I appreciate all your effort and time you put in your videos. Your analysis gives me a good perspective towards my gameplay, although I like the 'start from scratch' roleplay-ish way. I'm looking forward to see the complete FS 'bible'. 😀👍
Same here, I always play from scratch and earn the equipment with as little starting money as possible, even editing the save file and reducing the money where needed.
I was hoping to use the swather on harvest contracts to see if that bonus yield would increase your share of the harvest income from the contract. Unfortunately, when I brought the Macdon to the field I was told that I did not have access to that field, even though it let me harvest the field with my normal harvester.
So let me get this right I know I'm an old cantankerous old ******. But you are telling me that giants have made it so that throwing the crop down on the floor and gathering it up again makes 25% more in volume in wheat and straw. That means, that the combine harvester should be losing so much wheat that the fields should automatically sprout wheat again on it's own! I know I've had to endure some bull-shit from Giants in the past, but this one takes some beating. but as always well done Scroft you are really sorting the things out, it is just a shame Giants couldn't do just as good with realism.
It is a bit like silage were the game before hand, no one bothered doing silage. So Giants put the price up so high that everyone started to do silage because it was so profitable. And I'm smelling the same BS here.
@@deckname5794 it's called BS. Can anyone give me a proper answer as why anyone would do this in real life. And where would the profit be to do the same job twice. All I can see is we will have taught the next generation that this is a good thing to do. Stupid people making the mad world worse.
@@jonathanmaybury5698 If you're taking about the swathing, that's actually a real thing. I think it's mostly done to reduce the moisture content before threshing.
Will the Farming Bible be kept upto date by yourself or maybe others in the discord? Especially as things are changed and added later, like Precision Farming and such
Awesome video thanks. When you get into the next stages of your bible. Try picking up the swath with the class pick up 300 forage header and forage harvester of course. Giants have add the ability that when you pick up a swath like this it has an output of chaff to make silage.
Just a thought on the "time taken" increase from traditional to swathing - given that planting, rolling and fertiliser spreading are identical for both they should not be included in the total time. That means that the total increase between the two is actually 285 seconds vs 429 seconds, an increase of 50.52%...
It’s a 50% increase in harvest time, but he’s using total time to calculate profit per minute invested on the last chart, so the total time is the correct measurement. The real trade off is how much all the swathing equipment costs and how long that equipment will take to pay off with the 25% extra yield it’s providing.
Now that we have the ability to buy manure and slurry at the animal dealer on basegame maps, I think an interesting test would be if the fertiliser cost would go down or up for slurry and manure and if time goes up. Could even factor in cultivating and slurry injecting in one pass.
I guess you would because you kept any extra previously anyway, though I do think there is a time limit on them now (not sure) so be sure you have the time.
Scott as done a lot of useful content not like some of the other channels, particularly Daggerwin nothing he has done has been useful. He’s trying to do a play through at the moment and made loads of financial errors. Quite funny to watch if you don’t mind being talked too like you’re a six-year-old 😂😂
@@JustMyFishits hilarious, in the episode where he buys the mf, he realizes he doesnt have enough money, and chooses to get rid of the better engine and keep the fancy cab😂😂
@JustMyFish I got into FS cuz of Daggerwin. But it's cuz he doesn't really seem to have any common sense about how to play the game that got to me. Scroft is pretty much the only one I have time to watch and that's mostly farm hand. But I've watched his tutorials when trying to learn AutoDrive and CoursePlay
@scroft 1 question as im not going to get fs25 till at least January. can we do whole crop silage using the macdon pack then a swath header for the forage harvesters
Maybe they should have made extra yield types like dry (swathed) corn and damp corn with the dry corn being 25% dearer in price to sell. Which would make it far more realistic than the way they have done it. But even though 25% is a lot, would dry corn give you a 25% increase in price in real life.
Has anyone figured out how to use the pw8 header with the 20t header trailer? It shows up in the combination screen but doesn’t seem to lock onto the trailer for transport
@@derekh1090 that’s because it’s already installed into the game if you go into the game Settings downloaded items you can just turn it on and it’s there.
I don't get the idea behind Swathing your crops to me when you do swathing you lose grain and then you must use the same Harvester (Combine) to pick up the swath. Just use the combine and do it in one step ???????
irl you use swathing on smaller farms cause its cheaper to do that then run a grain dryer. it takes more time but its still helpful sense grain dryers cost alot in fuel.
Irl you can swath cut a crop when it is higher moisture so you lose less heads in cutting, and then they are caught in the swath during combine pickup so you do end up losing less
Thanks for all the FS25 video's Scroft, loved the Crop prices video but this one was interesting for me because i hardly ever swathed in FS22
Glad you enjoyed it!
I appreciate all your effort and time you put in your videos. Your analysis gives me a good perspective towards my gameplay, although I like the 'start from scratch' roleplay-ish way. I'm looking forward to see the complete FS 'bible'. 😀👍
Much appreciated! Thanks for watching!
Same here, I always play from scratch and earn the equipment with as little starting money as possible, even editing the save file and reducing the money where needed.
I was hoping to use the swather on harvest contracts to see if that bonus yield would increase your share of the harvest income from the contract. Unfortunately, when I brought the Macdon to the field I was told that I did not have access to that field, even though it let me harvest the field with my normal harvester.
So let me get this right I know I'm an old cantankerous old ******. But you are telling me that giants have made it so that throwing the crop down on the floor and gathering it up again makes 25% more in volume in wheat and straw. That means, that the combine harvester should be losing so much wheat that the fields should automatically sprout wheat again on it's own! I know I've had to endure some bull-shit from Giants in the past, but this one takes some beating. but as always well done Scroft you are really sorting the things out, it is just a shame Giants couldn't do just as good with realism.
It is a bit like silage were the game before hand, no one bothered doing silage. So Giants put the price up so high that everyone started to do silage because it was so profitable. And I'm smelling the same BS here.
It's called "balancing".
@@deckname5794 it's called BS. Can anyone give me a proper answer as why anyone would do this in real life. And where would the profit be to do the same job twice. All I can see is we will have taught the next generation that this is a good thing to do. Stupid people making the mad world worse.
@@jonathanmaybury5698 If you're taking about the swathing, that's actually a real thing. I think it's mostly done to reduce the moisture content before threshing.
@@deckname5794 So what you're saying is that swatting is cheaper than a grain dryer?
Thanks! I was surprised that you get extra straw too!
My graphics card burned out 30 minutes after I downloaded the game but I'm happy because I can watch your videos keep up the good work
Sorry to hear that buddy! Hopefully you can get it sorted soon! Thanks for watching!
Damn that sucks
awesome, looks like giants added crop swathing to make them more attractive for players. can do pretty well with the grain crops now!
It definitely can, it is a nice boost!
Good video Thanks for the valuable info.
Thanks for watching, I really appreciate it!
Will the Farming Bible be kept upto date by yourself or maybe others in the discord? Especially as things are changed and added later, like Precision Farming and such
I will do my very best to keep it up to date 🙂
Awesome video thanks. When you get into the next stages of your bible. Try picking up the swath with the class pick up 300 forage header and forage harvester of course. Giants have add the ability that when you pick up a swath like this it has an output of chaff to make silage.
Thanks for the tip!
Another very informative video Scroft you really do work hard at these, looking forward to the animal one as a main interest for me. 👍
Coming soon! Thanks bud
Just a thought on the "time taken" increase from traditional to swathing - given that planting, rolling and fertiliser spreading are identical for both they should not be included in the total time. That means that the total increase between the two is actually 285 seconds vs 429 seconds, an increase of 50.52%...
It’s a 50% increase in harvest time, but he’s using total time to calculate profit per minute invested on the last chart, so the total time is the correct measurement. The real trade off is how much all the swathing equipment costs and how long that equipment will take to pay off with the 25% extra yield it’s providing.
Now that we have the ability to buy manure and slurry at the animal dealer on basegame maps, I think an interesting test would be if the fertiliser cost would go down or up for slurry and manure and if time goes up. Could even factor in cultivating and slurry injecting in one pass.
thanks for the info and work put in to figure this all out, Have a great day
Really love the effort you have put in, appreciated.
One note: 4.75m is not 4 minutes and 75 seconds of course :D
Great work scroft, For those of us who don't have the preorder macdon pack, how else can we do this swathing ? (or don't plan on buying it later)
cool seems like swathing is gunna be worth the effort
I’d say so! Thanks for watching!
thanks for the great videos! I don't know if it's just me, but you have a lower mid booming sound on your voice.
Great video Scroft! This is what I call content! 👌🏻
Only thing i dont like about spinach, potatoes, and sugar beats is unique harvesters for each and they are not cheap.
The next question is: if you do harvesting contacts with your swathing kit, do you get to keep the extra 25%?
I guess you would because you kept any extra previously anyway, though I do think there is a time limit on them now (not sure) so be sure you have the time.
@harag9 it's been tested, you can't swath during harvesting contracts
Thanks for videos... What is cow pasture for? I dont understand and i couldnt sell it
While I value these videos well before I plan to get the game, I'm going thru TFH withdrawals 🤣
Scott as done a lot of useful content not like some of the other channels, particularly Daggerwin nothing he has done has been useful. He’s trying to do a play through at the moment and made loads of financial errors. Quite funny to watch if you don’t mind being talked too like you’re a six-year-old 😂😂
@@JustMyFishits hilarious, in the episode where he buys the mf, he realizes he doesnt have enough money, and chooses to get rid of the better engine and keep the fancy cab😂😂
@JustMyFish I got into FS cuz of Daggerwin. But it's cuz he doesn't really seem to have any common sense about how to play the game that got to me. Scroft is pretty much the only one I have time to watch and that's mostly farm hand. But I've watched his tutorials when trying to learn AutoDrive and CoursePlay
I’m sorry BiggRiggz! Not too long now till the next THF episode 😂😁👍🏼
@@JustMyFish I used to watch DW ages ago... don't find him as interesting these days and he makes loads of basic stupid mistakes.
Hey Scroft just what i saw on your lime costs it stats 1000 litre for 450 when it is 2000 litre for 450 just to let you know. Ty for the great video.
Amazing work Scroft
about to dive in to 25 seems to me that there could be mayjor returns from the swathing equipment if its used for contracts !!
@scroft 1 question as im not going to get fs25 till at least January. can we do whole crop silage using the macdon pack then a swath header for the forage harvesters
Wasn't the macdon pack for preorders only? nvm just checked, you can buy it as an addon for about 5 pounds.
Thank you Scroft. I wouldn't be as far in FS25 if not for your videos. You're awesome.
Glad to help mate. I hope you're enjoying the game
How does one goes about swathing Soybeans, I was able to get the cutting done but for some reason threshing the crop after that does not work?
I can’t wait till the realistic mods come out once again
Just started to watch the video.
But can you use a normal header, just like in real life, to harvest the swath..?
Hi thanks very much for your useful streams 👍 can you tell me how long it takes for crops to grow i would appreciate it thanks again good work 👏 😊
4 Liters seed used for canola?
Maybe they should have made extra yield types like dry (swathed) corn and damp corn with the dry corn being 25% dearer in price to sell. Which would make it far more realistic than the way they have done it. But even though 25% is a lot, would dry corn give you a 25% increase in price in real life.
I know its not the same crop but if you were to bale the swath that would add to the profit of the original crop. I wonder by how much though.
Scroft I know your probably busy whit fs25 . There was no farm hand last weekend , wondering will there be one this weekend coming
Can you hire a worker to collect the swath? I think for most people this would be a make or break criteria
Can you not construct on every map scroft?
Great video.
Has anyone figured out how to use the pw8 header with the 20t header trailer? It shows up in the combination screen but doesn’t seem to lock onto the trailer for transport
Does swathing increase yield for grass too?
No - I've tested it and it does nothing.
"traditional harvest" - when you use only the combine and header, is called direct heading
Can u swath with the samaz triple mowers like u can in real life ?
Can you not change where the swaths dump out on? Making a double swath in FS22 saved a good amount of time on the combining.
They put a swather in the game, and still no alfalfa I feel like this game is just not developing at all
how did you get the swather pack. i preordered it and still did not get it
@@gamerdisruptor4166 I’m having the same issue! Keep getting an error code trying to download the swather pack!!
@@derekh1090 it’s free with the pre-order.
@@JustMyFish I did preorder but it won’t allow me to download it! Keep getting an error code
@@derekh1090 that’s because it’s already installed into the game if you go into the game Settings downloaded items you can just turn it on and it’s there.
Pardon me for asking --- What are those conical robot-UFO-looking things outlining the fields??? 👽
My FS25 is installing now 😃It only cost £18 Bocuse I had a code.
I don't get the idea behind Swathing your crops to me when you do swathing you lose grain and then you must use the same Harvester (Combine) to pick up the swath. Just use the combine and do it in one step ???????
irl you use swathing on smaller farms cause its cheaper to do that then run a grain dryer. it takes more time but its still helpful sense grain dryers cost alot in fuel.
Irl you can swath cut a crop when it is higher moisture so you lose less heads in cutting, and then they are caught in the swath during combine pickup so you do end up losing less
Canola seed usage looks very low.
What I've seen so far its has so many bugs then covid. I 'm staying with fs22 for awhile. I have asked steam to give my money back.
giants did it again no bulls no ducks and no baby male chickens and you can not put trees in the pastiures ???????
@@ailielee1631 Just get a place anywhere mod and you can put trees wherever you want, might even work with the in-game free place mode
What happened to the farm hand ? I love your work but stop FAFFING LOL :)
It returns on the 16th. George has gone fishing and left his cardboard cutout in charge 🤣
Can you swath contracts?