Crops are the plants you grow on your fields in Farming Simulator 25, and they are the core of farming in the game. You plant them, look after them while they grow, and harvest them when they are ready. After that, you can sell them, store them in a silo, or send them into a production or animal feed.
Crop type
Grain Crops
Barley
A grain crop that also leaves a straw swath.
- Base Yield
- 9,600 L/ha
- Average Selling Price
- $938
- Seed Rate
- 265 L/ha
- Planting Months
- September–October
- Harvest Months
- June–July
- Special Equipment Needs
- Seeder and combine with a grain header; straw can be collected.
Canola
An oilseed crop harvested with a standard grain combine.
- Base Yield
- 5,800 L/ha
- Average Selling Price
- $1,808
- Seed Rate
- 7 L/ha
- Planting Months
- August–September
- Harvest Months
- July–August
- Special Equipment Needs
- Seeder and combine with a grain header.
Corn
A crop that can be harvested as grain or chopped as chaff.
- Base Yield
- 9,200 L/ha
- Average Selling Price
- $1,139
- Seed Rate
- 53 L/ha
- Planting Months
- April–May
- Harvest Months
- October–November for grain; August–September for chaff
- Special Equipment Needs
- Planter; corn header for grain, or forage harvester with a compatible header for chaff.
Long Grain Rice
A rice crop grown on a paddy but harvested with a standard combine.
- Base Yield
- 9,000 L/ha
- Average Selling Price
- $1,589
- Seed Rate
- 500 L/ha
- Planting Months
- April
- Harvest Months
- September
- Special Equipment Needs
- Seed a dry rice paddy, then flood it; harvest with a standard combine and compatible grain header.
Oats
A grain crop that also produces straw.
- Base Yield
- 5,700 L/ha
- Average Selling Price
- $1,596
- Seed Rate
- 340 L/ha
- Planting Months
- March–April
- Harvest Months
- July–August
- Special Equipment Needs
- Seeder and combine with a grain header; straw can be collected.
Sorghum
A grain crop that can also be used for forage.
- Base Yield
- 8,200 L/ha
- Average Selling Price
- $1,290
- Seed Rate
- 35 L/ha
- Planting Months
- April–May
- Harvest Months
- August–September
- Special Equipment Needs
- Seeder and combine with a grain header; a forage route can produce chaff.
Soybeans
An oilseed crop harvested with a grain combine.
- Base Yield
- 4,500 L/ha
- Average Selling Price
- $2,333
- Seed Rate
- 214 L/ha
- Planting Months
- April–May
- Harvest Months
- October–November
- Special Equipment Needs
- Seeder and combine with a grain header.
Sunflowers
An oilseed crop harvested with a sunflower or corn header.
- Base Yield
- 5,200 L/ha
- Average Selling Price
- $2,018
- Seed Rate
- 143 L/ha
- Planting Months
- March–April
- Harvest Months
- October–November
- Special Equipment Needs
- Planter and combine with a sunflower-compatible header; a corn header also works.
Wheat
A grain crop that also leaves a straw swath.
- Base Yield
- 8,900 L/ha
- Average Selling Price
- $1,011
- Seed Rate
- 308 L/ha
- Planting Months
- September–October
- Harvest Months
- July–August
- Special Equipment Needs
- Seeder and combine with a grain header; straw can be collected.
Crop type
Vegetables and Root Crops
Carrots
A high-volume root crop that needs specialized planting and harvesting equipment.
- Base Yield
- 77,000 L/ha
- Average Selling Price
- $395
- Seed Rate
- 10 L/ha
- Planting Months
- April–July
- Harvest Months
- August–November
- Special Equipment Needs
- Compatible vegetable planter and a specialized root-crop harvester.
Green Beans
A vegetable crop harvested with specialized equipment.
- Base Yield
- 6,975 L/ha
- Average Selling Price
- $2,160
- Seed Rate
- 280 L/ha
- Planting Months
- April–June
- Harvest Months
- August–November
- Special Equipment Needs
- Planter and specialized green-bean harvester.
Parsnips
A root crop that needs specialized planting and harvesting equipment.
- Base Yield
- 69,500 L/ha
- Average Selling Price
- $392
- Seed Rate
- 10 L/ha
- Planting Months
- April–June
- Harvest Months
- August–November
- Special Equipment Needs
- Compatible vegetable planter and a specialized root-crop harvester.
Peas
A vegetable crop harvested with a specialized pea harvester.
- Base Yield
- 9,600 L/ha
- Average Selling Price
- $3,119
- Seed Rate
- 250 L/ha
- Planting Months
- March–April
- Harvest Months
- July–September
- Special Equipment Needs
- Seeder and specialized pea harvester.
Potatoes
A root crop that needs a potato planter and harvester.
- Base Yield
- 41,300 L/ha
- Average Selling Price
- $666
- Seed Rate
- 3,733 L/ha
- Planting Months
- March–April
- Harvest Months
- August–September
- Special Equipment Needs
- Potato planter and potato harvester; some harvesting setups require a topper.
Red Beet
A root crop that needs specialized planting and harvesting equipment.
- Base Yield
- 57,800 L/ha
- Average Selling Price
- $366
- Seed Rate
- 40 L/ha
- Planting Months
- April–June
- Harvest Months
- August–November
- Special Equipment Needs
- Compatible vegetable planter and a specialized root-crop harvester.
Spinach
A leafy crop harvested with specialized equipment and one regrowth.
- Base Yield
- 23,100 L/ha
- Average Selling Price
- $659
- Seed Rate
- 10 L/ha
- Planting Months
- March–May
- Harvest Months
- Year-round harvest window; growth and regrowth determine when it is ready
- Special Equipment Needs
- Seeder and specialized spinach harvester; the crop regrows once.
Sugar Beet
A root crop harvested with a dedicated beet setup.
- Base Yield
- 57,800 L/ha
- Average Selling Price
- $516
- Seed Rate
- 34 L/ha
- Planting Months
- March–April
- Harvest Months
- October–November
- Special Equipment Needs
- Sugar-beet planter and harvester; some setups require a topper.
Crop type
Special Crops
Cotton
A fiber crop that needs a dedicated harvester.
- Base Yield
- 4,970 L/ha
- Average Selling Price
- $3,755
- Seed Rate
- 50 L/ha
- Planting Months
- February–March
- Harvest Months
- October–November
- Special Equipment Needs
- Planter and dedicated cotton harvester.
Poplar
A crop planted for wood chips and harvested with forage equipment.
- Base Yield
- 66,270 L/ha
- Average Selling Price
- $119
- Seed Rate
- 1,500 L/ha
- Planting Months
- March–August
- Harvest Months
- Year-round harvest window once mature
- Special Equipment Needs
- Poplar planter and forage harvester with a poplar-compatible header.
Rice
A paddy crop that needs flooding and a dedicated rice harvester.
- Base Yield
- 6,600 L/ha
- Average Selling Price
- $3,300
- Seed Rate
- 156 L/ha
- Planting Months
- April–May
- Harvest Months
- August–September
- Special Equipment Needs
- Flood a rice paddy, plant with a specialized rice planter, and harvest with a dedicated rice harvester.
Sugarcane
A tall cane crop that needs dedicated planting and harvesting equipment.
- Base Yield
- 113,400 L/ha
- Average Selling Price
- $357
- Seed Rate
- 12,000 L/ha
- Planting Months
- March–April
- Harvest Months
- October–November
- Special Equipment Needs
- Dedicated sugarcane planter and harvester; keep a trailer alongside the harvester.
Crop type
Grass and Cover Crops
Grass
A forage crop used for hay, silage, or direct feed.
- Base Yield
- 43,700 L/ha
- Average Selling Price
- $135
- Seed Rate
- 160 L/ha
- Planting Months
- March–November
- Harvest Months
- Year-round harvest window; regrowth and weather determine when it is ready
- Special Equipment Needs
- Mower; add a tedder and windrower for hay, or collect loose grass for silage or feed.
Oilseed Radish
A cover crop cultivated into the soil to improve the field.
- Base Yield
- 9,900 L/ha
- Average Selling Price
- Not harvested for sale
- Seed Rate
- 340 L/ha
- Planting Months
- March–October
- Harvest Months
- Not harvested; cultivate into the soil when mature
- Special Equipment Needs
- Seeder; cultivate the mature cover crop into the soil instead of harvesting it.
Crop type
Vineyards and Orchards
Grapes
An orchard crop grown in vineyard rows.
- Base Yield
- 18,400 L/ha
- Average Selling Price
- $1,808
- Seed Rate
- Not applicable; vines are placed in build mode
- Planting Months
- March–May
- Harvest Months
- September–October
- Special Equipment Needs
- Build vineyard rows; use vineyard-compatible maintenance tools and a dedicated grape harvester.
Olives
An orchard crop grown in planted rows.
- Base Yield
- 18,400 L/ha
- Average Selling Price
- $1,808
- Seed Rate
- Not applicable; trees are placed in build mode
- Planting Months
- March–June
- Harvest Months
- October
- Special Equipment Needs
- Build orchard rows; use orchard-compatible maintenance tools and a dedicated olive harvester.
What Crops Do in Farming Simulator 25
Crops are how your fields earn money. Each one grows on a field through its own calendar window, and once it's ready you harvest it and decide what happens next. The field crops fall into clear groups: grain crops, vegetables and root crops, special crops, grass and cover crops, and vineyards and orchards. Greenhouse goods such as lettuce and tomatoes are a separate system, so they aren't part of the field crops.
How to Prepare Fields for Planting
Before you put seed in the ground, the soil usually needs some work. Plowing turns the soil deep, and it's needed after you harvest root crops and at regular intervals, otherwise you lose profit. Plows, spaders, and subsoilers all do the job. A subsoiler is cheaper and faster, but it can't create fields or stop weeds the way a plow can.
For most crops, you don't need to plow first. A cultivator loosens the top layer of soil and is usually all you need before planting, and it's much faster than plowing. Some direct sowing machines can even cultivate while they sow.
Lime raises yield, so apply it after every third harvest when the field info says it's needed. Spread it with a fertilizer spreader that has a lime icon, then plow or cultivate to work it into the soil.
Stones are another thing to watch for. They come up when you plow or cultivate, and driving over them can damage your harvester. Small stones can be removed with a roller, but big ones need to be collected with a stone picker, and you can sell what you pick up at the debris crusher.
How to Plant Crops and Buy Seed
Most crops start with seed, so you buy it first and then load it into the right machine. Seeders handle seeding, planters handle planting, and the icons at the dealership show which machine works with which crop. Check those icons before you buy so you don't end up with a machine that can't do the job.
To sow, fill the machine with seed from a bag, a pallet, or a silo. Select the crop you want, lower the machine, and turn it on. A soil roller used after sowing packs the soil and lifts yield by 2.5%, though you can skip it if time or money is tight.
Grapes and olives are the exception, since they aren't sown with seed at all. You place their vines or trees in rows using build mode instead.
How to Look After Crops While They Grow
Fertilizing is how you earn the most from each crop. Fertilize at least once per crop cycle, then keep repeating until the field reaches 100%, with a growth stage between each round. Solid fertilizer is the cheapest way to start and goes on with a spreader, while liquid fertilizer goes on with a sprayer. Slurry and manure come from your animals and need a slurry tanker or manure spreader, and digestate, a free byproduct of selling manure or silage at the biogas plant, goes on the same way as slurry.
Weeds steal sunlight, water, nutrients, and space from your crops, so you want them gone as fast and thoroughly as possible. They come in small, medium, and large sizes, and each size calls for a different tool. Weeders take out small weeds, but they can't be used on row crops such as potatoes. Hoes handle medium weeds and can work between rows of crops, and they can clear small ones too.
Sprayers and herbicide are the last resort for large weeds. They cost more, and using chemicals on your crops comes with a yield penalty, so keep them for when you really need them. Grape vines and olive groves are handled differently. Mulch them after cultivating to cut back grass when it starts to grow and to keep weeds from taking hold.
When to Plant and Harvest: Seasons and Weather
The crop calendar sets when each crop can go into the ground and when it can come out, so timing matters a lot. If the calendar feels too strict, you can turn off seasonal growth and plant or harvest at any time.
Weather can get in the way too. While it's raining or snowing, you can't harvest, so you have to wait for it to stop. Keep an eye on the weather forecast icon in the top right corner to see what's coming.
Storms are a bigger threat. Twisters and hail can hit your fields and any bales you haven't put into storage, so once a storm passes, inspect your fields to see how your crops fared.
Grass, poplar, and spinach can be harvested any time of year once they're mature. That doesn't mean they're always ready, because growth and regrowth decide when they're actually ready to cut.
How to Harvest and Sell Crops
Harvest when a crop is ready. You can check its growth stage in the field info box when you stand near it, or on the map. Then use a harvester with the right header attached, and check the crop icons at the dealership so the header you buy matches.
When the combine's tank is full, unload it into a trailer and take the load to a selling point or factory. If you'd rather wait for a better price, store select crops in a silo and sell later. Keep an eye on the prices screen, which shows how much each business will pay, and remember that silos are placed on your farmland in build mode. Not every harvest has to be sold, since many crops can be routed into productions and animal feed.
After harvest, mulch the stubble from wheat, barley, oats, sorghum, sunflowers, soybeans, and corn before you cultivate the field. Mulching also improves yield.
Which Crops Are Most Profitable to Grow
Price alone doesn't tell you which crop earns the most. Compare a crop's average selling price with how much it yields per hectare and what equipment and handling it needs. A high price can still be a poor choice if the machines are costly or hard to get.
Grain crops mostly use a standard combine with a grain header, while specialist crops add equipment and logistics costs. Equipment access is a major limit for root vegetables, green beans, peas, cotton, rice, sugarcane, spinach, and orchard crops, so check what you can get before you commit.
Field bonuses and settings can change the yield you actually get, and prices move with seasonal demand and economy settings. Treat the averages as a starting point, and choose based on the machines you have and what you need from the harvest.
Crops That Work Differently
Most crops follow the same path of preparing, planting, looking after, and harvesting, but some work differently. Grass is a forage crop for hay, silage, or direct feed. Hay needs a tedder and windrower on top of the mower, while loose grass can be collected for silage or feed.
Oilseed radish is a cover crop, so you can't harvest or sell it. Instead, you plant it, let it grow fully, and cultivate it back into the soil to improve the field.
Rice needs a paddy that's flooded, which makes it a different job from most other crops. Poplar is grown for wood chips, and you harvest it with forage equipment.
FAQ
Can you harvest the same crop more than once?
Yes, for some crops. Grass grows back after you cut it, and if you roll over what's left with a grass roller, the field is ready for the next growth cycle and you automatically gain a fertilizing stage. Spinach also regrows once after its first harvest.
Which crops sell for the most?
Cotton has the highest average selling price, followed by rice and peas, while grass and poplar sell for the least. Those averages shift with seasonal demand and economy settings, so use them as a rough guide rather than a fixed number.
Is oilseed radish worth planting if you can't sell it?
It can be, because it gives the field one stage of fertilizing. You can plant it from March through October, and once it's fully grown, you cultivate over it so it fertilizes the soil.
Can corn be harvested for forage instead of grain?
Yes. Corn can be harvested as grain in October and November, or chopped as chaff in August and September using a forage harvester and a compatible header. Sorghum can also produce chaff through a forage route.