Northern Hills Farm Expert 2017 Guide
Last update: 16 September 2016
This map won't offer you much in terms of finances - you'll begin with only 20 000 euro. In return, you'll be left with five crops, from which wheat and rape are ready for harvest. Additionally, you'll have four machines at your disposal:
- tractor McCormick MTX 150
- harvester Galadhon 2790
- trailer SIPMA PR 600 EKO
- reaper Galadhon PF 5,5m
You already have a silo to store wheat, but you'll need to buy a silo to store rape - this will set you back about 5000 euro.
Five crops await harvesting - you could always do the harvest yourself, but a good idea would be to order your employee to take care of two smallest fields north from the household. Harvesting rape from an area of 0.34 hectares will cost 102 euro, while harvesting wheat from a 0.29 hectare field - 86.39 euro.
In the meantime, you can take care of harvest. Enter the nearby combine, connect the reaper, and travel to the field. Once the combine is filled, dump the grain on the nearby trailer, and transport the grain to the silo. This operation will be necessary each time combine is full - the trailer capacity is rather meager.
Once the harvest is complete, transport all crops to the store - the money will be useful for few investments that will inevitably have to be carried out If the harvest was performed correctly, your silo should contain around 13,2 tons of wheat and 8,8 tons of rape. When you transport the harvest to the store, the wheat should net you around 12 850 euro (around 970 euro for 1 ton), while 8,8 tons of rape should be worth about 15 319 euro (1 740 euro for 1 ton). As a result, your budget should be about 47000 euro. This will allow you to make some basic shopping that is necessary if you are planning to continue your country adventure in Northern Hills for the following months.
Where should I go shopping? If you would ask me, start with the purchase of used machines - the elements of the machine park can always be exchanged when you get on your feet, and for the time being, considering your rather unappealing account balance, choosing the resaler's offer would be a better idea.
The thing that would be most useful for farm work, is a plough, which allows you to plow the soil. Cargool J-23 for 7 750 euro is a good choice - it's the cheapest, and only one of its kind in the shop. For now, it will completely satisfy your needs - of course, when you score some more money, you will have to search for a better machine, but this time you will have to visit a store offering new machines. The second machine you should buy is a cultivator - Horacio Platon 3GR for 13 000 euro - you won't find it cheaper than that, and this is a machine that anyone thinking about farming should buy. The last machine that you need to have is a planter - again, there is not much choice here: Kuhn Sitera 3000 for 13 600 euro - the only available model. It will be useful for every type of grain. It will be its only use. The new purchases should set you back about 34 350 euro - you still have 13 thousand for various expenses associated with operating the farm.
This set of machines will be enough for a complete processing of crops, provided if you focus on grains - for the time being, due to lack of money, you cannot focus on different part of agriculture. You could always take a loan, but a whole year of steady work focusing on grains will be a very good idea. This time, invest mainly in rape - the profit is much higher, but a crop sprayer will be necessary - don't forget about wheat, which can be planted on the field where you planted rape earlier.