Farming Simulator 25: How to cultivate long grain rice?

Long grain rice is one of the new crops introduced in Farming Simulator 25. It is a separate plant from ordinary rice and is grown differently. Its cultivation requires a special field but slightly less specialized equipment. So it is somewhat easier, but the resulting product is less valuable. On this guide page we describe how to grow long grain rice and what you need to grow it.

• What do you need to grow rice?
• Periodic calendar and sales

What do you need to grow rice?

The devices and items required or useful when growing rice are the following:

1. Rice field - rice can only be grown on special fields deepened for water retention. If you don't find fields like that on the map by default, you will have to create them yourself on a flat seedbed; you will find them in the building menu. A water pump automatically appears at each rice field. Every now and then you will need to reactivate the pump to provide moisture to the soil. Thus, regularly check the pump, preferably daily or monthly. If the field needs more water, the game will let you know about it after interacting with the pump. When you activate the pump, it will automatically water the field according to its needs - you don't have to worry that you will have too much water.
2. Medium or large tractor - growing long grain rice requires a strong tractor as you need to attach a seeder to it. Make sure your tractor is capable of handling the required machinery.
3. Cultivator or harrow (after first harvest) - when growing rice, you do not have to do cultivation immediately. After creating a new field, it is immediately ready for the first sowing. After your first harvests, however, you will have to start removing the remnants of rice from the field before you can cultivate again. You will do this by cultivation - after it is finished, you can pump water onto the field again.
4. Rollers (optional) - after cultivation with a regular cultivator, small stones will appear in the field. Getting rid of them will prevent damage to vehicles going forward. The stones will be small, so you can use rollers to press them into the ground and slightly increase the harvest. If this is your first cultivation on this field or if you have used a shallow cultivator/harrow, you can skip this step.
5. Spreader and lime (optional) - every third harvest or so you should do lime spreading, which will give you a big bonus to your harvest. Equip yourself with a lime-compatible spreader (limestone icon in the store) and the lime itself. The field is already preliminarily limed when you set it up.
6. Seeder and seeds - the process of sowing corn and sunflower seeds requires a universal seeder attached to the tractor. Choose a seeder according to your preferences - some have an optional fertilization module, thanks to which you can sow and fertilize at the same time, while others allow for sowing without cultivation. You can buy universal seeds in the store - after loading them, you need to set the long grain rice while sitting in the tractor with the seeder attached.
7. Fertilizer device and fertilizer (only during the first harvest) - to maximize your yields, you need to perform the fertilization process twice. Use any solid fertilizer of your choice. It's worth mentioning here that between crops rice fields only lose one level of fertilizer, not both. This means that after a harvest, the field will still have one level of fertilizer. If you have already harvested once in this field, a single fertilization will suffice for each subsequent harvest instead of a double one.
8. Weeder, hoe or sprayer (after first harvest) - after cultivating the field, weeds will start to grow. Get rid of them as soon as possible, preferably within a month of sowing these plants. Depending on the size of the weeds, you will need to use a weeder, a hoe or a sprayer.
9. Harvester with grain header - to harvest, you will need a harvester with a grain header attached. All headers available in the basic version of the game also harvest long grain rice.
10. Trailer - after harvesting the long grain rice you need to empty the harvester - larger harvests may require trailers. Rice can be stored in silos.

Periodic calendar and sales

Long grain rice can be planted in April and harvested in September. It is best to sell it between July and October - then it is worth around 1,600 euro per tonne. You can also process it into many other products that are either worth more or can be used in production chains. For example, you can produce packaged rice in a food processing plant or rice flour in a mill.

Farming Simulator 25

November 12, 2024

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