hello it's ricardo and welcome back to farming simulator 2022. today we're going
to look at the humble potato how much money you can make from it where you can sell it
but more importantly how you can grow it in one of your many fields now you're gonna
need some specialist equipment and we're gonna go through that in just a moment
but first off we're gonna take a look at the basics just in case you're new to the game
with any preparation of any field you're gonna need to cultivate it once you've cultivated it
you're then gonna need to de-weed it once you've de-weeded it then i would suggest you apply some
lime and some fertilizer and then lime and then fertilizer again bringing your fertilizer up to
a hundred percent once all that's done give it a good roller in and by that what we're going to
do is is stamp down and compress the top layer of soil this will give you a really good seed bed so
once you've done all that then it's probably a good idea to start applying some potatoes
and as i mentioned for that you're gonna need some specialist equipment so you've guessed it
it's off to the shop yes folks the good old farming machinery shop you can buy virtually
everything you need here from seeds to cultivators tractors to harvesters you name it they've got it
but prepared to spend the dollar but you can also lease it if you haven't got the scratch so once
you're inside the shop you can get overwhelmed with the amount of vehicles that you can have
and that's fair enough there's a great little feature in farming simulator 22 where you can
select packs and packs are done by the by the crop that you want to buy so clicking on packs
we can see we've got grain grapes olives and good old potatoes because that's what this video
is all about growing potatoes in farming simulator 2022. so we're going to click on potatoes and it's
going to show you the machinery that you can buy or lease depending on how far on in the game
what mods you're using to get some money now you can see we've got a nice good old medium-sized
tractor we've got a planter to plant your potatoes okay then we've also got a potato harvester
the great big yellow machine that's there europa that will dig the potatoes out to the
ground you're also going to need a cultivator to then prepare your field for the next sewing
okay and then once you've got that then you move on to things like a front weight for your tractor
in place also seeds as well because you're gonna have seeds to plant potatoes all this can
be brought here and from this menu so once you've bought all of that good stuff it's time to move on
here we are in the parking lot of the shop you can see i've got my tractor that i've
purchased i've also got my potato planter that nice cruel looking device that will plow
the field as well and drop those potato seeds in there i've also got my potato seeds
so so far so good i've got what i need to plant potatoes what i need to do now is maneuver my
tractors around to the front of the device and trying to work out the front of the device is
quite simple just look where the nasty end is um and then choose the opposite as you
can see where you hitch up is usually facing the shop so here we go reverse the tractor in
nice and easy you want to damage your new equipment as soon as you get close press q that'll
attach this grimmel next up if you're not too old favor the controls it's r to refill your planter
and the planter is the red thing on the back and you can see i'm filling it up with potato seeds
off that pallet now you may need to maneuver a little bit forwards and backwards to get
the rest of the seeds in but that's just the matter of course again r to refill or planter
okay once that's done it's time to get yourself on over to the field and we're going to hire a
contractor to do so onto driving set destination i want that potato planter to go right there
and away he goes so as you can see my potato planting device is here and it's ready to go
now it's not a quick process this to be perfectly honest with you it does take a while and it is
not a particularly large field however one thing i did notice that once i did plant my potatoes some
additional work needed to be done on those fields they needed additional roller in they also need
to have some weeding but this time this reading had to be done by a hoe now so far in the game
i was only able to find and this is december 2021 one weeding device that had hoe-like attachments
so i went out and bought one yes folks i certainly did and it looks like this and it's got all these
nasty sort of like trough-like hoe-like substances on the back
this folks is the chopstar 590 and roguard this is the only one i could find in game
that had a hoe-like attachment so that's the one you're looking for now when you're on your
field and you can see i've planted my potatoes and what have you it still needs rolling even though i
rolled or rollered the field that also needs reading so here's my chopstar 590
into my tractor which i've got fitted with a nice front weight
hire a guy to do it or a young lady to do it because we're equal opportunities employer on this
farm and they're going to drive that machinery and then get rid of those weeds now we've got a quite
a good yield bonus already about 90 to 92 percent perhaps 95 in some areas once we get the roller
on it that will increase a little bit more this is the thing about the new field info that we're
getting since update 1.02 of farming simulator 22. that came out in december you do get a little bit
of information for a new type farmer and there's always going to be steps that you forget about
so here we are you can see we're doing a good old bit of rollering and our yield bonus will increase
somewhat we're still doing a little bit of weeding over there and we're still planting potatoes
right over on the far side of the field it really is a long laborious process our potatoes are some
you can see that here right march to april
harvested august september so it's harvest season now time to get our potatoes out the ground
so you guessed it farmers it's time to get back to the old shop again and get the
potato harvesting technology that we need yes folks we want that big yellow device the rope
215 000 pounds now you can also lease this as well depending on again how much money you've got
this is the device you want you can't do much in the way of customizations to it perhaps
just change the wheel brand at the moment but you can't do anything in regards to the tires
but you're going to need a tractor to hook this up to so if you want
to reuse a tractor get it up to the shop if not buy a new one
now it probably is worthwhile mentioning that you need to get a field that's got a bit of space
either side because this is a big old device perhaps one of the biggest devices lengthwise in
the game but you can see it's pulling the potatoes out of the ground into its back hopper now
as you can see we're already at five percent and we've only done you know
a small percentage of this field we had a 98 yield bonus um on our potato crop which is great but you
also have to get your tractor and a trailer to decanter and offload those potatoes off the back
of this machine now for the length of the tutorial it's the same sort of process you need when
getting your wheat out of your combine harvester if it's full you know it'll stop
you can decanter all those potatoes into the back of your trailer and
then it's off to go and find the best place best price for you to go
and sell your crop now there you go once you've done that you move out the way you'll get on
with the harvest just try not to ruin too many crops on your way so effectively that's all it is
to do to harvest potatoes now we're going to go and sell them at the farmer's market
now i mention good old farmers market as perhaps the place to go and sell your crops
they'll take a wide range and give you a decent price but there may be somewhere a bit more local
okay and for that what you got to think about is well can i get a better price
for my crops and more than likely you can filled up with another load of potatoes
8 000 liters of potatoes selecting potatoes from the distribution panel we can see that
yeah the farmers might give you 408 the fast food restaurant across the way gives you 419.
gold crest valley which is accessed via the train and we'll cover that in another video
does also give you a really good price of like 497 but you can tag the restaurant just across the way
they'll give you a nice price drive your tractor around look on any oncoming traffic
you don't want to cause a road accident and prepare yourself to get to that restaurant and
offload all your potatoes now you can see where the distribution place is marked at the restaurant
only a short way away and then you've got to try and be a bit nimble and maneuver your
tractor and trailer to the drop off point until you get a notification at the bottom
that tells you you can offload so let's go a little bit of touring and throw in
like a bit more here you can see just just forwards a bit more i press the i button and then
you can offload all your potatoes and they are going to give you cash money for that potato crop
and it's that easy in farming simulator 2022 it's all about field preparation and having
the right equipment you haven't always got to buy the equipment you can also lease it
but be careful of those leasing costs as well i've been ricardo thanks very much for watching
this video on farming simulator 2022 and how to grow potatoes hope you've enjoyed it
i've enjoyed making it check back for more videos in the series i'll see you soon
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