnor4619]

So you want to test every Havester with every havester head? do you know how many combination that is? The first havester have problem with 8,5m long head, but it still works slowly. Why would you want the New Holland- CR11 with a 6m head? you can do it, just look really stupid. but if you lack the money for bigger 'head' it is a equipment comparison you ask for not only that, but that also require the same from the other equipment as well. The are like what? only 5 that can only be havested one way. only 1 equipment that works on each. Out of the 25 different crop's.

[@ddSqueeze]

⁠​⁠@@wikingnor4619sugar beets, potatoes, spinach, sugarcane, rice, cotton, peas, green beans, sunflowers, corn, grapes, and olives all require specialized equipment to harvest. As do red beets, carrots, and parsnips, which can all be harvested with the same piece of equipment, but still not a standard combine. So… essentially the exact inverse of what you stated. Only “like 5” (7 of 22) can be harvested with a combine harvester. 2/3 of crops require specialized equipment. As for the rest of your statement - not at all the point I’m getting at. Choose one optimal combine harvester for those crops, and consider that the “equipment cost” for those crops.

[@aselcuk]

Great work buddy, thank you.

[@ElCavador775]

I do love a well made spreadsheet!

[@jimjasutis5046]

From the looks of it, they would still fall near the middle of the list, but I have seen tests that show for the crops that you can use the swathing machine, you can increase the yield of both the crop and the straw by 25% by using the swathing machine.

[@TENGILL]

Thank you for all your hard work.

[@NZ1750]

I love the research you’ve done! I’ve got a question. Did you take into account the harvesting speed of a sunflower header and extra expense? I’ve found that the double harvesting speed with a sunflower header really helps on really big fields

[@TheMaisterrudolf]

Great work ❤❤❤

[@NevFTW]

The price graphs work like the stock market graphs. Because it doesn't show the caddles, people think that the show price is the highest. But it was the end of day price. So during that day it could have gone over the price and lowered before end of day. So getting the price at 9am is doing the same thing, you have just change when the end of day price is. I may not be able to expland it well enough, but their are plenty of people that has explained a stockmarket caddle for you to look up and understand. Hope this helps people with the graph and this knowledge can spread.

[@nizarudeenhajamaideen7924]

Great Effort 👍

[@wickedtwix]

do you plan on ever evaluating the income of crafted products in factories from one field in order to find out if low performing crops might give a higher yield if processed? Great video, just as the FS22 one 😊

[@gtdriver721]

Proper video unlike other channels!

[@jackzupancic3717]

since you have all this info gathered already it would be very interesting if you used all this info to also show what the best production chains are. since you already have the time to farm each plant for a certain amount of liters just put that many liters from the list you have for each required material for the production chain. add any manual labor time(not passive) required to get production materials then show how much manual labor time it takes to make (x) amount from each production chain. maybe it will change up the list of what the most valuable crop is to grow if you were to use it for a production chain. maybe you don't have to be disappointed about canola maybe canola oil is really worth it. would make for a very interesting follow up video with a lot of the leg work already done.

[@madthundercat]

great job with the video, can we expect the crop profitability ranking to be similar when the crops are processed into goods?

[@CellTherapyCream]

That plant on the screen was fun one time, not 50 times. otherwise great video and informative content.

[@dansiegel995]

You didnt mention the king crop. Grass silage bales. And unless running PC with CP, grass bales are better than corn silage. Bales are also much better for transport, so they win, period. SugarBeats are great, but logistics are s killer. Nice chart, good to know to stay away from short rice, and that spinach is so good. But not sure where you can store spinach, cetainli not in a normal grain elevator.

[@dansiegel995]

Actually, silage prices seemed to have gotten nerfed bigtime. Peak prices in fs22 were typically $275-325 on normal economy In Riverbend, peak prices are only $200 on normal. Finally, they have given me a reason to not do silage. SBs though, they earn #1 due to the crazy logistics, especially if you aren't using a cheese whiz multifruit silo.

[@gmngjoy]

I'm curious if using the Swathing tools will change any of the numbers for the swathable crops (potentially adding value to the purchase of the DLC with SCROFT 's partner code? :wink)

[@Scroft]

It sure does buddy, video is set for tomorrow

[@sykosocial]

21:50 for the answer you probably searched for

[@dcsblessedbees]

I'd love to see a Hops mod maybe some of the Berry types.

[@sam-ej7sq]

looking to hit big again!

[@Wourghk]

What about which crop makes the most per hour using productions? I'm curious to see if olives and grapes see a worthy improvement in return after refinement, and whether sugar beets remain the most profitable, or if the necessity of the incredibly boring, time-consuming beet chopper implement gets in the way versus auto-distributed productions to final products (or any intermediate products).

[@dr1flush]

A winery and a way to make olive oil to boost grapes and olives would be cool

[@rasmusbostrup823]

This would be nice to see with the different production chains in the game, to see how they pay off with the amount of work it takes

[@Uberhexation]

Can you make a video for productions aswell? Maybe 2 or 3 starting with the grains. I know it's alot of work. So thank you for making this video.

[@indianapowerclean4519]

poplar will yield wood chips in numbers comparable to that of root crops and they are worth an absolute fortune at over 900 per 1000L . everyone discounts wood chips as trash but are really the unsung hero of FS

[@cyphi474]

Specialised harvesters cost tons of money and their use is limited to one crop. That point would make Wheat-Barley-Oats-Canola better as you need just one harvester for all of them. Sugar beets or Potatoes harvesters will cost you tons of money so return, even with better profits, is much longer. Much much longer when you get to the bottom of the list. Same could be said about grass, but you can buy some machines that can do more than just grass(seeder, fertilizing, etc.), so its not going to be just sitting there waiting for the next season. Initial cost, minimal to best is also important. Maybe idea for the next video.

[@TheLegoAnimator863]

Can wait till Christmas because that’s the time for fs25 presents

[@Fefe0498]

Would consider comparing these results again but swathing crops that allow, i've seen somewhere that increases yelds by 25%

[@Aschraffff]

The issue with Spinach is the machinery. After leasing costs, I barely made any money. I'm not waiting for the second harvest, and will try something else instead.

[@R41d1]

Thats an awesome list, especially with the time consumed. Some Fruits are super time annyoing. Now one has to think about, whats a good starting crop . because all top tier crops have machines that cost 500k+. Wheat I can do with smaller stuff, and its usable for different crops. eah for just earning the most money, I guess I would do cotton. Especially because whool and cloths is also super good and an easy industry. But for longtime fun I guess its best to start with Position 5-9. It would be super exciting, to compare all products in the factories, and maybe the animals. But thats pritty difficult I guess. To much to take into account. Some products just need one ingediant, some like cereals (is it that in english - Müsli in german) need 4 grapes included. For many you need animal stuff like eggs or milk. But would be nice to see which have a good payout. I read, that e.g. buffalo and his mozzarella isnt worth.

[@thedachor]

I just saw your pc specs for the first time since watching you, we have basically the same build haha

[@charlesvasut2711]

I do not have FS25 downloaded, so I cannot confirm, but in Driver53 Gaming's similar (yet much shorter, not as detailed) video, he says that we now get canola straw in the base game. So that would bump canola up a little bit, perhaps more.

[@Scroft]

I didn't get any straw from Canola, but I'll try and see if I missed it and add it to 🙂👍

[@charlesvasut2711]

@@Scroft Maybe I miss interpreted Driver53's comments, but I just re-listened, and I don't think so. But clearly, I can neither confirm, nor refute, his statement.

[@Scroft]

No worries bud, I've just tested and the harvester says straw is not available with this crop. So I'll have to look into it deeper 👍

[@TrainGamerYT]

Very nice!

[@kannanb8952]

Great work 👏 👍, but what about grass?

[@LordFire14]

Nice video, i'm also a fan of canola, do you think maybe if you consider you can proccess it into canola oil, the yield is much more acceptable?