BEST Yielding Crop for Silage | Farming Simulator 22 | Tutorial Series
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 มิ.ย. 2024
- I explore what crop has the highest yield when used for silage to help you make the best decision for your Farming Simulator 22 gameplay.
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I love that the bunkers now click together! Great info. Thanks Mike
Yes, that is a very cool new feature. Thanks!
so corn for silage and grass for hay. got it. Gonna be honest, I played FS19 for 2 years but I didnt know you could turn any other crop into silage. Didn't know thats what forage harvesters were for, so I never touched them. I'm learning a whole bunch of new stuff in 22.
Awesome! Glad you found value to my vid!
If you're playing with seasons, grass is king - you only get 1 harvest from each crop per year, except grass, where you can get 3 cuts. With grass you can mow, collect and use a grass roller (for +50% fertilization), and get full yield every time. Plus grass is a plant once only crop, so you don't have to factor seed purchase into the mix every year.
Another thing I noticed, which I've not tested, the forage headers are now all crop headers - unlike FS19 where there was the corn header, and the "everything else" header - I'm assuming there isn't a yield difference between the two header types for a given crop.
The crop “mower” header doesn’t cut corn, and the corn header doesn’t cut grass.
So you’d need both to do both.
I’ve done lots of testing, crops they both cut have equal yield no matter the header used.
@@dr.bherrin Ah hadn't noticed that difference, I guess the main reason to use the grass cutter is that it's faster work speed than the corn header. Again depends on what the farm is doing and how much money you're trying to save.
Good video. Results answers a lot of questions. I haven't work any silage in FS 22. In FS19 I used grass for the reasons you mentioned. Convenience in multiple uses. Also remember cutting corn early on the third growth stage. This would shorten the cycle and make corn more valuable. Maybe something for another test.
Yeah I had another viewer bring up the same question about the yield if cutting before "ready for harvest" state but I was trying to be fair to all the crops and take them to the same state. But you have a point, there could be some more testing needed 👍🏻. Thank you, Lance!
Oh hey nice name
With seasons turned on Grass is definitely king then as you get three harvests a year, but only one with Corn
Check again ,real life corn is king for silage more forage per acre.
@@jamieward2880 I know about real life but in game it seems pointless sadly, I'd love to get a forage harvester.
I hope theres a mod that will fix this or maybe a patch by Giants
@@ConanTheBavarian get one anyway, I got the Krone and use it to do grass anyway. No baling, no wrapping, just dump it in a Bunker three times a year, compact it and cover it. There's a mod for a tractor mounted pickup that shoots the silage into a trailer like a forage Harvester that makes emptying the Bunker a breeze as well.
@@craigo1981 any idea what that mod is called? Sound very useful!
In addition to more harvest per year, you also don’t have to replant every time. Saving you time and money on seeds
Great video and good basis for further experimenting. I play with seasons on and found 1 harvest of corn (or something else if i feel like it) and 2 harvests of grass with extra grow month the best for me. Gives me some variaty in activities as well.
Absolutely! Lot of potential options on how to go about things!
Great video. At the moment grass is a great option, if you buy the grass roller you can fertilize for free after that.
I agree, I didn't mention the roller but that is a great point!
@@MightyMikeFarms I'm doing a bunch of testing with animals and it makes grass work very economical.
Thanks for this! I have been thinking about trying corn silage. I think I'm just going to stick with grass silage.
Glad it helped!
Thanks Mike, good evaluation.
IMO, grass will be king in the long run, considering you'll get two cuts per year, never have to plow/reseed (every corn cycle requires plow/reseed), and only have to fertilize once per cycle (versus twice for corn) for max yield.
What would be a very interesting corollary tutorial is "Minimize bunker compaction time/effort", in other words what machine with what configs (wheel weights, front and back weights, roller or not, etc.) will minimize time spent compacting a large (>500k L) bunker fill. Also consider other vehicles (such as a harvester) instead of tractors, will compaction be faster if towing a trailer full of something "heavy" through the chaff, etc.
Hmm interesting…that would be a tough one to evaluate would def be cool to know.
@@MightyMikeFarms yeah, been trying to figure out a good way to find some real answers. So many things (like a heavier vehicle >should< compact faster) just don't seem to jibe in-game with what you'd expect real-world.
I fell in love with grass in this game
Simple, little maintenance
And great cash
I agree. A wonderful way to make silage ... and cash!
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Year 4 finally gon a have field with crops for straw
Just waiting for summer, must buy field that ready to harvest
Just some critique…
One, no animal other than cows eat silage. So if you’re not doing cows all you can use it for is to sell.
Two, you can get four harvests a year from grass, without replanting, it beats corn hands down. Plus, it doesn’t need the big expensive equipment to cut. Just a mower and a pickup wagon, which you can put additive in and get 5% more from.
While you can also use the additive in the forage harvester, it’s still not going to beat grass for silage.
Three, you don’t have to wait until the crops are fully grown to cut it into chaff. Corn, for example, can be cut at the four month mark without losing yield.
You won’t be able to get a second crop in a year, if using seasons, but maybe you need the get the silage in quicker…
Next, you don’t need to fertilize grass, just use a grass roller. Under grasscare. It gives a fertilizer state for free. No need to buy fertilizer.
Lastly, silage only take one month to ferment when in a bunker. Watch the clock, it goes up about 4.5 % per hour. So you need twenty hours roughly for it to ferment. This is way faster than bales, just for the comparison.
I do agree, grass can, over time, over a year, bring in much more than corn but then again you are also doing more work. Lot of factors/variables. My test was to just show the yield from one crop harvest.
My friend, I have a problem. I cannot lift the cover off the silage. What is the solution, even though I have paralyzed the appendages?
TH-camr 10th Generation Dairyman has video of the forage harvester shooting the silage straight into the silage bunker. That would be a nice mod!
Haha, no doubt. That would make things move along a lot more quickly!
Try this strategy (if you play with seasons): after corn harvest plant grass - in April you can make silage using bale wrapper. This will allow you to use the field all year with two different crops (grass + the one you want).
Except the time it takes to grow and seed corn, you can get two grass cuts out of it, and you do t have to spend any money on seed or fertilizer.
You’re not gaining anything really, just plant grass and cut it for silage. Five harvests a year if you cut in March and do every two months.
Some may tell you to wait until the third month, but extensive testing has shown that you get more from doing the cut at two months instead, because you get five harvests a year.
Using a grass roller after each cut means full fertilization without needing to pay for any fertilizer.
Once you plant grass, you’re done. Never costs you anything else except time and fuel.
@@dr.bherrin I’m curious, I saw on reddit you gain 60% between the second and third growth cycles and that 3 harvests per year will yield the same amount. I’m not saying you’re wrong, I’d just like some more information if you have it somewhere. I’m super new to silage and trying to maximize my production and am still learning
@@dr.bherrin do you have a link or similar to those tests?
@@xsuperdopeyx5933 doing only 3 3rd stage growth mows vs 5 2nd stage growth gets you less yield per annum. Best is to do 3 2nd stage and 1 3rd stage which gets you as much as 5 2nd stages but you have to do 1 less cycle.
What is that song you used? Between 6:40 -8:40 ? I can’t Shazam it.
Good video Mike, do you get the same yield from the crops if you harvest them on the last growth stage instead of ready to harvest (dry)?
You know I almost tested that but thought final stage would make it fair. I may have to check into that to see... Great question!
I do not think thats the case. If im not wrong it wasnt so in fs19 and thats probly why they removed the 3 differnt colours for „ready to harvest“
@@imvvi2287 I think part of the reason for that is that crop withering only happens with seasons on, after the harvest window. With seasons off there is no crop withering, so no need for a ready to harvest count down.
The answer is yes.
You get the same yield once the crop is fully grown, even before it’s teddy to harvest.
You can actually cut corn at four months and get the same yield as “ready to harvest”.
Still can’t plan more than one crop a year, with seasons in though.
Corn is always king for silage crops…..grass gives more yeild per year but is much more labor intensive due to multiple harvests
I hate plowing more
Harvest is most I enjoy
Including mowing the field almost daily
Like now now, tomorrow growing, next day now again
I found out today from my ocd wanting a perfect looking bunker that driving over the chaff after 100% compaction results in losses, lost quite a bit
Interesting. I'll keep that in mind during my compaction activities! Thanks for the info, Michael.
@@MightyMikeFarms yep definitely keep an eye on it, I lost about 200k liters before I noticed
If you mow the grass a month late, you earn more yield, but I don't know if this is profitable if we consider how many harvests per year.
Yeah, unfortunately there are so many variables it is hard to come up with a "fair test"
Is that maximum yield grass? Looks like it, 3 days is what it takes and the grass in the video seems to be fully grown. Just making sure. Grass definitely seems the better choice if playing seasons.
Yes it was fully grown. I agree, for total yearly amount grass is better. But if you want to do one crop then corn is the way to go.
I believe in real life farmers make chaff or corn silage in its last green growth before it dies and dries out rendering it as feed corn and corn straw. So, I’m interested what the yield difference of last growth stage versus harvest stage for corn silage.
I haven't tested that, good question.
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Hi what's the mod you used where when you are dricing the trailer the harvester will start
That is just the base game helper.
You missed doing both map gras and field grass. there are 3 types of grass now dude!
Nope, I didn't miss anything. I tested crops that could be planted. Exactly what I wanted to accomplish. Thanks for watching.
I’d pick corn to win lol
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What map is this?
Elk creek
@@MightyMikeFarms thanks bud
I disagree that corn is king. Per harvest, yes, corn has the greatest yield, and if you are playing with seasons off corn will make the most silage the fastest. However if you are playing with seasons you get 3 grass mowings per year (Harvest/roll in March, June, September, and again next year in March) giving you 65 712 litres of silage per year according to your spreadsheet, beating corn by 20 000 litres, or 43.3%, meaning in three years you get more than one extra corn harvest "for free" by doing grass instead. But of course, that is only with seasons activated.
And also, if playing with plowing turned off, you don't need to cultivate, seed or fertilize
True, but to get the extra grass you have to do a lot more work. Toss up really on how you want to go about it.
@@MightyMikeFarms Extra grass? I don't understand. You only have to use a meadow roller to replant and put 2nd layer of fertilization, right?
@@jesperfahlberg8419 I mean to get the same quantity of silage ... the end result ... using grass takes more work than just a single harvest of corn.
As you pack silage you g3t loss
I had no idea until I ran this test.
@@MightyMikeFarms yeah I learnt that running a silage farm on elmcreek I had over 700k and it went down to 650k
there’s absolutely no reason for this video to be 15 mins…
Thank you.
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