Complete Silage Tutorial Link - • Complete Silage Tutori... Here is a little (or huge) tutorial on the different equipment used to feed and have happy cows.
And here I am, 4 years after this was posted... I loved this video, it was long but the good kind of long because of how much you demonstrated, answered a lot of my questions. Thank you so much, keep up the amazing work!
"suck this up and push that in" has taught me a lot over the years. thank you for all the info you shared in the video, i needed a good laugh so im glad i watched the whole video lol
Don't know how many people still have it, but if you still play Farm Simulator 13 or are still playing it for the time, you can use the mixer at the bio-gas plant.
This helped me and my friend also. Probably the best combo is having that Krone M500 with this bale loader ... fs-uk.com/mods/view/37751/krone-ultima-cf-155-xc-v2
Seems this one works better as that other one has some bugs. I do miss the auto unloader feature of the Krone though. fs-uk.com/mods/view/37058/mchale-fusion-3
Very well explained and very good commentary. If you were on PS4 I would hook up and play with you on Farming Simulator 15. I do have steam, but my PC does not handle gaming all too well. We have family that were farmers and I enjoyed spending time on their farms. It really makes you value the hard work these men put in throughout the day(s).
Oh boy...Bumpercar Chapman! Im not sure I followed all that video with your different methods, but I think I got the general idea and that's still better than my by guess and by gosh method.
Hey could you do a video on the different fertilizers most efficient/ coverage?For example; slurry, manure, sprayers, spreaders. My biggest issue is that when I hire a worker to fertilize, no matter which manner, they run out of material but keep going any ways. And when that happens does it actually effect the yield? Also I can't get the ZG-B to work with my larger tractors, if I use a weight the workers will not use it.
You make the best videos I have seen about this game. Im new to this game and whenever I want to know more about anything about it, I look for your videos. I really appreciate what you have done. You have clarified everything for me. I really appreciate it.
Your videos are the absolute best out of all videos on here!!! I am playing along with my wife on Xbox One. I seriously wish you played on the One. Would give anything to have a farming crew. I want to thank you for all of the help! I am also from Ohio BTW!
Hey Arthur great video as all ways, followed your silage vid to the book and made a ton of money and i know you said only buy what you need but i cart help it been buying all sorts :) but still got 3.5 mill in the bank and about 6 fields of of chaff to come in today. Once thats done going to start on the cows. Anyway keep up the good work P.S beinng coming to you site for i bit now and thought i was subbed and was not but am now :) P.P.S sorry for long post
Hey Arthur watching some of your old vids in real life we don't make hay bales to make silage we make grass bales and wrap them to make grass. Hey from Ireland
Great videos! I also learned that you can use a pick up trailer for straw/hay for the cows bedding material. It will load them up for the max 6 days pretty quick.
+Arthur Chapman Hello! I have another question. I don't know if you talked about either using the sprayers vs the manure spreaders. Which option do you think will give you more production on the field? And another question I have, I don't know where I read it, is that with the manure spreaders you can spread once and it will be good for at least three seeding, but I'm not sure. As always, thank you in advance!!!
+Mariano Lloret-Canosa Ok, so Manure VS Fertilizer VS Slurry = the same thing. None of them do anything different :(. They all produce the exact same amount of crop. NOW if you are using the soil mod 2.0+, They give you different effects. Manure spread on the the field will give you moisture for 2 days and NPK nutrients. If you plow or cultivate the Manure into the field, you get even more NPK. Same with Slurry. Lime will also work better if plowed under instead of just spread. None of them last more than one harvest. Hope that helps!
+Arthur Chapman Ok just to let you know I'm playing the game on the PS4, so I don't have access to the mods. So since I'm producing the manure and the slurry, the cost will be cheaper than using the fertilizer?
Mariano Lloret-Canosa Heck yeah. Manure is a byproduct of cows. As long as you give them straw, their bin will fill up with Manure. Then you just use a spreader to spread it on your fields. Its free. Slurry is the same, but its a byproduct of making silage. The more silage you make, the more slurry you will have. The only downsides to either is that they run out fast, so you will still need to use fertilizer to finish the job.
The videos are great. I appreciate the comments about what is realistic on real farms and what are twink mods. Would love to join your server sometime. I think a video about your wish list for realistic equipment to add to the game would be great.
Arthur Chapman your videos are awesome and it helped me get money faster and build a bigger farm ! also what i do to buy things i use math caculator and subtract the amount i have and with the money that you need to buy and see much how you get.
How are you bailing the grass into round bales. And also what bales are you wrapping to make silage when I try hay bales it says it isnt compatible. Hopefully you can help. Love the vids
I am using this mod - www.farming-simulator.com/mod.php?lang=en&country=us&mod_id=3895&title=fs2015 - please note, you will not be able to wrap these bales. You can only wrap grass that has been tedded (hay). You cannot wrap straw (what the combine leaves behind).
Honestly, I just farmed wheat until I could afford a scorpion and the buffalo, then I planted Fur trees by the lumber yard. You make 50k a tree on average and once you get good at using the scorpion, cut logs 8m long. Then I purchased the big Field and saved up for windmills. Then while you log increase time to ×120. You make 4k every windmill you have every 30 seconds. With more windmills you make more money. I don't even waste time farming fields or cows. Lol I may get into it for something to do but I have a fat bank account now. Can do whatever.
+straswa Its funny - my Farming sim vids now hold all 10 of my top 10 vids every month - I am making about $30 a month on my silage video - but I still get a decent amount of views on WOT too, so they will continue for sure.
You can always sell it at the straw barn. A big field can actually generate thousands of dollars of straw. You will need either a baler or a collections wagon to transport it, but its better than plowing it under.
American farms are actually pretty impressive. i had a buddy that would let me hunt on his property. he owned about 5-6 sqaure miles. had ppl mostly doing the work for him and he just played with a lot of cool toy and he was just growing soybeans.
1. Yes, and you can also sell them for biogas prices right at the farm where you sell your regular straw bales, so no need to take them down to the plant 2. Not without a mod. They do have a mod where you can do this though.
I may have missed this info somewhere, if so i appologize but is there a ratio of how much mixed rations i need to feed cows for 6 days? i got 200 cows right now and i just keep making and making mixed rations but cant seem to find the end...i wouldnt mind doing the math so i at least know how close i am
Hello Arthur! How are you? Quick question sir, I'm a little confuse on the process of making manure for the greenhouses! What do you use to make manure? Thank you sir, always enjoying your videos!!!
ok, to get manure you need to put straw in the cow pen. You can either collect straw with a loading wagon and dump it into the cow building (each cow facility has a covered portion where you can dump it), or use the mixing wagon. simply fill the mixing wagon with straw bales and then dump it in the pen like the loading wagon. last but not least you can use the primor straw thrower to chew up bales and spray them into the pen. once you have done this AND fed your cows food, the will begin to make manure.
great video got me some cows 150 of them and doing great with the feeding, I was wondering, im on ps3 is there a limit to how many tractors/implements you can own it told me to sell some stuff so i had room
Yes - all version on all consoles have a "slot" system. Each piece of equipment has a certain amount of slots that it takes up. the bigger the equipment, the more slots it uses.
I didn't have the money for the wrapper so the cheaper mixer and normal fermented silage for me to begin with. I also don't see the need for the shredder cause you probably have a forge wagon for picking up the straw for the bedding
I am not sure the exact ration, but its much lower - Usually I just put straw in until it won't take any more. Then each day I dump a little more in, but once its 100 percent full, it will last for 6 days.
thank you, im trying to make a cow ranch, but its really slow, the grass when mowing is so little. btw is there any limit on the cows? i bought a 1000 chickens and the eggs still very few.
Yes, that is correct. The reason why farmers bale is because its much easier to store bales, especially in real life where you only get 1 harvest a year, but need to feed you animals for the entire year off that harvest.
Do you know if feeding pigs are the same as feeding cattle if you have a map that has pigs as an addon? I have been looking around and have not found much information about feeding pigs.
Yes - the can eat all the things cows can (Grass, Silage, Total Mixed Ration) and they can also eat Potatoes and grains, but TMR is best, just like cows.
you need really long grass to make hay, my hay has alfalfa, clover, and timothy, so it's very nutritious, our hayfield is 15 acres and we get over 1,000 bales off of it, but they're small square bales about 50 pounds each
so Im doing good with my cows but as you know you need straw and hay then bale it is there a place where you can just store straw and hay thats not baled?
Actually the square bales fall off to when using the trailer with no sides I'd go with the trailer that has the green sides that lift up that way it keeps the square bales on
+FruitLoop 2020 (Fruit Loops 2020) That would be manure, I believe (in the rectangle cement bin right?). You can buy a manure spreader and spread it on your fields for fertilizer.
+Arthur Chapman what's the best machine to use to actually collect it? Tried using a tractor with a front loader to pick it up but doesn't work. Or do I use the bit on the farm that has a pipe coming out to collect it?
FruitLoop 2020 That is weird, the front loader should work. Tell you what, can you give me a time stamp like 7:10 at the second where you see it clearly so I can make sure we are talking about the same pile-o-**** :)
if you don't want the round bales to roll down the hill you reverse the baler till its at 90 degrees to the hill angle so the bale can't roll down the hill
You can only bale grass in the 15 version if you ted it first. So you would mow, ted, windrow, and then bale. For straight up grass there was a mod for PC that let you do it, but on Xbox it doesn't work.
ok.. so i have feed exactly how you told me and it's working perfectly for my cows. but the game allows me to buy a water tank and purchase water but where do I put the water for my cows. am playing on the xbox one with no mods and am on the bjornholm map. ??
So arthur i have the Farming Simulator 2013 and im not really good at it so if you have that game can you do some basic tutorials on that game too? And Ps loved your video keep it up
Jaakko Valaja Unfortunately I don't - this was my first foray into the world of Farming sim. I don't know how I missed 2013 because I would have loved it. Thank you for the kind words Jaakko!
As long as you are playing on a default map or a map that doesn't have some weird "stop milk mod" then you don't have to have mixed ration. But you will get a LOT more milk if you do. Milk is sold automatically every night, so you don't get money every hour. Its nightly. Cows will make milk with just grass, but to get to 100 percent production, you need Straw, Silage, and Mixed Ration.
I enjoyed your tutorial. You were commenting about 24 minutes in on real life farming and the US farmers not using so much equipment. I grew up in farm country and worked baling hay and straw starting around 12 users old. Yes, hat is cut grass but the different types of grass determinethe quality and value of the hay. Alfalfa and clover for example are good quality horse hay. Regular grass hay is just cheapo cow feed. As far as drying goes, nobody buys machines to turn the hay. They just let the cut hay lay for 3 days to dry. The farmers plot schedules to do a field one day, then another field the next. Then a third the following day. Then they bale field #1 while cutting field #4. And just repeatthe process all summer long, praying like crazy that it doesn't rain on their cuts. Baling involves one flat bale baler hooked to the tractor with a flat wagon hooked to the baler. The farmer drives the tractor, the baler makes the bale and sends it up a ramp to us guys (1 or 2) standing on the rolling flat wagon. We would grab and carry the bales to the rear of the wagon and start stacking in an alternating pattern, 5 per tier, 4 high, then 4 on top. Then forward until the wagon was full. About 125-130 bales per wagon. Then off to the side of the field to drop and switch wagons and start all over. Ending the day with a long wagon train of 5 or 6 full wagons rolling back to the barns where we unloaded it all.
+Vito Pompilio Canola doesn't leave anything that cows can eat. No straw, no nothing. You could use a forage harvester (Krone Big X) to mow it into silage, though. It would be kinda wasteful to do that though. You would be better off growing corn and foraging/chaffing that.
Putting bales on flat trailer is really nightmare. Cost alot of time to put bales on trailer and isnt worth it. Maybe in RL is okay to have that trailer but in FS isnt. Really pain in the ass. Recommendation is buying auto trailer for bales. I play all FS and i always buy trailer for square bales. Its really easy to handle and unload bales
You might not see that equipment in Ohio... but in Central Washington I am constantly amazed at the millions of dollars of equipment I see running up and down the fields.
And here I am, 4 years after this was posted... I loved this video, it was long but the good kind of long because of how much you demonstrated, answered a lot of my questions. Thank you so much, keep up the amazing work!
Thank you PS!
Don't know if you know, but for getting straw to the cows you can also use a loading wagon. (you also use that to pick up grass)
Yes, that is correct
lepaul26 thanks for that tip
"suck this up and push that in" has taught me a lot over the years. thank you for all the info you shared in the video, i needed a good laugh so im glad i watched the whole video lol
haha - Glad you got my sense of humor and endless chatter - some don't like the longer format
Don't know how many people still have it, but if you still play Farm Simulator 13 or are still playing it for the time, you can use the mixer at the bio-gas plant.
I am here 7 years later still playing on PS3 😂 this helped so much. I decided to dig out my old PS3 but I couldn't remember anything
Glad I was able to help :)
Really enjoy your videos: great information, smooth talking and a little laugh every now and then.
Greetings from Estonia
+rein7z Hi Estonia! Glad you are enjoying :)
Hey thanks for the advice for this cause I have cattle and i have well over a hundred now and I really appreciate it
Glad to be of service!
Your video tutorials have been a time saver so huge thank you. I have so much more respect for farmers now lol.
Glad to be of service.
This helped me and my friend also. Probably the best combo is having that Krone M500 with this bale loader ... fs-uk.com/mods/view/37751/krone-ultima-cf-155-xc-v2
Seems this one works better as that other one has some bugs. I do miss the auto unloader feature of the Krone though. fs-uk.com/mods/view/37058/mchale-fusion-3
Very well explained and very good commentary. If you were on PS4 I would hook up and play with you on Farming Simulator 15. I do have steam, but my PC does not handle gaming all too well.
We have family that were farmers and I enjoyed spending time on their farms. It really makes you value the hard work these men put in throughout the day(s).
+SpazztasticGamers Glad you enjoyed it :)
Got this game b/c PS+ sale brought me here. Never played this and needed some guidance lol thanks for the help!
Glad to be of service MTP!
Oh boy...Bumpercar Chapman! Im not sure I followed all that video with your different methods, but I think I got the general idea and that's still better than my by guess and by gosh method.
Hey could you do a video on the different fertilizers most efficient/ coverage?For example; slurry, manure, sprayers, spreaders. My biggest issue is that when I hire a worker to fertilize, no matter which manner, they run out of material but keep going any ways. And when that happens does it actually effect the yield? Also I can't get the ZG-B to work with my larger tractors, if I use a weight the workers will not use it.
You make the best videos I have seen about this game. Im new to this game and whenever I want to know more about anything about it, I look for your videos. I really appreciate what you have done. You have clarified everything for me. I really appreciate it.
+Christopher Pelton Thank you Christopher! I just love the farm sim - I play it as much as a part time job lol.
Your videos are the absolute best out of all videos on here!!! I am playing along with my wife on Xbox One. I seriously wish you played on the One. Would give anything to have a farming crew. I want to thank you for all of the help!
I am also from Ohio BTW!
What part of great OHI are you from?
+Arthur Chapman I was born in Xenia, but grew up on our small family farm in Wilmington.
thankyou for making these vids it definitely helps me even though I'm playing on ps4 it helps me out!!
+Bassett Family Glad to be of service! Some of the details change between platforms, but the main idea is the same.
Yes so far it has been the same which is really great!
@@Vbluguitar heyiewontoo⁸dionyorserver
The bale fork is used for round bales as well cause at the farm I go to we use a bail fork to put bales in the straw chopper all the time
aha - thank you R4g3!
Quite a contrast to the tough mudder advert haha. Good video cheers
HEHE - glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you so much! Definitely subscribing.
Thanks Random dude!
This helped me sooooo much.Thank You!
+ryan jones Glad to be of Service Ryan :)
OK, thanks and thanks for your videos...
Hey Arthur great video as all ways, followed your silage vid to the book and made a ton of money and i know you said only buy what you need but i cart help it been buying all sorts :) but still got 3.5 mill in the bank and about 6 fields of of chaff to come in today. Once thats done going to start on the cows.
Anyway keep up the good work
P.S beinng coming to you site for i bit now and thought i was subbed and was not but am now :)
P.P.S sorry for long post
No worries - I like it when my audience speaks :) - Glad my videos have been able to help you :)
Awesome as usual mate
Thanks Paul!
@@Vbluguitar ur welcome mate
Great Video! Thank You very much!!
So glad I could help once again :) Such a great game.
Thanks for the help im doing cows and i needed help I liked and subscribed
KingRobin2021 glad to be of service :)
Arthur Chapman i just bought fs15 for my ps3
Yeah, Its going for good prices now on all platforms. Such a great game. When you upgrade to a PS4, don't forget to try FS17 - its AWESOME
Arthur Chapman uea do u have Snapchat
Thank for the advice
Thank you very much it helped me
Hey Arthur watching some of your old vids in real life we don't make hay bales to make silage we make grass bales and wrap them to make grass. Hey from Ireland
Hi Macartan!
These videos used to save me so much time 😂
Used too? Uh oh... what did I do wrong :)
I have 300 cows and I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS .
+xXCracklesXx HEHE - on easy they are brining in a lot of money aren't they :)
Arthur Chapman its not. it takes alot of work but it pays off
Thanks man lol you saved me a headache
Great videos! I also learned that you can use a pick up trailer for straw/hay for the cows bedding material. It will load them up for the max 6 days pretty quick.
Your videos are amazing
Just got this recently for ps4 as the wee man was wanting it but jeezo can't believe how addicted a am to this Great game
Its totally a blast
+Arthur Chapman Hello! I have another question. I don't know if you talked about either using the sprayers vs the manure spreaders. Which option do you think will give you more production on the field? And another question I have, I don't know where I read it, is that with the manure spreaders you can spread once and it will be good for at least three seeding, but I'm not sure. As always, thank you in advance!!!
+Mariano Lloret-Canosa Ok, so Manure VS Fertilizer VS Slurry = the same thing. None of them do anything different :(. They all produce the exact same amount of crop. NOW if you are using the soil mod 2.0+, They give you different effects. Manure spread on the the field will give you moisture for 2 days and NPK nutrients. If you plow or cultivate the Manure into the field, you get even more NPK. Same with Slurry. Lime will also work better if plowed under instead of just spread. None of them last more than one harvest. Hope that helps!
+Arthur Chapman Ok just to let you know I'm playing the game on the PS4, so I don't have access to the mods. So since I'm producing the manure and the slurry, the cost will be cheaper than using the fertilizer?
Mariano Lloret-Canosa Heck yeah. Manure is a byproduct of cows. As long as you give them straw, their bin will fill up with Manure. Then you just use a spreader to spread it on your fields. Its free. Slurry is the same, but its a byproduct of making silage. The more silage you make, the more slurry you will have. The only downsides to either is that they run out fast, so you will still need to use fertilizer to finish the job.
Thank you this helped me a lot
Glad to hear that!
I was gonna see if you could help
Me grow wheat like I got the harvested and the straw but I have no idea what to do after that
Is it multiplier. Arthur you helped me how to pick up the bales without even saying how I just used your setup and it is much easier! Thanks :D
If you didn't see is the game multiplayer?
On concle sorry for the lot of comments
Hi ToughStar - both FS15 and FS17 are multiplayer. FS 17 probably has more mp servers available though.
you made revolution on my farm! thanks. i discovered i can easily make smaller tiles by grass :D
+Damin who cares? I get that a lot! Glad I could help :)
+Arthur Chapman with the tow behind mixer it's 2 hay 1 straw and the rest silage
btw i recommend to download some mixage vagon. i have 24 k liter one.
I learned so much from this video 👍
Glad to be of service friend!
The videos are great. I appreciate the comments about what is realistic on real farms and what are twink mods. Would love to join your server sometime. I think a video about your wish list for realistic equipment to add to the game would be great.
+Chris Gomez Thank you Chris and I am glad you are enjoying the videos. The Server is still on hold until I get caught up with my work.
Arthur Chapman your videos are awesome and it helped me get money faster and build a bigger farm ! also what i do to buy things i use math caculator and subtract the amount i have and with the money that you need to buy and see much how you get.
My pleasure Slimepro :)
How are you bailing the grass into round bales. And also what bales are you wrapping to make silage when I try hay bales it says it isnt compatible. Hopefully you can help. Love the vids
I am using this mod - www.farming-simulator.com/mod.php?lang=en&country=us&mod_id=3895&title=fs2015 - please note, you will not be able to wrap these bales. You can only wrap grass that has been tedded (hay). You cannot wrap straw (what the combine leaves behind).
Awesome thanks for the help😊
Glad it helped!
Honestly, I just farmed wheat until I could afford a scorpion and the buffalo, then I planted Fur trees by the lumber yard. You make 50k a tree on average and once you get good at using the scorpion, cut logs 8m long. Then I purchased the big Field and saved up for windmills. Then while you log increase time to ×120. You make 4k every windmill you have every 30 seconds. With more windmills you make more money. I don't even waste time farming fields or cows. Lol I may get into it for something to do but I have a fat bank account now. Can do whatever.
Rick Svendsen same here I still do everything else tho just because... right now I got about 132 million.
How do u sell them tho it took up all my space on game
this video was very good because I didn't know how to make hay bales
Glad to help
yo i truly love your videos do you plan on making any more anytime in the futre? that would be soooo awesome if you did
It's not bad that you forgot the Bales because it helped me so now I know how to actually make them
Nice vid! I prefer your WoT vids but these are great too. :)
+straswa Its funny - my Farming sim vids now hold all 10 of my top 10 vids every month - I am making about $30 a month on my silage video - but I still get a decent amount of views on WOT too, so they will continue for sure.
Awesome!
What can you do with the leftover straw? The big pile bin right next to the silage bin. Haven't figured out how best to utilize it.
You can always sell it at the straw barn. A big field can actually generate thousands of dollars of straw. You will need either a baler or a collections wagon to transport it, but its better than plowing it under.
I noticed ur from Ohio I live in Ellsworth and we own a farm in Canfield... like the videos keep up the good work
+Mikey Greene hehe - shot a wedding near Canfield (Damascus) this summer. Beautiful area.
The Canfield fair was one of my favorite places to go as a kid hahaha
The Canfield fair was one of my favorite places to go as a kid hahaha
I like your videos.
+BRAD POTTER Thank you Brad
American farms are actually pretty impressive. i had a buddy that would let me hunt on his property. he owned about 5-6 sqaure miles. had ppl mostly doing the work for him and he just played with a lot of cool toy and he was just growing soybeans.
Hehe - lucky guy.
Like the game not got a lot of money so far 30 .000
Arthur ik I'm late but how do u get a animal shed
, feeding through where do I get my cows etc etv
Now after wrapping the Round Bales is it possible to sell them at the Biogas Plant?
Plus, can you just feed cows Bales?
1. Yes, and you can also sell them for biogas prices right at the farm where you sell your regular straw bales, so no need to take them down to the plant
2. Not without a mod. They do have a mod where you can do this though.
Hey Arthur, how do you get that pile of straw beside your silage where the cows are? Hope you answer ☺
Nevermind I figured it out 😅 that's not straw.. that's shit! haha
haha - this made my tea come out my nose. LOL in real life you would have figured that out a lot faster ;)
Arthur Chapman lmao very true!! 😂
Very informational video thanks
My pleasure Trey
very informative, thankyou very much best tutoriasl ever, thanks for your time making these
You are so welcome :)
I'm actually successful with my cows now because of you :)
Your videos are cool bud
Thank you Carl!
I may have missed this info somewhere, if so i appologize but is there a ratio of how much mixed rations i need to feed cows for 6 days? i got 200 cows right now and i just keep making and making mixed rations but cant seem to find the end...i wouldnt mind doing the math so i at least know how close i am
I have done it before - its like 100 Kuhn loads, lol. But seriously, it takes a long time to get them 6 days of food.
Hello Arthur! How are you? Quick question sir, I'm a little confuse on the process of making manure for the greenhouses! What do you use to make manure? Thank you sir, always enjoying your videos!!!
ok, to get manure you need to put straw in the cow pen. You can either collect straw with a loading wagon and dump it into the cow building (each cow facility has a covered portion where you can dump it), or use the mixing wagon. simply fill the mixing wagon with straw bales and then dump it in the pen like the loading wagon. last but not least you can use the primor straw thrower to chew up bales and spray them into the pen. once you have done this AND fed your cows food, the will begin to make manure.
+Arthur Chapman Thank you señor for the tip!!!
You are the best!
Thank you Rait!
@ArthurChapman How do you open the round bale handler on PC?
I have it programmed to one of my buttons so I don't remember the default keystroke. It should be one of the 4 machine commands.
great video got me some cows 150 of them and doing great with the feeding, I was wondering, im on ps3 is there a limit to how many tractors/implements you can own it told me to sell some stuff so i had room
Yes - all version on all consoles have a "slot" system. Each piece of equipment has a certain amount of slots that it takes up. the bigger the equipment, the more slots it uses.
Thx bro this helped so much thx bro
Glad to help KTM
I didn't have the money for the wrapper so the cheaper mixer and normal fermented silage for me to begin with. I also don't see the need for the shredder cause you probably have a forge wagon for picking up the straw for the bedding
+ConfuZed True that!
another question, the bedding what is the ratio? how many bales per cow? and do i have to do the bedding everyday?
I am not sure the exact ration, but its much lower - Usually I just put straw in until it won't take any more. Then each day I dump a little more in, but once its 100 percent full, it will last for 6 days.
thank you, im trying to make a cow ranch, but its really slow, the grass when mowing is so little. btw is there any limit on the cows? i bought a 1000 chickens and the eggs still very few.
Just a question, instead of making straw bales could you just use a loading wagon and dump the straw directly into there pen for bedding?
Yes, that is correct. The reason why farmers bale is because its much easier to store bales, especially in real life where you only get 1 harvest a year, but need to feed you animals for the entire year off that harvest.
Arthur Chapman oh ok, makes sense.
Like your videos, really enjoy watching them.
My pleasure Bryce!
Bryce Lytle yes
very good explanation, tnx a lot
+THESabSTREE SA You ave very welcome!
Do you know if feeding pigs are the same as feeding cattle if you have a map that has pigs as an addon? I have been looking around and have not found much information about feeding pigs.
Yes - the can eat all the things cows can (Grass, Silage, Total Mixed Ration) and they can also eat Potatoes and grains, but TMR is best, just like cows.
+Arthur Chapman hey how can I make that much money
Silage, and lots of it.
+Arthur Chapman And can I play multiplayer on ps3
This made me laugh, way too hard... Thanks.
lol - glad you enjoyed it.
you need really long grass to make hay, my hay has alfalfa, clover, and timothy, so it's very nutritious, our hayfield is 15 acres and we get over 1,000 bales off of it, but they're small square bales about 50 pounds each
I know they have alfalfa as a mod crop - and it does produce a ton of hay.
so Im doing good with my cows but as you know you need straw and hay then bale it is there a place where you can just store straw and hay thats not baled?
If you are on PC, you can download buildings that store loose straw and hay. In Farm Sim 17, you can just dump it in piles on the ground.
unfortunately im on ps3
I love your video
Glad to hear it!
when you 'stripe' your fields with the Wheat and grass like you do, what is the pattern? 5 rows wheat, and 3 rows grass?
I'm sure the numbers can change depending on field size, crop, etc etc.
I just put down 1 row of grass
With one of the wider machines, to be sure.
Love it thank you
My Pleasure.
Thx helped so much
Actually the square bales fall off to when using the trailer with no sides I'd go with the trailer that has the green sides that lift up that way it keeps the square bales on
The brown silege on the left that the cows are making... How do you use it? When can you use it?
+FruitLoop 2020 (Fruit Loops 2020) That would be manure, I believe (in the rectangle cement bin right?). You can buy a manure spreader and spread it on your fields for fertilizer.
+Arthur Chapman where would I be without you lol. Thanks
+Arthur Chapman what's the best machine to use to actually collect it? Tried using a tractor with a front loader to pick it up but doesn't work. Or do I use the bit on the farm that has a pipe coming out to collect it?
FruitLoop 2020
That is weird, the front loader should work. Tell you what, can you give me a time stamp like 7:10 at the second where you see it clearly so I can make sure we are talking about the same pile-o-**** :)
Just so you know the profile can both feed the cows and put straw in for bedding. Iv used that to feed seen day on
Hope I wasent rude but your video have really helped me thanks still rocking the Xbox 360 so thanks
Not at all my friend - I just have like 70 comments a day to answer, so I heart many that don't ask specific questions :)
Hey Arthur, didn't you say in your video that sheep weren't as complicated as cows, thanks for your help...
+Eddie Henderson You just feed sheep cut grass. That's all there is to it.
Okay so is it possible you can ballpark how much cash you need for initial investment of equipment and cows?
doing round bales, approximately $400,000
if you don't want the round bales to roll down the hill you reverse the baler till its at 90 degrees to the hill angle so the bale can't roll down the hill
0006super That actually works pretty well, even on the Swiss Alps map. That is what I have been doing.
+Arthur Chapman the website does not work for me to join your server
I had the game running while I watched this.
+JuliusGreazer I have a lot of viewers that do just that. Then you can do it for yourself while I show you. Do you have a dual monitor setup?
Arthur Chapman
No I just ALT+Tab'ed out and checked on it every few minutes.
how do you get the grass to bale it does not work on my farm on xbox 360
You can only bale grass in the 15 version if you ted it first. So you would mow, ted, windrow, and then bale. For straight up grass there was a mod for PC that let you do it, but on Xbox it doesn't work.
how do you use the grass monds/hills in farm simulator 15
If you mow grass and collect it in a collection wagon, you can sell it at those grass mounds.
What is the attachment on the back of your tractor at 54:00??
That is a weight from a mod kit. In real life farmers use cement as a weight.
ok.. so i have feed exactly how you told me and it's working perfectly for my cows. but the game allows me to buy a water tank and purchase water but where do I put the water for my cows. am playing on the xbox one with no mods and am on the bjornholm map. ??
You don't. The default maps all have springs in your animal pens. The water trailer is for your greenhouses
+Arthur Chapman thank you... i been worry like crazy
So arthur i have the Farming Simulator 2013 and im not really good at it so if you have that game can you do some basic tutorials on that game too? And Ps loved your video keep it up
Jaakko Valaja Unfortunately I don't - this was my first foray into the world of Farming sim. I don't know how I missed 2013 because I would have loved it. Thank you for the kind words Jaakko!
what is the stuff beside the silage where your cows are
I believe you are looking at the manure pit. As your cows poop (you have to give them straw) they make manure that you can use for fertilizing
I died when you got the bails stuck on your tractor lmao
hehe - ah, the fun physics of Farm Sim.
Yes sir indeed, your mix for feed is the best, I got 70 fat happy cows
Do u need to use mixed ration to produce milk and sell it cus I've done everything else
As long as you are playing on a default map or a map that doesn't have some weird "stop milk mod" then you don't have to have mixed ration. But you will get a LOT more milk if you do. Milk is sold automatically every night, so you don't get money every hour. Its nightly. Cows will make milk with just grass, but to get to 100 percent production, you need Straw, Silage, and Mixed Ration.
Does it need to be on 100 productivity though to make money
No. But you will make a lot more money if it is.
K I've started making mixed ration I've just got to mix it all up now
I'm doing this on westbridge hills but there are only two bins can u put mixed ration in with silage?
I enjoyed your tutorial. You were commenting about 24 minutes in on real life farming and the US farmers not using so much equipment. I grew up in farm country and worked baling hay and straw starting around 12 users old.
Yes, hat is cut grass but the different types of grass determinethe quality and value of the hay. Alfalfa and clover for example are good quality horse hay. Regular grass hay is just cheapo cow feed.
As far as drying goes, nobody buys machines to turn the hay. They just let the cut hay lay for 3 days to dry. The farmers plot schedules to do a field one day, then another field the next. Then a third the following day. Then they bale field #1 while cutting field #4. And just repeatthe process all summer long, praying like crazy that it doesn't rain on their cuts.
Baling involves one flat bale baler hooked to the tractor with a flat wagon hooked to the baler. The farmer drives the tractor, the baler makes the bale and sends it up a ramp to us guys (1 or 2) standing on the rolling flat wagon. We would grab and carry the bales to the rear of the wagon and start stacking in an alternating pattern, 5 per tier, 4 high, then 4 on top. Then forward until the wagon was full. About 125-130 bales per wagon. Then off to the side of the field to drop and switch wagons and start all over. Ending the day with a long wagon train of 5 or 6 full wagons rolling back to the barns where we unloaded it all.
Dose it have to be hay or can I use canola?
+Vito Pompilio Canola doesn't leave anything that cows can eat. No straw, no nothing. You could use a forage harvester (Krone Big X) to mow it into silage, though. It would be kinda wasteful to do that though. You would be better off growing corn and foraging/chaffing that.
Also,do you have to have a windrower?
No, but it does make collection way easier.
can you mix square bales with round bales?
Yep :)
When do the cows get milked I'd like to see that process going on
Love the videos do play on any other platforms?
+Jered Gillispie Sadly I do not. Ryan plays 3DS XL and a Wii U
Putting bales on flat trailer is really nightmare. Cost alot of time to put bales on trailer and isnt worth it. Maybe in RL is okay to have that trailer but in FS isnt. Really pain in the ass.
Recommendation is buying auto trailer for bales. I play all FS and i always buy trailer for square bales. Its really easy to handle and unload bales
Agreed. I pretty much only use the autoloaders. Its a little better in fs17, but still not great.
In teal life it a nightmere but. Not as much as fs5
You might not see that equipment in Ohio... but in Central Washington I am constantly amazed at the millions of dollars of equipment I see running up and down the fields.
I think its probably because you guys have MUCH larger farms than we do so they have the capital to invest in huge equipment.
can you spike round bales?
Yes, from the flat side.
we both love cows