Farming Simulator 22: Growing the field, step by step (statuses on the map)

Once you start the game in Farming Simulator 22 and buy your first tractor, the plot of land, and all the basic machinery for taking care of your fields, you will be able to start your first crops. They are divided into several stages, more about which you will learn from the text below.

Before that, however, pay attention to the map, where you can view the status of individual fields. When you switch to the crop growth filters, you will notice that each field on the map is marked with a different color. This is because when you start the game, some lands may already be ready for harvesting or sowing grain.

How to take care of the field step by step?

Assuming you acquire a field after shopping that is undamaged and also not ready for harvesting/sowing, you will have to start your cultivation from scratch. These are the steps you need to take to ensure a bountiful harvest later:

• Optional first step *: plowing the field
• Second step: cultivating the field
• Third step: sowing the field
• Fourth step: fertilizing the field
• Fifth step: weeding the field
• Sixth, additional step: liming the field
• The seventh step: harvesting the crops from the field

When you click on the “here” tab, you will learn more about each part of the work in the field. Machines are described there, as well as additional components that you need to buy for a given activity to make sense.

Note that the fourth, fifth, and sixth steps are not mandatory – also the first one, but only in selected situations. If you perform only the first three, your field will yield crops – there will be fewer of them than if you took additional steps, but if, for example, at the beginning of the game you cannot afford to buy additional machines, you can skip fertilizing, weeding and liming the field.

The composition of the soil

After going to the map and selecting the soil composition filter, the game will tell you what your field needs at that moment. Depending on the color, it can be plowing, fertilizing, weeding or liming – you don’t need to drive across the fields and see what the situation is, just look at the clues on the map.

Remember that plowing is not required when you sow the same type of seeds all the time in one field (wheat, barley, etc.). If you are interested in sugar beets or potatoes (in short: all kinds of root crops), plowing the field is then required after each harvest.