SimAgri - Game rules

SimAgri is a Multiplayer Online Game that allows you to become a farmer. Simulation oriented, SimAgri offers you a wide range of activities and that means being as close to reality as possible.

You can choose between several activities, all related to agriculture :

- Breeding : You can choose between several species and breeds. Cattle, pigs, goats, sheeps, rabbits, chicken, guinea fowl, american buffalo that you will have to take care of daily.

- Cultivation/Crop : You can choose to grow wheat, corn, beets, soya and more. And why not try an orchard with apple trees for exemple.

- FWF : FWF stands for Farm Work Firm, you offer farm work services to other farmers like sowing, plowing, manuring and more.

- Transportation : You can become a hauling contractor. You will then manage your trucks, your drivers...

- Farm equipment Dealer : You sell farm equipment to other farmers. Buy, sell, repair, rent equipment...

- Stock Breeding Center : You will be in charge of performing artificial insemination for other farmers. Find the best breeding stock, sample semen et inseminate livestock...

- Agricultural Cooperative : You manage your Agricultural Cooperative by proposing plot contracts to other farmers, buying and selling their food and crop production through a partnership...

And there is much, much more...

- Signing up and starting SimAgri (0) top
Signing up for Simagri is free and will take no more than a couple of minutes. Once you have signed up, you can play immediately !

To start, you have to give your username and password. Then choose the place where you want to start your farm.

For free, you'll be able to buy new buildings, breeding stock, equipment and plots. The SimPass will allow you to enjoy the "commercial part" of SimAgri. The commercial part will allow you to sell your harvest, equipment, stocking breed... and will also give you access to other activities (FWF, Hauling Contractor, Farm equipment Dealer, SBR, AC). Different subscription types are available for your SimPass. It will also entitle you to access to contests and enjoy farm guardian services, very handy when you can't momentarily take care of your farm.

You can unsubscribe anytime. Your account is then stopped and all data lost. Also, if we detect cheating, multi accounts, your account will be deleted whether you had a SimPass or not.

- Important Advice to new players (1) top
If you decide to immerse yourself into SimAgri world, please read the game rules before getting started. For the impatient players who want to start immediatly, here is a summary of what you need to know to avoid a bad start.

Stock Breeding :

What you need :

- A tractor (90 horsepower max)
- A skip (8/10 tons max)
- A trailer (6/8 tons max)
- A cattle truck (4/5 tons)
- A storage building (50 sqm)
- A livestock building (50/100 sqm)
- A few silos for grain and fodder (2/3 tons)
- A water cistern (5000/10000 litres)
- Foodstuff

If you choose a livestock farm, we advise you to start with one species. It is easier to discover the game this way and accustom yourself with the game interface. Each species has his benefits and drawbacks, we advise you to start with either cattle, goats or sheep as they give you a steady daily milk production (additional income providing you have a milking station and a milk tank) and their breeding cycle is less intensive than other species, therefore you will have less younglings and just one birth period per year. This should help you have a good start as a livestock farmer. Once you have chosen the species you want, read carefully the rules concerning this type of breeding. It will tell you all about food type, surface needed per animal, breeding cycle...

Once you have made up your mind, you will have to wait until your buildings are built before buying animals. You will need a 50/100 sqm breeding building (stable, pigsty...) to start with. Plan also a storage building to store your straw/hay/fodder and a silos to store foodstuff (2 or 3 tons is good enough for a start) A silo for each food type is required. Finally, plan a water tank to water your livestock. To begin, buy a 5000/10000 litres one.

Now that you have all the necessary infrastructure you can buy foodstuff, hay and such. To do so, you need to buy a tractor, a skip and a trailer. We advise you to buy a 90 horsepower tractor max to begin and a small capacity skip and trailer. For tractor drawn equipment, always check the required power (your tractor must have enough power to handle them). We also advise you to buy second hand equipment when available, this will cut down your expenses. You can go now to SimAgri Market and purchase everything you need to start.

Now you are ready to start breeding your cattle, pigs etc in optimal conditions. You miss just one more thing, a cattle truck to transport your livestock to your farm. You bought it ? Now just run to Simagri Market and start buying livestock, but be careful, the more livestock you have, the more room you will need in your buildings, the more food you will need in your silos etc...

SETTLING IN HELP :
To help new players, a livestock dealer will visit you once a week for the first 4 weeks. He will randomly propose cattle, goats and/or sheeps that you will be free to buy or not. Livestock bought to this dealer can be later sold only to the slaughterhouse.

This is but a rules summary, you will learn much more by reading the game rules.

Cultivation :

What you need :

- A tractor (90 horsepower max. 80 horsepower for fruit production)
- A skip (8/10 tons max)
- A trailer (6/8 tons max)
- A storage building (50/100 sqm)
- Seeds
- Fertilisers
- Treatments (pesticides...)

By choosing to specialise in Cultivation/Crop farming, you will need less time than for livestock. Less tasks are required, but at certain times of the year (sowing, plowing, harvesting) you will be quite busy. Here are a few advices.

First of all, build a warehouse. You will store all your goods and equipment. Then buy a tractor, a skip, a trailer. Again, second hand equipment, if available is advised. It will allow you to carry seeds, fertilisers etc... (once the warehouse is built).

Then you will have to buy plots. Start with small ones, in order to start different crops. Choose plots close to your farm to spend less Action Points (AP) during your hauling/transportations.

To work on your plots, you can buy the necessary equipment alone or with friends, or you can ask a Farm Work Firm to do the work for you. This choice allows you to save money on equipment and invest in buying more plots.

Finally, always remember of doing the necessary actions on your plots at the right time, this will increase your production.

This is but a rules summary, you will learn much more by reading the game rules.

- The SimAgri Training Center (SATC) (0) top
The SimAgri Training Center (SATC) gives the opportunity to SimAgri beginners to get help from experienced players. The training is 42 days long (6 SimAgri months) and is open only to new players during their first 7 game days. If you fall under this category, you can have access to this training and you have to find a master farmer. This master farmer is also a SimAgri player like you but he is playing for quite some time and thus is experienced. You can contact him anytime during your training and ask for advice and/or help.

Why do I follow this training ?

This SimAgri training is not mandatory. however it may be of help for players not familiar with the agricultural world, also for people not familiar with internet games and fore mostly for people willing to master all SimAgri options. The apprentice, when finished with his training can benefit from a 25 000 euros granted by the SAEC. Both the apprentice and his master will be granted an additional free 4 days bonus on their SimPass.

- Units used in SimAgri (0) top
Time units :

1 week in real life represents 1 month in SimAgri (7 days from monday to sunday equal a month).

12 weeks in real life represent 12 months in SimAgri (7 days x 12 = 84 days)

12 weeks in real life represent 1 year in Simagri (84 days = a quarterly subscription).

It will take almost 3 real months (84 days) for a whole SimAgri year and watch the 12 months of the 4 seasons coming and going.

The time needed to perform game actions is expressed in Action Points (AP).

Everyday you are alloted 35 AP to do all your farm work. Everything you have to do in SimAgri requires AP. Be it drive a tractor, feed your livestock, harvest, milk your cows, everything will cost you AP. You can also hire farm hands to increase your AP.

Measurement Units :

Plot surface is expressed in hectare (ha) :
1 hectare (ha) = 10 000 square metres (100 metres x 100 metres)

The plot yield for cereals, fodder etc is expressed in metric tons/hectare (t/ha) :
1 metric ton = 1000 kilograms

To store and sell your harvest, you will use metric ton (t) or litre (l) :
1 metric ton = 1000 kilograms
1 cubic metre (m3) = 1000 litres.

Money Unit :

The money used in SimAgri is the euro.

- The farm (0)	top

Your farm is located in the area you have chosen (region/departement) when signing up. It is also randomly located in 1 of 10 zones that make up the departement. Those 10 zones are used to give a sense of distance and geographical repartition. The farms are more or less close to each other. The zone 1 being closer to zone 2 than to zone 10, zones 5 and 6 being in the middle. A move inside your zone costs 0.25 AP and then an additional 0.25 AP per zone.

Your farm as a whole comprises buildings, equipment, lands or plots and livestock and that's everything you need to manage your farm.

- Buildings and standing equipment (1)	top

There are several types of buildings and equipments, each with is own specificity.

Types of buildings (b) and equipment (e) :

(b) The barn/shed : used to store your farming equipment, store hay, seeds, fertilisers, phyto treatments and shelter your cattle in wintertime. Barns/Shed are measured in square metres (m2).
(b) Pigsty : used to shelter pigs, measured in square metres (m2).
(b) Goat pen : used to shelter goats, measured in square metres (m2).
(b) Sheep pen : used to shelter sheep, measured in square metres (m2).
(b) Hen house : used for poultry, geese and ducks sheltering. Measured in square metres (m²).
(b) Hutches : used to shelter rabbits, measured in square metres (m2).
(b) Warehouse : used to store straw or hay bales, seeds, fertilisers, phyto treatments, measured in square metres (m2).
(b) Silo : used to store harvest, measured in metric tons (m2). One silo per harvest type is required.
(b) Manure Pit : used to store manure, measured in mectric tons (t).
(b) Liquid Manure Pit : used to store liquid manure, measured in litres (l)
(e) Milk Tank : used to store and preserve milk, measured in litres (l).
(e) VBF tank : used to store Vegetal Bio Fuel for motor powered equipment like tractors, harvesters etc. VBF tank is measured in litres (l).
(e) Milking Station : used to milk cattle, goats and sheep, measured in milking units.
(e) Water tank : used to store water for your livestock, measured in litres (l).
(e) Trough : used to water the livestock in a meadow or in a wooded meadow, measured in litres (l).
(e) Hen pen : used for free range for poultry as well as geese and ducks. Measured in square metres (m²).
(e) Pig Pen and Pig Shelters : used for pigs raised in seminatural state (outdoors), measured in shelter units.
(e) Egg Packaging Room : used to package eggs, measured in egg packaging units.
(e) Egg Storage Room : used to store eggs after packaging, measured in stored eggs.
(e) Wool Storage Room : used to store the wool from sheared sheep, measured in kilogram of stored wool.
(b) Loading Area : used to load sold goods on trucks, measured in square metres (m2).
(b) Loading Silo : used to store sold foodstuff before they are loaded on trucks, measured in metric tons (t).
(b) Straw/Hay Storage Area : used to store straw/hay bales, measured in square metres (m2). A small loss in goods is to be expected.
(b) Storage Silo : used to store ensiled green corn in an undried condition, measured in square metres (m2). A small loss is to be expected.
(e) Corral : used to round up your buffalos, transport them, care... You need a corral per woody meadow.

Building a building and standing equipment :

When you decide to build a building, you have to choose the type of building and the surface area. Once built, a building can be extended. A certain amount of time is required for both building and extension. This time will vary depending the surface area chosen. Building and extending is done through the thumb index "Buildings". The building must be emptied before being extended.

Maintenance :

Your buildings won't stand forever. With time, bad weather and depending on their use, buildings will deteriorate. You will have to maintain them on a regular basis to keep them in good condition. For a building monthly maintenance, 0.3 AP are required. You can also pay a contractor to take care of the building maintenance for you. In this case the maintenance is done once per season and of course you'll have to pay the contractor for the maintenance done.

Destruction :

If you see it fit, you can also destroy a building or a standing equipement. The demolition contractor will give you 10% of the building value.

- Agricultural equipment (1)	top

There are a lot of different equipments available, each of them with different specs. SimAgri has an agreement with the manufacturers and is allowed to use the brand, logo, and specs for each of them. All those elements are and stay the property of those manufacturers. You can have a look to the Partnership page.

Equipment types :

Motorised equipment (tractor, loader, combine harverster, silage harvester)
Land working tools (cultivator, disc harrow, plough, rotary tiller...)
Sowing tools (seed drill, Precision seeders...)
Treatment tools (fertiliser spreader, sprayer, manure spreader...)
Transportation equipment ( tipping trailer, trailer, water bowser...)
Mowing tools (mower...)
Pressing tools (baler, round baler...)

Specifications :

Each equipment has his own specifications. They will influence the amount of AP you will have to spent when using them. To know more about them just have a look at the equipment sheet. Make sure you have a tractor powerful enough to draw them.

Maintenance :

Like your buildings, your equipment tends to wear down.. You will have to take care of them on a regular basis to avoid break downs. To maintain an equipment you will need 1AP per month.

List of equipment and their use :

For specialised arboricultural equipment, look up the "Arboricultural cultures" section --> Arboricultural equipement.

Equipment	Use	Culture/Goods	Remark

Tractor	Used to draw equipment	-	Motorised
Arbo Tractor	Used to draw equipment	Arboriculture Specific	Motorised
Cultivator	Soil stirring	All	Tractor Drawn
Manure spreader	Manure spreading	All	Tractor Drawn
Liquid manure tank	Liquid manure spreading	All	Tractor Drawn
Plough	Plowing	All	Tractor Drawn
Disc Harrow	Plowing the stubble	All	Tractor Drawn
Rotary Tiller	Rotary Tilling	All	Tractor Drawn
Seed Drill	Seeding	Wheat, Barley, Oats, Triticale, Sunflower, Grass, Colza, Peas, Flax	Tractor Drawn
Corn/beetroot Seeder	Seeding	Ensiled Corn, Corn grain, Beet root	Tractor Drawn
Planter	Planting	Potato	Tractor Drawn
Hiller	Earthing up	Potato	Tractor Drawn
Fertiliser Spreader	Fertilising	All	1 or 2 spreadings depending on culture, Tractor Drawn
Sprayer	Treatment	All	1 or 2 spreadings depending on culture, Tractor Drawn
Self Propelled Sprayers	Treatment	All	1 or 2 spreadings depending on culture
Tree Sprayer	Treatment	Arboriculture Spécific	Tractor Drawn
Combine Harvester	Harvesting	Wheat, Barley, Oats, Triticale, Colza, Peas, Sunflower, Corn grain	Motorised
Silage harvester	Ensiling	Ensiled Corn	Motorised
Sugarbeet harvester	Harvesting	Beet root	Motorised
Potato harvester	Harvesting	Potato	Motorised
Bean harvester	Harvest	Green beans	Motorised
Spinach harvester	Harvest	Spinach	Motorised
Flax Harvester	Harvesting	Flax	Motorised
Flax turner binder	Turning/Binding	Flax	Motorised
Self Propelled Baler	Pressing/ Baling	Flax	Motorised
Press High Density square bale 500 kilos	Pressing/Baling	Wheat, Barley, Oats, Triticale, Peas, Grass	Tractor Drawn
Press Medium Density square bale 250 kilos	Pressing/Baling	Wheat, Barley, Oats, Triticale, Peas, Grass	Tractor Drawn
Round Baler round bale 300 kilos	Pressing/Baling	Wheat, Barley, Oats, Triticale, Peas, Grass, Flax	Tractor Drawn
Round Baler/Wrapper (round bale)	Pressing/Baling Wrapping	Grass	Tractor Drawn
Mowers	Mowing	Grass (Meadow)	Tractor Drawn
Hay Tedder	Tedding	Grass (Meadow)	Tractor Drawn
Hay Rake	Windrowing	Grass (Meadow)	Tractor Drawn
Meadow Harrow	Soil Aerating	Grass (Meadow)	Tractor Drawn
Front End Loader	Loading	Bale and Manure	Tractor Assembly
Télescopic Handler	Loading	Bale and Manure	Motorised
Trailer	Transport	Bale, seeds, fertiliser and phyto treatment	Tractor Drawn
Tipping Trailer	Transport	Harvest, food, manure	Tractor Drawn
Silo Unloader Distributor	Livestock Feeding	-	Tractor Drawn
Strawer distributor	Litter	Straw bale	Tractor Drawn
Water bowser	Trough filling in meadows	-	Tractor Drawn
Irrigation Drum	Plot/Orchard Irrigation	-	Tractor Drawn
Post Driver	Post/Stake Driving	Buffalo	Tractor Drawn
Barbwire Unwinding Machine	Enclosing	Buffalo	Tractor Drawn
Cattle Truck	Transport	Cattle, buffalo, goats, pigs , sheep	Tractor Drawn
Light Commercial Van	Transport	Poultry, Rabbits, Guinea Fowl	Motorised

- Equipment : Bio Fuel (VBF) consumption (1)	top

Depending on the equipment used, you will use Vegetal Bio Fuel (VBF). In SimAgri the VBF is produced and sold (from 0.36 to 0.55 euro/litre) by Agricultural Cooperatives. You can also buy VBF to SimAgr Cooperative but the price will be slightly higher (0.60 euro/litre). Without this bio fuel, you will not be able to use motorised equipment. So you have to buy VBF to AC or Simagri Cooperative and fill your VBF tank.

Once your VBF tank is full, you'll be able to use your motorised equipment. You can then fill your equipment tanks. To simplify fuel management, there is but one global tank for all your motorised equipment ( to avoid filling 20 tanks if you have 20 tractors for example). A fuel gauge will give you your tank filling level.

Then, every time you use a motorised equipment (journey and action taken in a plot or in the farm) the VBF used is taken directly from the global tank. Once emptied, you'll have to refill it...

List of motorised equipment and their consumption :

Equipment Consumption (journey) Consumption (action/work)

Tractor/ Arbo Tractor 0,05 litre / HP/ AP 0,08 to 0,20 litre* / HP/ AP

Combine Harvester 0,05 litre / HP / AP 0,125 litre / HP / AP

Silage Harvester 0,05 litre / HP / AP 0,150 litre / HP / AP

Sugarbeet Harvester 0,05 litre / HP / AP 0,150 litre / HP / AP

Potato Harvester 0,05 litre / HP / AP 0,150 litre / HP / AP

Flax Harvester 0,05 litre / HP / AP 0,125 litre / HP / AP

Flax Turner Binder 0,05 litre / HP / AP 0,125 litre / HP / AP

Self Propelled Baler 0,05 litre / HP / AP 0,125 litre / HP / AP

Self Propelled Sprayer 0,05 litre / HP / AP 0,120 litre / HP / AP

Telescopic Handler 0,05 litre / HP / AP 0,120 litre / HP / AP

* Tractor consumption at work depends on drawn equipment. For example, it will beless if it draws a silo unloader distributor instead of a plough.

Example :

My tractor has 100 horse power and I have to work on my plot. The journey to the plot represents 2AP and the work/action represents 5 AP. My consumption will be :

(100 HP*0.05*2 AP)+(100 HP*0.2*5AP) = 10 + 100= 110 litres total

Those 110 litres will be directly used from the farm tank.

- Equipment : breakdowns and insurance (0) top
Breakdowns :

As your equipment starts to wear on, breakdowns may happen. There are different types of breakdown and your vehicule can be immobilised up to 2 real days. The more an equipment is used the bigger the chance of breaking down. When your equipment is broke down, you have to options for repair :

- Call on SimAgri : In this case you have to pay the repair cost if the machine is not insured. If the machine is insured, the insurance will pay. In any case the machine will be stopped for a maximum of 2 days.

- Call a workshop (equipment dealer) : In this case the machine must be insured because it's the insurance company who will choose the workshop who will do the repairing. Thus you have nothing to pay. If you do not want to use the selected workshop, you can choose another but then part of the cost will be yours to pay. Workshops being managed by players, the repairing delay can be very short.

Insurance :

To cut down the expenses related to breakdowns, you can subscribe an insurance for each equipment. If your equipment breaks down, the insurance will pay fixing expenses.

- Buy/Sell Equipment (0) top
Buying and Selling equipment is done through the thumb index "Equipment", you will find there brand new and second hand equipment. You can sell your own equipment and fix the price you want but there is a Selling directory to help you fix a reasonnable price and help buyers as a reference. You can also negotiate the price with the seller.

When you want to sell one of your equipment, you can sell it to a Equipment dealer or just put an ad on the board. If you sell to an equipment dealer, try and negotiate the price. But if you buy a brand new equipment the selling price of your old one can be a bit higher. If you sell your old equipment directly through the board, you'll have to pay a fee of 1500 euros.

- Buying equipment in common (0) top
To lower your costs, you can form a partnership with other players to buy equiment in common. Those players must be part of your "friends" and their farms must be located in the same region than yours. You can be up to 5 players in a partnership, and your money share is up to you. The amount of time an equipment bought in partnership can be used by each player is proportional to the money share you invested.

When buying in common, take into account the distance between your farm and the farm of your "friends" and also the time of use each of you could have. The equipment cannot be used at the same time by 2 players.

When you decide to sell this equipment, the money will be distributed porportionnally to the initial investment made by each player when buying it.

- Equipment dealers (0) top
What is an equipment dealer :

The equipment dealer is a person selling agricultural equipment to farmers. Therefore you have to buy your brand new or second hand equipment from him. You can also sell equipment to him or bring your equipment for maintenance.

How can you be an equipment dealer :

If you want to be an agro equipment dealer, you must have been registered to SimAgri for at least 90 days. Your must also have an active SimPass to unlock this game option. To unlock the Dealer part of the game, you will have to give a call (roughly 1.80 euros) and the dealer part will be unlocked for an unlimited time. Once unlocked you will be granted for free your first sale outlet, a 200 m2 hall.

The outlet :

The outlet can be composed of one or several halls. The maximum surface of a hall is 200 m2. There, you can display the different equipments you have for sale. Equipment that are not displayed in a hall cannot be sold ! To manage your hall, you need to hire a salesman. If you have several halls, several salesmen are required.

Licenses :

Now that you have your sale outlet and the necessary sale personel, you need equipment to sell. You will have, first to choose the brands you will display in your halls. To do so, you are allocated 100 points per sale outlet, those points you have to distribute between equipment manufacturers you plan to be a dealer for. The amount of points may vary from one manufacturer to another.

Once you have chosen the manufacturers and distributed your 100 points, you have to pay for a one SimAgri year license (84 days in real life) to be able to sell equipment from a manufacturer. The license's price will vary from one manufacturer to another. You will also have to pay back part of your annual turnover at the end of the partnership year. This only for the new equipment, there is no payback for second hand equipment.

License prices, fees and paybacks are absolutely not representative of the real business. This system is SimAgri only. It was made to meet the game economy requirements and is not made to give advantage to one manufacurer or another. You will not find this data in real life and if you happen to find them, it will be pure coincidence, SimAgri having no access whatsoever to commercial data from the manufacturers present on its site.

Buying/Selling equipment :

You are finally ready to start your Dealer activity. You can sell brand new equipment, depending on the money you have, you can have a little stock of equipment and start directly selling them. If you are short on money, you will have to wait for a customer and order the equipment to the manufacturer. You will work in tended flow. Whatever strategy you will chose, you will always have to buy before selling therefore you will have to pay the necessary money in advance.

When you buy an equipment from a manufacturer, you have to find a contractor to transport it for you from the plant to your sales outlet. You can also take care of the transportation yourself if you have trucks.

When you are selling a brand new equipment, you can fix the selling price. Make sure your margin pays off your expenses, license expenses, fee, payback on your annual turnover, personnel, equipment transportation...

For second hand equipment, you can buy some from SimAgri market. A salesman visits your outlet every SimAgri month and offers you second hand equipment. You can also purchase them from farmers. When buying second hand equipment, do not hesitate to negotiate the price to get a good margin when reselling. You can also buy back second hand equipment as part of a deal with a farmer buying a brand new one, but this is not mandatory.

Sales of brand new equipment are possible only within the region where your outlet is located. Second hand equipment can be sold also at region level but buying second hand equipment can be done within the region but also througout the country. In the latter case, you will have to ask a contractor to deliver them to you.

- The Workshop (0) top
If you wish so, you can develop a maintenance and repairing activity for agricultural machines if you are an equipment dealer. To do so, you have to purchase a workshop that will allow you to do equipment maintenance and hire one or several mechanics (25AP/day, monthly salary 1400 euros). Mechanics have 2 skills (Wear and AP) scaled from 1 to 10, with those skills they can give back AP or decrease the wear percentage on maintained equipment. Result of maintenance will vary depending on the mechanic's skill.

Now that you have a workshop and a mechanic, you have to fix a price for the labour. This price may vary from 8 to 24 euros per AP. The amount of AP needed for maintenance depends on the type of equipment :

- Tools and Trailer Trucks : 2 AP
- Tractors, Telescopic Handler, Truck Tractor : 4 AP
- Combine Harvester, Silage Harvester, Harvester : 5 AP

To the labour you will add the price of the parts necessary for maintenance. Here the cost will also vary depending on the rype of equipment :

- Tools and Trailer Trucks : 100 euros
- Tractors, Telescopic Handler, Truck Tractor : 300 euros
- Combine Harvester, Silage Harvester, Harvester : 500 euros

On top of that, depending on your equipment, the price of parts is subject to a rise of 2% per year of age of your equipment. So a 5 years old equipment parts will have their prices increased by 10 %.

The cost of a maintenance takes into account the labour and the parts price. The workshop, gets only the cost of the labor. For a good profitability, a minimum price of 15 euros /AP is advised. You can of course change your price depending on the market, the competition and your mechanic's skills...

- Fixing / repairing :

On top of your maintenance activity, you can also develop a breakdown service. You will then take care of repairing machines in the player's farms. To develop this activity, you will need a workshop truck, this truck will allow you to move to the farms and bring all the necessary tools. You will also need a mechanic.

- Renting Equipment (0) top
In your outlet you can also develop an equipment rental service. So far only tractors can be rented out by outlets.

If you are a customer, you can rent a tractor only if your own tractor is broken down. In this case you can rent a tractor at one of the equipment dealers in the same region your farm is located. The rented tractor must have a power at least equivalent to your own (plus/minus 5 horse power). If it is lower , the renting will not be possible. The renting period cannot exceed the lenght of your tractor break down, the cost will depend on the amount of AP used.

If you are a dealer, you can rent out a tractor from its spec sheet by giving the cost/AP used. Once your tractor reaches its last day, you can scrap it !

- Cultures (1) top
SimAgri presents you with a large choice of cultures, thus you can diversify and make culture farming your main activity or your secondary activity. Before you start, check the following information to start from the right foot.

- General Information (0) top
In a few words, here are the things you need to know if you choose to start farm cultures. First of all, you have to avoid repeating the same culture on the same plot, thus you have to use systematic rotation on your plots over the years.

First of all: the yield. The yield is the quantity that you harvest every year, the yield unit is metric tons per hectare (t/ha). Several things will have an effect on the yield :

- soil quality
- fertilisers
- manure
- liquid manure
- phyto treatments
- the amount of sunshine
- the pluviometry
- the date of harvest

Your crops grow in fields or plots. The plot surface is given in hectare (ha). An Hectare = 10 000 m2. You can grow only one type of crop per plot. Some plots have a better yield than other because of their soil components.

Fertilisers increase your yield. When spreading it at the right time you will get better results on your crops. Make sure you check the dates for fertiliser spreading to get the best possible result (not mandatory).

Manure is very good natural fertiliser. Produced by your livestock, you spread it in your fields at a ratio of 25 tonnes per hectare. It requires a manure spreader and it will increase your yield (not mandatory).

Liquid manure is also a very good natural fertiliser. It is produced by your pigs if you have chosen to raise them without litter but on gratings instead. You spread it in your fields at a ratio of 15 m3 (15 000 litres) per hectare. A liquid manure spreader is needed. It will also increase your yield (not mandatory).

Phyto treatments (pesticides, herbicides) will protect your crops from diseases. By spraying at the right time, you'll get good results. Try and spray at the best possible time to get the best result (not mandatory).

Sunshine will vary from region to region. However, your crop needs a minimum of sunshine to reach a good ripening. On the contrary, too much sun will weaken your crop. Check carefully the forecast to achieve a successful harvest. If the meteorology is good you have a good chance of getting a good harvest. A gauge shows you the sun needed for each plot.

Pluviometry will also vary from region to region. However your crop requires a minimum amount of rain to reach a good ripening. On the contrary, too much rain will weaken your crop. Check the forecast carefully to achieve a successful harvest. If the meteorology is good you have a good chance of getting a good harvest. A gauge shows you the sun needed for each plot.

If, when harvest time comes, you haven't reached a full ripening (100%) or if you harvest a bit too late, your yied will be lessened. If, on the contrary, you're at the maximum ripening (100%) and you harvest at the right time, you will get a good yield.

There is also a quality attached to your harvest. The quality will give you an indication on your harvest.

- : Bad quality
- : Medium quality
- : Good quality

Depending on the quality level, a harvested crop will have a different value on a financial point of view but also on a nutritional point of view :

- Financially speaking, a good quality wheat for example will sell at a better price than a bad quality one.
- On the nutritional side, livestock fed with good quality food will gain more weight than those fed with bad quality.

Plot Status :

To help you manage your plots, diode indicators will show you if an action can be done. If the diode is green, the work can be done on the plot. On the contrary if the diode is red, no work can be done.

The different culture types : (for each region, check the yields in the table below)

Wheat :
- Sowing time : october and november
- Harvest time : july and august
- Average price : 100 euros/metric ton
- Can make straw bales
- Harvest with Combine Harvester
- Cyclic rotation : 2 years
- Specifics : choice between different type of seeds

Barley :
- Sowing time : october and november
- Harvest time : june and july
- Average price : 105 euros/metric ton
- Can make straw bales
- Harvest with Combine Harvester
- Cyclic rotation : 2 years
- Specifics : choice between different type of seeds

Spring Barley :
- Sowing time : february and march
- Harvest time : july and august
- Average price : 105 euros/metric ton
- Can make straw bales
- Harvest with Combine Harvester
- Cyclic rotation : 2 years
- Specifics : choice between different type of seeds

Oats :
- Sowing time : october and november
- Harvest time : july and august
- Average price : 95 euros/metric ton
- Can make straw bales
- Harvest with Combine Harvester
- Cyclic rotation : 2 years
- Specifics : choice between different type of seeds

Spring Oats :
- Sowing time : february and march
- Harvest time : july and august
- Average price : 95 euros/metric ton
- Can make straw bales
- Harvest with Combine Harvester
- Cyclic rotation : 2 years
- Specifics : choice between different type of seeds

Triticale :
- Sowing time : october and november
- Harvest time : july and august
- Average price : 125 euros/metric ton
- Can make straw bales
- Harvest with Combine Harvester
- Cyclic rotation : 2 years
- Specifics : choice between different type of seeds

Corn grain :
- Sowing time : april and may
- Harvest time : october and november
- Average price : 110 euros/metric ton
- Harvest with Combine Harvester
- Cyclic rotation : 2 years
- Specifics : aucune

Ensiled corn :
- Sowing time : april and may
- Harvest time : october and november
- Average price : 45 euros/metric ton
- Harvest with Silage Harvester
- Cyclic rotation : 2 years
- Specifics : none

Sugarbeet :
- Sowing time : march and april
- Harvest time : october and november
- Average price : 120 euros/metric ton
- Harvest with Sugarbeet Harvester
- Cyclic rotation : 4 years
- Specifics : none

Colza :
- Sowing time : august and september
- Harvest time : june and july
- Average price : 220 euros/metric ton
- Harvest with Combine Harvester
- Cyclic rotation : 3 years
- Specifics : 4 kilos of seeds/hectare, used to make VBF

Sunflower :
- Sowing time : march and april
- Harvest time : august and september
- Average price : 230 euros/metric ton
- Harvest with Combine Harvester
- Cyclic rotation : 3 years
- Specifics : none

Peas :
- Sowing time : february and march
- Harvest time : july and august
- Average price : 120 euros/metric ton
- Can make straw bales
- Harvest with Combine Harvester
- Cyclic rotation : 3 years
- Specifics : no fertiliser, choice between different type of seeds

Faba bean :
- Sowing time : november and december
- Harvest time : july and august
- Average price : 145 euros/metric ton
- Can make straw bales
- Harvest with Combine Harvester
- Cyclic rotation : 3 years
- Specifics : no fertiliser, 220 kilos of seeds / hectare

Soybean :
- Sowing time : april and may
- Harvest time : september and october
- Average price : 165 euros/metric ton
- Harvest with Combine Harvester
- Cyclic rotation : 3 years
- Specifics : no fertliser, 110 kilos of seeds / hectare

Spinach :
- Sowing time : august, march, june, september
- Harvest time : october, may, august, april
- Average price : 120 euros/metric ton
- Harvest with Spinach harvester
- Cyclic rotation : 3 years
- Specifics : none

Green beans :
- Sowing time : april, may, june, july, august, september
- Harvest time : june, july, august, september, october, novembre
- Average price : 195 euros/metric ton
- Harvest with Bean harvester
- Cyclic rotation : 5 years
- Specifics : 2 soil stirrings

Lentils :
- Sowing time : april and may
- Harvest time : august and september
- Average price : 1220 euros/metric ton
- Harvest with Combine Harvester
- Cyclic rotation : 1 year
- Specifics : 1 soil stirring

Specific cultures : (check tables below for yields in each region)

Flax :
- Sowing time : march and april
- Harvest time : july and august
- Average price : 1300 euros/metric ton
- It's compulsory to make flax bales
- Harvest with Flax Harvester and Turner Binder
- Cyclic rotation : 6 years
- Specifics : 120 kilos of seeds / hectare

Harvest is 3 staged. First of all you harvest, then you turn your flax to dry it and last you make bales to sell. Thus you need for the harvest a Flax Harvester, a Turner Binder, a Self Propelled Baler and something to load the bales. The whole harvest takes about 2 months (thanks to Deutz (a player) for his help).

Industrial hemp :
- Sowing time : may
- Harvest time : september
- Average price : 350 euros/metric ton (grain), 120 euros/metric ton (straw)
- Harvest with Combine Harvester and Mower
- Cyclic rotation : none
- Specifics : 50 kilos of seeds/hectare, no treatment

The harvest is a two-steps one. First step is the grain harvest with a combine harvester, the second one is mowing the straw with a mower. For the whole harvest you will need, a combine harvester, a mower, a rake and a round baler. Bales then can be sold only to the SimAgri Cooperative (later on to the Regional Agricutural Cooperatives as well), as such they are of no use in a farm.

Potatoes :
- Sowing time : april and may
- Harvest time : september and october
- Average price : 80 euros/metric ton
- Harvest with Potato Harvester
- Cyclic rotation : 4 years
- Specifics : 2,5 litres / hectare of weed killer for chemical weeding and 900 kilos of seeds / hectare

For the harvest you need a Potato Harvester. A month before harvesting you have to do a chemical weeding with a sprayer and a specific chemical.

Tobacco :
- Sowing time : march (under serre) and april and may in plot
- Harvest time : july to september
- Average price : 4500 euros/metric ton (hay bales)
- Cyclic rotation : 3 years
- Specifics : 2 hectares allowed per farm. Tobacco available in the farm's area.

Seeding in greenhouse then transplanting on the plot. Expensive investment and requires manual labor. For 1 hectare of tobacco, you will need : 35,000 seeds, 50 m² of glass green house, 200 expanded polystyrene trays, 50 m² of sowing containers and 100 m² of plastic sheet.

Grass :
- Sowing time : march, april, september, october
- Harvest time : all year long, ripening 100%
- Average price : 70 euros/metric ton (hay bales)
- Harvest with Mower, Hay Tedder
- Specifics : 35 kilos of seeds / hectare

Unlike other cultures, grass grows all year long. As soon as you sow a grass plot, it turns into a meadow. You can use meadows for your livestock to graze or to make hay. Once mowed (mower), tedded (hay tedder) and pressed (baler) you get hay bales. You can mow anytime of the year regardless of its ripening level. Grass do not grow in winter and no treatment is necessary.

If you see it fit, you can increase your grass growth and the hay yield. To do so, use a meadow harrow and/or spread fertiliser (250 kilos/hectare) or liquid manure (15 m3/hectare), you'll get more hay. The effect of this works is lessened during winter, thus you have to do it every year for a maximum growth and yield.

- Yields for wheat, barley, spring barley, oats, spring oats, triticale (0) top
Yields are given in ton/hectare. These figures represent the average yield that you will obtain. In most cases, if your culture is enhanced by fertilisers and phyto treatments, wih sufficient water and sunshine, you will reach yields way above those given in the following table. For organic cultures, yields will be lower (under development)

Region Wheat
R=2 years Barley
R=2 years Spring Barley
R=2 years Oats
R=2 years Spring Oats
R=2 years Triticale
R=2 years

FRANCE

Alsace 5.5 5.9 4.5 4.2 4 6.2

Aquitaine 5 4.8 4.2 3.8 3.7 4.5

Auvergne 4.2 4 3 3.3 3 4.9

Basse-Normandie 8.1 6.6 5.5 5.2 5 6.4

Bourgogne 4.9 5 4 3 2.8 5

Bretagne 6.9 6 5.5 4.1 4 6.3

Centre 5.5 4.4 6 4 3.9 5.3

Champagnes-Ardennes 7.4 6.4 6.7 5.5 5.2 6.5

Corse 1.8 1.5 1.2 1 1 3.5

Franche-Comté 4.8 4.5 3.7 3.3 3.2 5.4

Haute-Normandie 8.4 7.2 6.8 6.3 6 7.1

Ile-de-France 6.2 5.8 5.3 5 4.7 6.2

Languedoc-Roussillon 3.4 4.6 3.5 2 1.9 3.2

Limousin 4.1 4.6 3 3.3 3.2 5.1

Lorraine 5.2 5 4.5 2.9 2.8 6.2

Midi-Pyrénées 4 3.8 2.8 3.1 3 4.6

Nord 8.6 7.5 8 6.3 6.2 7.3

Pays de Loire 6.3 5.1 4 3.8 3.7 5.7

Picardie 7.7 6.9 6.6 6.5 6.2 6.9

Poitou-Charentes 6.3 5.6 5.1 4.4 4.2 5.3

Provence-Alpes-Côtes-d'Azur 2.7 3 0.9 1 1 3.7

Rhône-Alpes 5.3 5 4 3.6 3.5 4.9

BELGIUM

Wallonie 8.9 6.9 6 4.5 4.4 6

Flandre 9.1 6.7 6.2 4.6 4.4 6.2

SWITZERLAND

Suisse Romande 5.7 5.8 5 4.9 4.8 5.7

Suisse Alémanique 5.9 5.9 5.2 5.1 4.9 6

Suisse Italienne - 5.8 5.1 - - 5.7

R=2 years stands for 2 years cyclic rotation, meaning you can grow it every 2 years.

- Yields for grain corn, ensiled corn, sugar beets, colza, sunflower (0) top

Region Grain Corn
R=2 years Ensiled Corn
R=2 years Sugar Beets
R=4 years Colza
R=3 years Sunflower
R=3 years

FRANCE

Alsace 8.4 11.5 69.3 2.8 2.5

Aquitaine 8.1 11 - 2.4 2.2

Auvergne 6 7 57.2 2 2

Basse-Normandie 8.6 13.6 75.5 3.7 2

Bourgogne 5.9 8 46.1 2.6 2.4

Bretagne 6.8 11 - 2.8 2.5

Centre 8.6 12.4 78.1 3.1 2.6

Champagnes-Ardennes 6.4 10 71.8 3.4 3.5

Corse 7.5 8.5 - - 1.5

Franche-Comté 5 7.5 - 2.7 2.5

Haute-Normandie 9 14.4 86 3.9 2

Ile-de-France 6.9 10 65 3.3 2.3

Languedoc-Roussillon 9.4 6 - 2 1.2

Limousin 5 7.5 - 3 1.8

Lorraine 5.5 9 56.3 2.8 2.8

Midi-Pyrénées 5.4 6.5 - 2.2 1.7

Nord 9.4 15.1 81.5 3.6 -

Pays de Loire 7.2 11.5 - 2.7 2.6

Picardie 7.5 14 82.5 3.7 2.5

Poitou-Charentes 8.2 8.6 71 3.1 2.3

Provence-Alpes-Côtes-d'Azur 6 9.5 - 1.3 1.9

Rhône-Alpes 5.9 8 - 2.6 2.4

BELGIUM

Wallonie 11.3 15 70.5 3.5 -

Flandre 12.3 15.8 71.3 - -

SWITZERLAND

Suisse Romande 8.6 15 61 3 2.6

Suisse Alémanique 9 15.5 63 3.2 2.9

Suisse Italienne 8.7 15 - - -

R=2, 3, 4 years stands for a 2, 3, 4 years cyclic rotation, meaning you can grow it every 2, 3, 4 years..

- Yields for peas, faba beans, soy beans, flax, potato, industrial hemp (1) top

Region Peas
R=3 years Faba Beans
R=3 years Soybeans
R=3 years Flax
R=6 years Potato
R=4 years Industrial hemp
R=1 year
Grain / Straw

FRANCE

Alsace 3.1 3 1.1 - 25.4 -

Aquitaine 3.5 2.1 2.5 - 33.9 0.8 / 7

Auvergne 2.5 2.5 1.1 - 29 -

Basse-Normandie 4.8 4.3 - 3.5 31.6 -

Bourgogne 3 3.2 2.1 - 28 0.8 / 7

Bretagne 4 4.2 - - 18.8 0.8 / 7

Centre 4.6 3.5 2 - 29.3 0.8 / 7

Champagnes-Ardennes 4.6 4 1.5 3.3 49.5 0.8 / 7

Corse 2 2.5 1.3 - 9.2 -

Franche-Comté 2.8 2.9 2.1 - 19.6 0.8 / 7

Haute-Normandie 5 5 - 3.4 43.6 -

Ile-de-France 4.8 4 1.1 - 26.5 0.8 / 7

Languedoc-Roussillon 2.6 2.3 2 - 24.9 -

Limousin 2.8 3.1 - - 28.2 -

Lorraine 4.1 3.1 1.1 - 16.9 -

Midi-Pyrénées 2 2 2.5 - 16.6 0.8 / 7

Nord 5.3 4.5 - 3.7 43 -

Pays de Loire 3.7 3.5 2 - 24.6 0.8 / 7

Picardie 5.2 4.3 - 3.4 44 -

Poitou-Charentes 4.3 2.9 1.3 - 25.9 -

Provence-Alpes-Côtes-d'Azur 1.1 2.5 2.1 - 25 -

Rhône-Alpes 3 2 2.1 - 28 -

BELGIQUE

Wallonie - - - 3 47.5 0.8 / 7

Flandre - - - 3 49 0.8 / 7

SUISSE

Suisse Romande 4.2 3.5 2.7 - 40 0.8 / 7

Suisse Alémanique 4.5 3.6 2.8 - 41 0.8 / 7

Suisse Italienne 4.3 3.5 2.7 - 40 0.8 / 7

R=3, 4, 6 years stands for 3, 4, 6 years cyclic rotation, meaning you can grow it every 3, 4, 6 years.

- Yields for spinach, green beans, lentils (0) top

Region Spinach
R=3 years Green beans
R=5 years Lentils
R=1 year -
R= -
R=

FRANCE

Alsace - - - - -

Aquitaine - 11 - - -

Auvergne - - 1 - -

Basse-Normandie - - - - -

Bourgogne - 12 2 - -

Bretagne 22 12 - - -

Centre 19 10 2 - -

Champagnes-Ardennes 15 10 2.6 - -

Corse - - - - -

Franche-Comté - 13 - - -

Haute-Normandie - - - - -

Ile-de-France 14 12 - - -

Languedoc-Roussillon 14 12 1.1 - -

Limousin - - - - -

Lorraine - - - - -

Midi-Pyrénées 11 10 1 - -

Nord 22 14 - - -

Pays de Loire 11 12 1.4 - -

Picardie 21 14 - - -

Poitou-Charentes - 12 1.1 - -

Provence-Alpes-Côtes-d'Azur 20 11 - - -

Rhône-Alpes 13 10 - - -

BELGIQUE

Wallonie 22 12 - - -

Flandre 22 12 - - -

SUISSE

Suisse Romande 13 - - - -

Suisse Alémanique 13 - - - -

Suisse Italienne 13 - - - -

R=2, 3, 4 years stands for 3, 4, 6 years cyclic rotation, meaning you can grow it every 3, 4, 6 years.

- Yields for tobacco (0) top
Yields are given in ton/hectare. These figures represent the average yield that you will obtain.

Region / Province Tobacco
R= 3 years

FRANCE

Alsace 2.7 - - - -

Aquitaine 2.8 - - - -

Auvergne 2.6 - - - -

Basse-Normandie - - - - -

Bourgogne - - - - -
Bretagne 3.0 - - - -

Centre 2.7 - - - -

Champagne-Ardennes 2.7 - - - -

Corse - - - - -

Franche-Comté 2.9 - - - -

Haute-Normandie - - - - -

Ile-de-France - - - - -

Languedoc-Roussillon - - - - -

Limousin 2.6 - - - -

Lorraine - - - - -

Midi-Pyrénées 2.6 - - - -

Nord 2.3 - - - -

Pays de Loire 2.7 - - - -

Picardie 2.3 - - - -

Poitou-Charentes 3.0 - - - -

Provence-Alpes-Côtes-d'Azur - - - - -

Rhône-Alpes 2.9 - - - -

BELGIQUE

Wallonie 3.8 - - - -

Flandres 3.8 - - - -

SUISSE

Suisse Romande 2.1 - - - -

Suisse Alémanique 1.9 - - - -

Suisse Italienne - - - - -

R=3 years stands for 3 years cyclic rotation, meaning you can grow it every 3 years.

- Quotas (0) top
For some cultures there is a quota. It means that you have a limited area to grow certain crops. You can check your quotas by clicking on the thumb index "Fields/Meadows".

Sugar beet quota :

The quota for growing sugar beets is either 2 hectares as a basis or 10% of the total surface of your fields.

- Straw and Hay (0) top
Some crops allow you to make straw or hay with which you can feed your livestock. Moreover the straw is used as litter for your livestock. To get straw or hay you need a tractor and a press/baler. To pick it up you need a tractor+loader or a telescopic handler. and a tractor with trailer for transportation. You can store it in either a warehouse, a barn or straw/hay Storage Area. In the later storage type, your bales will suffer a small loss as it will happen if you leave the bales in the field.

If you want to increase your hay's yield in a field, you can either spread fertiliser (250 kilos/hectare) or liquid manure (15 m3/hectare). The effect of these spreadings will subside throughout wintertime.

- Methods of cultivation (0) top
In SimAgri, you will find 3 methods of cultivation, each has pros and cons. It's up to you to find the compromise between yield, cost and equipment.

Methods of cultivation Traditional No-till farming (NTF) Direct Sowing

Yields Good Good / Average Average / Poor

Cost of cultivation High Moderate Low

Impossible cultures None None Corn(grain and ensiled), sugarbeet, potatoes

Tool needed up to seeding Disc Harrow
Plow
Rotary Tiller
Seeder classic or Corn/Sugarbeet Seeder Disc Harrow
Cultivator
Rotary Tiller
Serder classic or direct or Corn/Sugarbeet Seeder Cultivator
Direct Seeder

Remarks Optimum Yield Best compromise between cost and yield Low cost culture, plan for 3 treatments

- Green manure / cover crops (1) top
Green manures are cover crops grown for soil protection during winter. They improve plot soil quality and help get a better yield for crops sown in spring.

You sow them just after your summer harvests, then shred in january and sow your main crop in spring.

Mustard Phacelia

Sowing time September August

Harvesting time January January

Seed quantity per hectare 10 kilos 12 kilos

Soil preparation terre before sewing Plow the stubble (once) with a cultivator or disc harrow Plow the stubble (once) with a cultivator or disc harrow

Sowing Fertiliser spreader 18 metres maxi or direct seeder Direct seeder

Destruction Shredding (once) with a shredder Shredding (once) with a shredder

Spring sowing Wait 7 days before working the soil. If cultural technique is Traditional or SMC, do not pass the disc harrow. Wait 7 days before working the soil. If cultural technique is Traditional or SMC, do not pass the disc harrow.

Be careful, cover crops are interesting if you want to do spring sowing just after shredding (wait 7 days though). The positive effect of this cover crop lasts just a few months, after June, there will be no more benefit. Also, with this cover crop, your spring crop will need less equipment and will increase your yield. Thus its interesting to use cover crop !!!

- Arboriculture (0) top
In SimAgri you can also choose to start arboriculture as primary or secondary activity. Before you start, check the following information to have a good start. So far only apples, pears and peaches are available.

- General information (0) top
In a few words, here is what you need to know if you want to start arboriculture. This type of culture is peculiar but gives you the chance to vary your production and helps your farm grow.

irst of all: the yield. The yield is the quantity that you harvest every year, the yield unit is metric tons per hectare (t/ha). Several things will have an effect on the yield :

- soil quality
- amount of trees and their age
- pruning
- fertilisers
- phyto treatments
- the amount of sunshine
- the pluviometry
- specific equipment
- the date of harvest

Trees grow in orchards (5 hectares maximum). The orchard surface is given in hectare (ha). An hectare = 10 000 m2. You can grow only one type of tree per orchard. Some orchards have a better yield than other because of their soil components.

Depending on the culture, the amount of trees per hectare varies as does the tree's optimum yield age. Thus the yield in an orchard will vary with the amount of trees and their age.

Pruning trees will also increase the yield. If you prune your whole orchard at the right time your yield will be better.

Fertilisers increase your yield. When spreading it at the right time you will get better results on your orchards. Make sure you check the dates for fertilising to get the best possible result (not mandatory).

Phyto treatments (for tree and fruit diseases) will protect your orchards from diseases. By spraying at the right time, you'll get good results. Try and spray at the best possible time to get the best result (not mandatory).

Sunshine will vary from region to region. However, your orchards require a minimum of sunshine to reach a good ripening. On the contrary, too much sun will weaken your crop. Check carefully the forecast to achieve a successful harvest. If the meteorology is good you have a good chance of getting a good harvest. A gauge shows you the sun needed for each plot.

Depending on the type of tree you can use specific equipment on your orchards. Hail nets, irrigation système etc... They can play a very important role.

Harvest time is very important because it starts and finishes at a precise time. So your orchards must be at full ripening at the beginning of the harvest ti get the best possible yield.

There is also a quality attached to your harvest. The quality will give you an indication on your harvest.

- : bad quality
- : medium quality
- : good quality

Depending on the quality level, the harvest will have a different value on a financial point of view. A quality 1 harvest will sell much better than a quality 3 one.

Orchard Status :

To help you manage your orchards, diode indicators will show you if an action can be done. If the diode is green, the work can be done on the orchard. On the contrary if the diode is red, no work can be done.

The various cultures : (for each region, check the yields in the table below)

Apple tree (eating apple) :
- Planting time : december and january (1000 trees per hectare)
- Harvest time : september and october
- Average price : 0.51 to 0.65 euro per kilo depending on the grade
- Manual Harvest but equipment needed for transportation and handling
- Specifics : different grades available, 70/75 mm or 75/80 mm

Peach tree :
- Planting time : december and january (476 trees per hectare)
- Harvest time : july, august and september
- Average price : 1.25 to 1.90 euro per kilo depending on the category
- Manual Harvest but equipment needed for transportation and handling
- Specifics : different categories available, A, B and C

Pear tree :
- Planting time : december and january (1200 trees per hectare)
- Harvest time : september and october
- Average price : 0.55 to 0.95 euro per kilo depending on the grade
- Manual Harvest but equipment needed for transportation and handling
- Specifics : different grades available, 55/60 mm 60/65 mm or 65/70 mm

Plum tree :
- Planting time : december and january (250 trees per hectare)
- Harvest time : august and september
- Average price : 0.90 to 1.10 euros per kilo depending on the grade
- Manual Harvest but equipment needed for transportation and handling
- Specifics : different grades available, 35/40 mm 40/45 mm or 45/50 mm

Mirabelle Plum :
- Planting time : december and january (200 trees per hectare)
- Harvest time : august and september
- Average price : 1.20 to 1.50 euro per kilo depending on the grade
- Manual Harvest but equipment needed for transportation and handling
- Specifics : different grades available, 22/25 mm 26/30 mm

- Yields (0)	top

Yields are given in metric tons per hectare. These figures represent the average yields you can get. For organic cultures, yields will be worse.

Region	Apple Tree	Pear Tree	Peach Tree	Plum Tree	Mirabelle Tree

FRANCE
Alsace	28	-	-	-	4
Aquitaine	42	33	16	13	-
Auvergne	28	-	-	-	-
Basse-Normandie	21	-	-	-	-
Bourgogne	30	-	-	-	-
Bretagne	22	-	-	-	-
Centre	40	29	-	-	-
Champagnes-Ardennes	28	-	-	-	-
Corse	19	-	-	10	-
Franche-Comté	12	-	-	-	-
Haute-Normandie	18	-	-	-	-
Ile-de-France	20	15	-	-	-
Languedoc-Roussillon	39	29	24	12	-
Limousin	35	-	-	-	-
Lorraine	21	-	-	-	7
Midi-Pyrénées	43	17	11	12	-
Nord	33	-	-	-	-
Pays de Loire	45	27	-	-	-
Picardie	37	-	-	-	-
Poitou-Charentes	39	-	-	-	-
Provence-Alpes-Côtes-d'Azur	43	29	27	16	-
Rhône-Alpes	28	21	19	9	4
BELGIUM
Wallonie	-	26	-	6	-
Flandre	38	28	-	6	-

SWITZERLAND
Suisse Romande	38	24	-	7	-
Suisse Alémanique	40	26	-	7	-
Suisse Italienne	-	-	-	-	-

- Arboricultural equipment (0)	top

Arboriculture requires specific equipment because of the orchard's lay out. Standard tractors and other standard equipment cannot be used as they are too large, too wide. Thus fitting equipment is required.

List of arboricultural equipment :

Equipment	Use	Culture type	More

Tractor (80 HP maximum) or Arbo tractor	Used to draw equipment in orchard transportation	Apples, Pears, Peaches, Plums, Mirabelle plums	Motorised
Tractor	Used to draw equipment in transportation	-	Motorised
Cultivator (3 metres maximum)	Used to Plow stubbles	Apples, Pears, Peaches, Plums, Mirabelle plums	Tractor Drawn (80 HP maximum)
Rotary Tiller (3 metres maximum)	Soil Tilling	Apples, Pears, Peaches, Plums, Mirabelle plums	Tractor Drawn (80 HP maximum)
Sprayer (18 metres max) or Arbo Sprayer arboricole	Treatment Fertilising	Apples, Pears, Peaches, Plums, Mirabelle plums	Tractor Drawn (80 HP maximum)
Irrigation Drum	Plot/Orchard Irrigation	Apples, Pears, Peaches, Plums, Mirabelle plums	Tractor Drawn
Trailer	Transport	Apples, Pears, Peaches, Plums, Mirabelle plums	Tractor Drawn
Front End Loader	Loading	Apples, Pears, Peaches, Plums, Mirabelle plums	Tractor Drawn
Telescopic Handler	Loading	Apples, Pears, Peaches, Plums, Mirabelle plums	Motorisé

To work in your orchards, you need a low powered tractor (80 HP max) and your equipment must be narrow. For transportation from the orchard to the farm, you also need a tractor and a trailer.

- Building and arboricultural equipment (0)	top

To develop this activity you need a specific building and equipment, plan a building with a surface fitting with the size of your arboriculture acitivity.

Type of building (b) and secondary equipment (e) : :

(b) Arboricultural warehouse : to store harvests (in palox) and hail nets. This building is measured in square metres (m2).
(e) Palox : used for the harvest and storage of fruits. You pile them up in your arboricultural warehouse. They are measured in kilograms (kg).
(e) Hail net : used to protect your orchards from hail stones. You need a net per hectare.

- Arboricultural work (0)	top

Arboriculture is quite different from cereal or oleaginous plants. It requires more care to make sure to get a good quality harvest.

You will start with planting your trees and get rid of dead trees regularly. You will perform several prunings and also add fertilisers. To protect your trees and fruits from diseases you have to treat them frequently. The harvest is done over 2 months and is done manually. You have to harvest everyday the ripe fruits, if you don't they will be wasted.

As you can see, arboriculture is heavy on manual labour. You will need a lot of farm hands to get good results.

- Buying a field / a meadow / an orchard / a wooded meadow (0) top
Buying a plot is done through the thumb index "field/meadow". SimAgri regularly releases plots to meet demand. You can also find plots sold by players. The price per hectare is different in each country :

- France : 3 000 euros
- Belgium : 7 000 euros
- Switzerland : 4 250 euros
- Canada : 3 400 euros
- U.S.A. : 3 400 euros

Orchards also can be bought through the same thumb index. Orchard price varies with the surface of the orchard and the amount of trees already planted.

For the wooden meadows, the price will vary with the proportion of wooden surface on the plot. The more woods, the higher the price.

- Plot appreciation tax (0) top
To avoid speculation on the plot market, an appreciation tax is imposed when you sell a plot. The tax calculation is based on both the appreciation itself and the amount of time you owned the plot.

So the shorter the time you keep the plot, the higher the tax.

The appreciation is the difference between the price you bought the plot and the price you sell it. If you sell at a higher price than you bought, there is appreciation thus tax. If you sell at a lower price there is no tax.

Here is the price scale for appreciation tax :

- Plot bought less than a year ago : appreciation taxed at 90%
- Plot bought between one and two years ago : appreciation taxed at 80%
- Plot bought between two and three years ago : appreciation taxed at 70%
- Plot bought between three and four years ago: appreciation taxed at 60%
- Plot bought between four and five years ago : appreciation taxed at 55%
- Plot bought more than five years ago : appreciation taxed at 50%

As you can see, it's better to sell after a few years to pay less taxes.

For orchards, only the land price is taken into account to fix the appreciation.

- Buying/Selling your harvests (0) top
You can sell your production to the SimAgri Cooperative Market (except straw and hay bales) or you can sell it to your "favoured friends". You can do this any time of the year. Prices will vary througout the year, depending on the seasons. You may want to choose to store some of your production in your silos to sell them later for a better price.

You can also buy goods that you need.

In any case you will need a tractor and a tipping trailer if you either buy or sell.

If you choose to buy from another region/province, you can check sale advertisements. If you want to sell to another region you can put an advertisement. A transporter will take care of the delivery.

- Fertiliser (0) top
It is sold at the SimAgri Cooperative Farm. Your plot's yield will vary if you use fertiliser or if you don't. You will need a Fertiliser Spreader to spread it. Fertiliser can be used in addition to manure. The base price is 0.20 euros per kilo. You'll need 110 kilos per hectare. It can be stored in the warehouse or a barn. In a barn it will suffer a small loss (damaging).

For arboriculture you need liquid fertiliser, the amount (200 to 400 litres per hectare) will vary depending on when you apply it, it's price is 1 euro per litre.

If you want to increase your hay yield when mowing your meadows, you can add "meadow fertiliser". You will get more hay until wintertime. The quantity of meadow fertiliser required is 250 kilos per hectare.

- Treatments (0) top
Also sold at SimAgri Cooperative Market, they help you protect your cultures against weeds, pests etc... The field's yield will vary if you treat your culture or not. Their base price is 10 euros per liter. You need 1.6 litre per hectare. You store them in either a warehouse or a barn. in a barn it will suffer a small loss (degradation).

If you grow potatoes, you will need a special weed killer (2.5 litres per hectare) for a chemical weeding one month before the harvest. You will need a sprayer to apply this weed killer in your field.

For your orchards you need 3 litres per hectare, it costs 25 euros per litre. Be careful you may have to do up to 21 sprayings.

- Seeds (0) top
To sow your field, you need tractor and a seeder and seeds. You can buy them at SimAgri Cooperative Market and its base price is 0.35 euros per kilo. You'll need 150 kilos oer hectare except for :

- grass (35 kilos per hectare)
- colza / canola (4 kilos per hectare)
- flax (120 kilos per hectare)
- potatoes (900 kilos per hectare)
- soybeans (110 kilos per hectare)
- fava beans (220 kilos per hectare)
- industrial hemp (50 kilos per hectare)

Seeds can be stored in a warehouse or a barn. In a barn they will suffer a small loss (damaging).

For some cultures you can use several types of seeds. Those seeds will give you a harvest with a better yield of grain, or a better yield of straw, or even a combination of both but slightly below the average.

- Type G seeds:

This type of seed is selected to give more Grain. Thus you will get a better grain yield. Available for wheat, barleys, oats, peas and fava beans cultures. Its price is 0.40 euros per kilo.

- Type S seeds:

This type of seed is selected to give more Straw. Thus you will get a better straw yield. Available for wheat, barleys, oats, peas and fava beans cultures. Its price is 0.40 euros per kilo.

- Type GS seeds:

The yield for both Grain and Straw is normal. These seeds are neither focused on grain nor straw production. Available for wheat, barleys, oats, peas and fava beans cultures. Its price is 0.35 euros per kilo.

- Meteorology (0) top
Meteorology is omnipresent, it has a direct and strong effect on your cultures. Pluviometry and sunshine will help your crops grow but your crops can also wither because of them. Meteo will affect your yields.

In the game, meteorology management is based on the real data observed over the last few years. For example, we have divided France into the following 4 large areas :

- North Western
- North Eastern
- South Western
- South Eastern

In SimAgri, there are 5 meteorological levels :

Bright sunshine
Sunny
Mostly sunny / Mostly cloudy
Light Rain
Heavy rain

Sunshine and pluviometry gauges :

When you sow or plant, you will see on your plot two gauges, one for the pluviometry (rain) the other for the sunshine. Theses 2 gauges will indicate if your crop has enough sun and rain or not.

If the gauge is red, your crop has too much or not enough rain or sunshine.

If the gauge is green, it received the right amount of rain and sunshine. In this case the harvest will bring a better yield than if the gauges are red.

- Heavy rain (0) top
In case of heavy rain, you cannot work your plots. You will have to wait for a better weather to do the work you planned. So far, SimAgri plans the weather for a whole day, so you have heavy rain non stop but later on, the weather changes will be several times a day so you will have opportunities to do the work.

- Wind (0) top
Sometimes during the day, wind will rise and in this case a wind icon will appear close to the forecast icon. When it's windy, you cannot spray your plots. So you cannot spray phyto treatments nor weed killer.

- Hail (0) top
This climatic event is pretty rare but it can be very damaging. When a hail storm hits your orchards it does a lot of damage so your harvest will be very poor. The best way to avoid such a catastrophy is to install hail nets in your orchards.

- Boring/Irrigation (1) top
- Boring :

In every plot you can bore and try to see if there is a spring. This spring will allow you to automatically fill your troughs daily or to irrigate your field with an irrigation drum.

There at 10 spring levels from 1 to 10, it means you can get from 1 000 to 10 000 litres per day. You can do only one boring per plot and it costs 150 euros.

- Irrigation :

As the amount of water needed for a crop is known, you can, when necessary, water your plot to help get a better the maturation.

To do so, you must have a spring on the plot you want to irrigate and one or more Irrigation drums on the plot. Every irrigation day, you'll see the evolution on your pluviometry gauge.

The higher the level of your spring, the bigger the amount of water available. A small plot with a large spring will of course give a much better irrigation than a large plot with with the same level of spring. Depending of their type, you'll need one or more irrigation drums to water your plot. You can irrigate all year long but be careful not to flood your plot.

- Seasons (0) top
Like in real life, you will find the regular 4 seasons in SimAgri :

- Winter : December, January, February
- Spring : March, April, May
- Summer : June, July, August
- Autumn : September, October, November

So you will for example get more rain in autumn and winter and more sun in summer. Moreover, the grass in your meadows will not grow in winter and will start growing again in spring.

- Livestock (0) top
As for cultures, the choice in livestock is large. You will be able to raise several species or if you choose so you can specialise in just one species.

To buy livestock, you must go to the Cooperative Market where you will find all species.

On days 1, 2, 4, 5 you can buy livestock sold only by players from your region or by SimAgri. On days 3, 6, 7 you can buy livestock from the whole country.

To buy livestock, you must have a cattle truck or a light commercial van. You will use the cattle truck to carry cattle, american buffalos, goats, sheep and pigs from the Cooperative Market to your farm. You will also use it to bring them to your meadows. The light commercial van is used to carry poultry, guinea fowls and rabbits.

- Cattle (1) top
Dairy cattle and Beef cattle breeds :

Dairy cattle Average Birth Weight (in kg) Average Adult Weight (in kg) Average Milk Production (litre/milking)

Prim'holstein 44 700 28

Montbéliarde 50 700 25

Normande 43 750 28

Armoricaine 35 680 14

Brune des Alpes 35 650 26

Vosgienne 35 600 14

Simmental (Swiss server only) 44 750 18

Beef cattle
(Allows milk feeding and free range rearing during the cold season) Average Birth Weight (in kg) Average Adult Weight (in kg) Average Milk Production (litre/milking)

Charolaise 45 750 12

Blond d'Aquitaine 44 850 12

Limousine 38 670 12

Blanc Bleu Belge 45 800 10

Parthenaise 42 800 14

Maine Anjou 49 850 12

Salers 36 680 12

Aubrac 36 650 10

The weights given are for cows only, bulls are bigger. Life expectancy is 10-12 years.

The cattle family :

Bull : it's an adult male. Raised for reproduction, it can be a breeder at 3 yo.

Cow : it's an adult female. It gives birth to a calf once a year. It also produces milk. All that from 3 yo. First birth happens when 3 yo and gestation is 9 months long.

Bullock : young bull to be between 1 and 3 yo. It becomes a bull when 3 yo.

Heifer : young cow to be between 1 and 3 yo. It hasn't calved yet. Can be inseminated for the first time at 27 months.

Calf : male or female baby cattle between 0 and 12 months old.

Food :

There are 3 quality levels for food :

- : bad quality
- : average quality
- : good quality

The quality of the food given to your cattle will influence their growth and also their milk production. Make sure you give good quality food if you want your cattle to put on weight.

- Milk and meat breeds :

Cattle can graze grass from April until October. You can put them in a meadow during this period.

Amount of grass per day in a meadow :

- Bull : 88 m2
- Cow : 80 m2
- Bullock : 80 m2
- Heifer : 72 m2
- Calf : 56 m2

From november until end of March, your cattle is sheltered in a barn. During this period, they eat different foodstuffs (hay, corn, straw, sugarbeet, barley, wheat, colza, mineral salts and vitamines).

Food ration when in a barn (in kg per day) :

- Bull and cows (adults) :
or Hay + ensiled corn : 72 + 84
or Straw + ensiled corn : 28 + 96
or Straw + sugarbeet : 28 + 120

Barley or wheat or triticale : 7,2
Colza or Soybeans : 4,8
Mineral Salts + vitamines : 1
Water : 200 litres

- Bullocks and heifers (24 to 36 months) :
or Hay + ensiled corn : 60 + 72
or Straw + ensiled corn : 24 + 80
or Straw + sugarbeet : 24 + 100

Barley or wheat or triticale : 6
Colza or Soybeans : 4
Mineral Salts + vitamines : 0,8
Water : 100 litres

- Bullocks and heifers (18 to 24 months) :
or Hay + ensiled corn : 48 + 48
or Straw + ensiled corn : 20 + 60
or Straw + sugarbeet : 20 + 84

Barley or wheat or triticale : 4
Colza or Soybeans : 4
Mineral Salts + vitamines : 0,6
Water : 80 litres

- Bullocks and heifers (12 to 18months) :
or Hay + ensiled corn : 36 + 36
or Straw + ensiled corn : 16 + 44
or Straw + sugarbeet : 16 + 60

Barley or wheat or triticale : 2
Colza or Soybeans : 4
Mineral Salts + vitamines : 0,4
Water : 60 litres

- Calves (6 to 12 months) :
or Hay + ensiled corn : 24 + 24
or Straw + ensiled corn : 8 + 28
or Straw + sugarbeet : 8 + 36

Barley or wheat or triticale : 1,2
Colza or Soybeans : 2
Mineral Salts + vitamines : 0,4
Water : 40 litres

- Calves (3 to 6 months) (milk feeding possible for meat breeds) :
or Hay + ensiled corn : 12 + 12
or Straw + ensiled corn : 4 + 12
or Straw + sugarbeet : 4 + 16

Barley or wheat or triticale : 0,6
Colza or Soybeans : 1,2
Mineral Salts + vitamines : 0,4
Water : 28 litres

- Calves (0 to 3 months) (milk feeding possible for meat breeds) :
or Hay + ensiled corn : 0
or Straw + ensiled corn : 0
or Straw + sugarbeet : 0

Barley or wheat or triticale : 0
Colza : 0
Mineral Salts + vitamines : 0
Concentrate for young calves : 8
Water : 12 litres

- Only meat breeds :

Cattle can graze grass from April until October. You can put them in a meadow during this period.

Amount of grass per day in a meadow :

- Bull : 88 m2
- Cow : 80 m2
- Bullock : 80 m2
- Heifer : 72 m2
- Calf : 56 m2

From november until the end of march, you can also leave them in a meadow. If you chose so, you will have to feed them a winter ration this will give them a complete and balanced diet. You can still bring them back in barns for the cold season of course.

Quantity of winter ration in meadow (in kg per day):

- Bull and cows (adults) :
Hay : 44
Barley or wheat or triticale : 6,6
Colza / canola or Soybeans : 2,2
Mineral Salts + vitamines : 1
Water : 200 litres

- Bullocks and heifers (24 to 36 months) :
Hay : 44
Barley or wheat or triticale : 5,4
Colza / canola or Soybeans : 1,8
Mineral Salts + vitamines : 0,8
Water : 100 litres

- Bullocks and heifers (18 to 24 months) :
Hay : 44
Barley or wheat or triticale : 4,2
Colza / canola or Soybeans : 1,4
Mineral Salts + vitamines : 0,7
Water : 80 litres

- Bullocks and heifers (12 to 18months) :
Hay : 44
Barley or wheat or triticale : 3
Colza / canola or Soybeans : 1
Mineral Salts + vitamines : 0,5
Water : 60 litres

- Calves (6 to 12 months) :
Hay : 44
Barley or wheat or triticale : 2,4
Colza / canola or Soybeans : 0,8
Mineral Salts + vitamines : 0,4
Water : 40 litres

- Calves (3 to 6 months) (milk feeding possible for meat breeds) :
Hay : 44
Barley or wheat or triticale : 1,2
Colza / canola or Soybeans : 0,6
Mineral Salts + vitamines : 0,3
Water : 28 litres

- Calves (0 to 3 months) (milk feeding possible for meat breeds) :
Hay : 44
Barley or wheat or triticale : 0
Colza / canola or Soybeans : 0
Mineral Salts + vitamines : 0
Water : 12 litres

Make sure you do not forget feeding your livestock several days in a row, they wouldn't stand it for a long time. It has an influence on your livestock's health.

Insemination and reproduction :

Heifers can be inseminated as soon as 27 months old. Obviously without insemination your heifers and cows cannot calf, so you won't get any younglings. For insemination you have two possibilities :

Artificial insemination :
Insemination is done by an inseminator. The semen used for insemination comes from a bull from an Artificial Insemination Center managed by a player or by SimAgri.

Natural insemination :
Insemination is done by a bull from your own breed stock. However the bull must be 3 years old minimum and can perform 4 inseminations per day.

Once the insemination is done, the gestation takes 9 months and then your cow will calf. The next insemination will take place minimum 3 months after after giving birth.

Milk production :

Only cows can produce milk. Their production will vary from day to day. To milk your cows, you need a milking station and a milk tank. The amount of AP required to milk your cows depends on the number of cows in your farm and also on the size of your milking station. Milking can be done up to 4 times a day. The average daily milk production goes from 10 to 28 litres depending on the breeds. Milk is then stored and preserved in the milk tank, you can then sell it directly by clicking on the link "sell milk" in the thumb index "livestock".

Litter :

Your cattle need a litter when in a barn. The litter is made of straw. Check that they always have enough litter otherwise they may catch diseases. The litter changes to manure that you can pick up and spread in your fields, it 's a very good fertliser.

Straw needed for litter (in kg per day) :

- Bull : 90
- Cow : 72
- Bullock : 48
- Heifer : 48
- Calf : 30

Necessary surface per head :

Each animal occupies a surface when in a barn. When you move your cattle in the barn for winter, make sure you have enough room for all.

Necessary surface per head (in m2) :

- Bull : 15
- Cow : 12
- Bullock : 8
- Heifer : 8
- Calf : 5

- Buffalos (0)	top

Breeds :

Buffalo breeds	Average birth weight (in kg)	Average adult weight (in kg)
American Buffalo	25	550

The weights given are for cows. Bulls are bigger. Life span 20-22 years

The buffalo family :

Bull : it's an adult male. Raised for reproduction, it can be a breeder at 3 yo.

Cow : it's an adult female. It gives birth to a calf once a year. First birth happens when 3 yo and gestation is 9 months long.

Bullock : young bull to be between 1 and 3 yo. It becomes a bull when 3 yo.

Heifer : young cow to be between 1 and 3 yo. It hasn't calved yet. Can be inseminated for the first time at 27 months.

Calf : male or female baby buffalo between 0 and 12 months old Cannot be sold under 6 months old !

WARNING :
Unlike other species, buffalo bull or cow become adult when 3 years old ( sexual maturity), but they do not stop growing until they are 6 years old when they become definitely adults (physical maturity). So keep this parameter in mind especially from the genetical point of view as the final genetical stats will be attained when 6 years old even if reproduction can start much earlier !!!

Food :

There are 3 quality levels for food :

- : bad quality
- : average quality
- : good quality

The quality of the food given to your buffalos will influence their growth. Make sure you give good quality food if you want your buffalos to put on weight.

Buffalo raising is exclusively done outdoors. There is no need for buildings to shelter them. All year long they stay in a woody meadow, they graze in summertime and in wintertime you feed them a mixture of cereals and hay.

- Summertime :

This period is 6 months long, from beginning of April until end of September. Buffalos will only graze during that time.

- Wintertime :

Also a 6 months period from beginning of october until end march. During this period, buffalos stay in their woody meadow but you feed them a mixture of cereals and hay called buffalo ration.

The buffalo ration is a complement to the grass the buffalos graze even in wintertime. The ration is mixed at the farm and brought to the woody meadow by the farmer.

The buffalo ration is prepared by the farmer and is made of hay, wheat or triticale, barley, oats, soybeans, mineral salts and vitamines.

Buffalo ration quantity in wintertime (in kg per day) :

- Bulls and cows more than 3 years old :
Hay : 40
Wheat or triticale : 6
Barley : 6
Oats : 6
Soybeans : 6
Mineral Salts + vitamines : 1
Water : 100 litres

- Bullocks and Heifers 24 to 36 months :
Hay : 32
Wheat or triticale : 4,8
Barley : 4,8
Oats : 4,8
Soybeans : 4,8
Mineral Salts + vitamines : 0,8
Water : 60 litres

- Bullocks and Heifers 18 to 24 months :
Hay : 24
Wheat or triticale : 3,6
Barley : 3,6
Oats : 3,6
Soybeans : 3,6
Mineral Salts + vitamines : 0,6
Water : 48 litres

- Bullocks and Heifers 12 to 18 months :
Hay : 20
Wheat or triticale : 3
Barley : 3
Oats : 3
Soybeans : 3
Mineral Salts + vitamines : 0,5
Water : 40 litres

- Calves 6 to 12 months :
Hay : 16
Wheat or triticale : 2,4
Barley : 2,4
Oats : 2,4
Soybeans : 2,4
Mineral Salts + vitamines : 0,4
Water : 32 litres

- Calves 3 to 6 months :
Hay : 8
Wheat or triticale : 1,2
Barley : 1,2
Oats : 1,2
Soybeans : 1,2
Mineral Salts + vitamines : 0,2
Water : 20 litres

- Calves 0 to 3 months :
Mother milk only
Water : 8 litres

Those different foodstuffs must be mixed to make buffalo rations. Once ready, the ration can be stored in a silo. The farmer then needs only to bring it (with a tipping trailer) to the woody meadow for the wintertime. Make sure you dont leave your buffalos without food several days in a row, they will not stand it for a long time. It has an influence on your buffalo's health.

Mating and reproduction :

Buffalo heifers can mate as soon as they are 27 months old. Obviously without mating your heifers and cows cannot calf, so you won't get any younglings. The mating is totally natural between a bull and a cow, artificial insemination isnt possible for buffalos !!!

The mating is done between a bull from your farm and a heifer or a cow. The bull must be at least 3 years old and can only mate once a day.

WARNING :
Unlike other species, heifers and cows can only mate at a certain time of the year. The mating will only take place in July, August, September, October. After a 9 months gestation, the cow will give birth to a calf. A new mating can happen 3 months after the cow's calving.

The woody meadow :

For their welfare, buffalos need minimum space. As they are raised exclusively outdoors, the minimum surface for a buffalo is the part of a woody meadow needed to raise it. Each buffalo needs an hectare whatever its age is. Moreover, woody meadows require some lay outs like a 2 metres high fence (hand or machine laid) and a corral in each plot of woody meadow (absolutely necessary to round up your buffalos, transport them, care etc...) The basic investment is quite important to raise this species, but that can'y be avoided for this rype of breeding.

- Goats (0) top
Breeds :

Breeds Average birth weight (in kg) Average adult weight (in kg) Average milk production (in litre/day Wool production
(in kg/shearing)

Alpine 2.2 60 2.7 0

Angora 2 30 2.4 2

Corse 2.1 40 2.4 0

Poitevine 2.2 65 2.7 0

Rove 2.3 65 2.7 0

Saanen 2.4 70 2.7 0

Nera Verzasca (Swiss server only) 2.2 50 1.7 0

The weights given are for does only, bucks are bigger. Life span is 10-12 years.

The goat family :

Buck : it's an adult male. Raised for reproduction, it can be a breeder at 1 yo.

Doe : it's an adult female. It gives birth to two male/female kids once a year. It also produces milk. All that from 1 yo. First insemination happens when 12 months old and gestation is 5 months long.

Young buck : buck to be between 6 and 12 months old. It becomes a buck when 1 yo.

Young doe : doe to be between 6 and 12 months old. It hasn't given birth yet. Can be inseminated when 12 months old.

Male or female kid : male or female baby goat between 0 and 6 months old

Food :

There are 3 quality levels for food :

- : bad quality
- : average quality
- good quality

The quality of the food given to your goats will influence their growth and also their milk production. Make sure you give good quality food if you want your goats to put on weight.

Goats can graze grass from May until September. You can put them in a meadow during this period.

Amount of grass per day in a meadow :

- Buck : 68 m2
- Doe : 60 m2
- Young buck : 52 m2
- Young doe : 52 m2
- Male/Female kid : 40 m2

From october until end of April, your goats are sheltered in a barn. During this period, they eat different foodstuffs (hay, corn, sugarbeet, barley, wheat, mineral salts and vitamines ).

Food ration when in a barn (in kg per day) :

- Bucks and does (adults) :
or Ensiled corn + hay : 16 + 1,2
or Sugar beet + hay : 14 + 2
or Hay : 16

Barley : 1,6
Wheat or triticale : 1,6
Mineral Salts + vitamines : 0,08
Water: 20 litres

- Young bucks and does (6 to 12 months) :
or Ensiled corn + hay : 12 + 1,2
or Sugar beet + hay : 10 + 2
or Hay : 12

Barley : 1,4
Wheat or triticale : 1,4
Mineral Salts + vitamines : 0,04
Water: 12 litres

- Male and female kids (3 to 6 months) :
or Ensiled corn + hay : 8 + 0,8
or Sugar beet + hay : 6 + 1,2
or Hay : 6

Barley : 1,2
Wheat or triticale : 1,2
Mineral Salts + vitamines : 0,04
Water: 8 litres

- Male and female kids (0 to 3 months) :
or Ensiled corn + hay : 0
or Sugar beet + hay : 0
or Hay : 2,8

Barley : 1
Wheat or triticale : 1
Mineral Salts + vitamines : 0,04
Water: 4 litres

Make sure you do not forget feeding your livestock several days in a row, they wouldn't stand it for a long time. It has an influence on your livestock's health.

Insemination and reproduction :

Does can be inseminated from 1 year old.Obviously without insemination your does cannot give birth, so you won't get any younglings. For insemination you have two possibilities :

Artificial insemination :
Insemination is done by an inseminator. The semen used for insemination comes from a buck from an Artificial Insemination Center managed by a player or by SimAgri.

Natural insemination :
Insemination is done by a buck from your own breed stock. However the buck must be 1 years old minimum and can perform only 2 inseminations per day.

Once the insemination is done, the gestation takes 5 months and then your doe will give birth. The next insemination will take place minimum 6 months after after giving birth.

Milk production :

Only adult does can produce milk. Their production will vary from day to day. To milk your does, you need a milking station and a milk tank. The amount of AP required to milk your does depends on the number of does in your farm and also on the size of your milking station. Milking can be done up to 4 times a day. The average daily milk production goes from 2.4 to 2.7 litres depending on the breeds. Milk is then stored and preserved in the milk tank, you can then sell it directly by clicking on the link "sell milk" in the thumb index "livestock".

The Angora breed produces Mohair wool. Only adult bucks and does can be shorn. Shearing can be done anytime of the year. Shearing is done twice a year. An icon appears when the wool is at 100 %. You can sell Mohair wool by clicking on "Sell wool" from the thumb index "livestock". The price of a kilo is around 16 euros average.

Litter :

Your goats need a litter when in a barn. The litter is made of straw. Check that they always have enough litter otherwise they may catch diseases. The litter changes to manure that you can pick up and spread in your fields, it 's a very good fertliser.

Straw needed for litter (in kg per day) :

- Buck : 20
- Doe : 15
- Young buck : 10
- Young doe : 10
- Male/Female kid : 5

Necessary surface per head (in m2) :

Each animal occupies a surface when in a barn. When you move your goats in the barn for winter, make sure you have enough room for all.

Necessary surface per head (in m2) :

- Buck : 7
- Doe : 5
- Young buck : 4
- Young doe : 4
- Male/Female kid : 2

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Breeds :

Breeds	Average birth weight (in kg)	Average adult weight (in kg)
Large White	1.5	240
Landrace Francais	1.5	230
Pietrain	1.5	220
Penshire	1.5	220
Duroc	1.5	240

The weights given are for sows only, boars are bigger. Life span is 3-4 years.

The pig family :

Boar : it's an adult male. Raised for reproduction, it can be a breeder at 1 yo.

Sow : it's an adult female. It farrows from 6 to 9 piglets two to three times a year. First insemination happens when 12 months old and gestation is 4 months long.

Young boar : buck to be, between 3 and 12 months old. It becomes a boar when 1 yo.

Young sow : sow to be, between 3 and 12 months old. It hasn't given birth yet. Can be inseminated when 12 months old.

Male or female piglet: male or female baby pig between 0 and 3 months old.

Food :

There are 3 quality levels for food :

- : bad quality
- : average quality
- : good quality

The quality of the food given to your pigs will influence their growth. Make sure you give good quality food if you want your pigs to put on weight.

Pigs are raised in pigsty either on a litter or on grates. You feed them oats, corn, barley, wheat, colza / canola, mineral salts and vitamines.

- Raising pigs on litter :
To raise pigs on litter you need straw. The straw will become manure that you can store in a manure pit or directly on a plot. You can then spread it on your plot with a manure spreader at a ratio of 25 metric tons per hectare. This type of pig raising allows you to alternate between pigsty and outdoors, you can then get seals of quality.

- Raising pigs on grates :
To raise pigs on grates, you won't use straw. Instead of getting manure, you will get liquid manure that you can store in a liquid manure pit. YOu will alos need a liquid manure tank to spread it on your plots at a ratio of 15 m3 (15 000 litres) per hectare. When raising your pigs on grates, you willnot put them outdoors and you will not get any seals of quality.

- Raising pigs outdoors :
This type of raising is the continuation of raising pigs on a litter. From April until October you can put your pigs outdoors. To do so, you need pig shelters, every shelter can shelter 5 pigs. Shelters are sold with a small piece of land, there your pigs can roll on the ground. Your pig's growth will be better when they're outdoors. The water they need comes directly from your water tank and doesn't require a water bowser. Raising pigs outdoors allow you to get a label of quality.

Food ration when in a pigsty (in kg per day) :

- Boars and sows (adults) :
Barley + wheat ou triticale ou rye + oats : 8 + 2 + 2
Colza / Canola : 0,8
Mineral Salts + vitamines : 0,8
Water : 68 litres

- Young boars and sows (6 to 12 months) :
Barley + wheat ou triticale ou rye + oats : 6 + 1,6 + 1,6
Colza / Canola : 1,4
Mineral Salts + vitamines : 1,4
Water : 48 litres

- Young boars and sows (3 to 6 months) :
Barley + Wheat ou triticale ou rye + corn grain : 0,8 + 2 + 3,2
Colza / Canola : 1,6
Mineral Salts + vitamines : 0,4
Water : 24 litres

- Piglets post weaning (1 to 3 months) :
Wheat ou triticale ou rye + oats + corn grain : 1 + 0,6 + 1,2
Colza / Canola : 1
Mineral Salts + vitamines : 0,2
Water : 12 litres

- Piglets pre weaning (0 to 1 months) :
Concentrate for young pigs : 0,4
Water : 2 litres

Make sure you do not forget feeding your livestock several days in a row, they wouldn't stand it for a long time. It has an influence on your livestock's health.

Insemination and reproduction :

Sows can be inseminated from 1 year old. Obviously without insemination your sows cannot give birth, so you won't get any piglets. For insemination you have two possibilities :

Artificial insemination :
Insemination is done by an inseminator. The semen used for insemination comes from a boar from an Artificial Insemination Center managed by a player or by SimAgri.

Natural insemination :
Insemination is done by a boar from your own breed stock. However the buck must be 1 year old minimum and can perform only 3 inseminations per day.

Once the insemination is done, the gestation takes 4 months and then your sow will farrow. The next insemination will take place minimum 1 months after the last farrowing.

Litter :

Your pigs need a litter when in a pigsty and if you chhose to raise them on a litter. The litter is made of straw. Check that they always have enough litter otherwise they may catch diseases. The litter changes to manure that you can pick up and spread in your fields, it 's a very good fertliser.

Straw needed for litter (in kg per day) :

- Boar : 15
- Sow : 10
- Young boar : 5
- Young sow : 5
- Piglets : 5

Liquid manure :

If you chose to raise your pigs on grates, you won't need straw. Instead od manure you will get liquid manure than you can store and then spread.

Liquid manure production per day and per head :

- Boar : 50 litres = 0,05 m3
- Sow : 50 litres = 0,05 m3
- Young boar : 30 litres = 0,03 m3
- Young sow : 30 litres = 0,03 m3
- Piglets : 5 litres = 0,005 m3

Necessary surface per head :

Each animal occupies a surface in a pigsty. When you move your pigs in for winter, make sure you have enough room for all.

Necessary surface per head (in m2) :

- Boar : 5
- Sow : 4
- Young boar : 2
- Young sow : 2
- Piglets : 0,5

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Breeds :

Breeds	Average birth weight (in kg)	Average adult weight (in kg)	Wool Production (in kg per shearing)
Argenté de Champagne	0.05	4.5	0
Fauve de Bourgogne	0.05	4.5	0
Néo Zélandais Blanc	0.05	4.5	0
Bleu de Vienne	0.05	4.5	0
Chamois de Thuringe	0.05	3.7	0
Lievre Belge	0.05	3.8	0
Angora	0.05	4.1	0.3
Alaska	0.05	3.8	0

The weights given are for does only, bucks are bigger. Life span is 5-6 years.

The rabbit family :

Buck : it's an adult male. Raised for reproduction, it can be a breeder when 3 months old.

Doe : it's an adult female. It gives birth to 6 to 7 bunnies 6 times a year. First insemination happens when 3 months old and gestation takes 1 month.

Young buck : buck to be between 1 and 3 months old. It becomes a buck when 3 months old.

Young doe : doe to be between 1 and 3 months old. It hasn't given birth yet. Can be inseminated when 3 months old.

Male or female bunny : male or female baby rabbit between 0 and 1 months old.

Food :

There are 3 quality levels for food :

- : bad quality
- : average quality
- : good quality

The quality of the food given to your rabbits will influence their growth. Make sure you give good quality food if you want your rabbits to put on weight.

Rabbits are raised in a building separated in hutches all year long.
You feed them oats, hay, barley, wheat, peas, sunflowers, sugarbeets.

Food ration in hutches (in kg per day) :

- Bucks (adults) :
Hay : 0,36
Wheat or triticale + barley + peas or faba beans + oats : 0,068 for each element = 0,272
Sugarbeet : 0,08
Sunflower : 0,08
Water : 1,6 litres

- Does (adults) :
Hay : 0,8
Wheat or triticale + barley + peas or faba beans + oats : 0,16 for each element 0,64
Sugarbeet : 0,18
Sunflower : 0,18
Water : 1,2 litres

- Young bucks and does (1 to 3 months) :
Hay : 0,54
Wheat or triticale + barley + peas or faba beans + oats : 0,104 for each element 0,416
Sugarbeet : 0,12
Sunflower : 0,12
Water : 1,2 litres

- Bunnies (0 to 1 month) : :
Concentrate for young rabbits : 0,04
Water : 0,4 litre

Make sure you do not forget feeding your rabbits several days in a row, they wouldn't stand it for a long time. It has an influence on their health.

Insemination and reproduction :

Does can be inseminated from 3 months old. Obviously without insemination your does cannot give birth, so you won't get any bunnies. For insemination you have two possibilities

Artificial insemination :
Insemination is done by an inseminator. The semen used for insemination comes from a buck from an Artificial Insemination Center managed by a player or by SimAgri.

Natural insemination :
Insemination is done by a buck from your own breed stock. However the buck must be 3 year old minimum and can perform only 5 inseminations per day.

Once the insemination is done, the gestation takes 1 month and then your doe will give birth. The next insemination will take place minimum 1 month after the last birth.

Wool production :

The Angora breed gives you the opportunity to produce Angora wool. The wool comes from adults and can be plucked up anytime of the year. You can pluck up the wool 3 times a year. An icon appears when the wool growth is 100%. You can sell the wool by clicking on the "Sell wool" link through the thumb index "Livestock". The average wool price per kilo is 20 euros.

Litter :

Your rabbits need a litter in their hutches. The litter is made of straw. Check that they always have enough litter otherwise they may catch diseases. The litter changes to manure that you can pick up and spread in your fields, it 's a very good fertliser.

Straw needed for litter (in kg per day) :

- Buck : 2
- Doe : 2
- Young buck : 1
- Young doe : 1
- Bunnies : 0,5

Necessary surface per head :

Each animal occupies a surface in a hutch. Make sure you have enough room for all.

Necessary surface per head (in m2) :

- Buck : 1
- Doe : 1
- Young buck : 0,5
- Young doe : 0,5
- Bunnies : 0,2

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Breeds :

Breeds	Average birth weight (in kilos)	Average adult weight (in kilos) Containment/free range	Average egg production (egg per day)
Charollaise	0.05	2.5 / 2.9	3 to 5
Gauloise	0.05	2.5 / 2.9	3 to 5
Coucou des Flandres	0.05	2.5 / 2.9	3 to 5
Meusienne	0.05	3.9 / 4.5	1
Bourbourg	0.05	2.75 / 3.2	2
Suisse (Swiss server only)	0.05	2.4 / 2,8	2

The weights given are for hens only, roosters are bigger. Life span is 7-8 years.

The chicken family :

Rooster : it's an adult male. Raised for reproduction, it can be a breeder at 6 months old.

Hen : it's an adult female. It gives birth to baby chicks up to 6 times a year. It also lay eggs. First insemination happens when 6 months old and gestation is 1 month.

Male pullet : rooster to be, between 1 and 6 months old. It becomes a rooster when 6 months old.

Female pullet : hen to be, between 1 and 6 months old. It hasn't laid eggs yet. Can be inseminated when 6 months old.

Male or female chick: male or female baby chicken between 0 and 1 month old.

Food :

There are 3 quality levels for food :

- : bad quality
- : average quality
- : good quality

The quality of the food given to your poultry will influence their growth. Make sure you give good quality food if you want them to put on weight.

Poultry is raised either in containment (intensive way) or in free range.

- Intensive rearing : you feed them wheat or triticale, oats, corn and mineral salts and vitamines. They stay all year long in buildings (we call them henhouses).

- Free range rearing : you feed them the same foodstuffs and in addition they peck some grass. Their growth is better. They stay all year long in the the henhouses but they can go outdoors at anytime in a small pasture (poultry pasture) attached to the henhouse. Each head has roughly 10 m2 of pasture each. Free range rearing allows you to obtain a "free range" label.
Food ration for poultry (in kg per day) :

- Roosters and hens (adults) :
Wheat or triticale : 0,055
Corn grain : 0,02
Oats : 0,02
Mineral Salts + vitamines : 0,005
Water : 1 litre

- Male and female pullets (1 to 6 months) :
Wheat or triticale : 0,04
Corn grain : 0,015
Oats : 0,015
Mineral Salts + vitamines : : 0,003
Water : 0,6 litre

- Male and female chicks (0 to 1 month) :
Wheat or triticale : 0,03
Corn grain : 0,01
Oats : 0,01
Mineral Salts + vitamines : 0,002
Water : 0,2 litre

Make sure you do not forget feeding your livestock several days in a row, they wouldn't stand it for a long time. It has an influence on your livestock's health.

Insemination and reproduction :

Hens can be inseminated from 6 months old. Obviously without insemination your hens cannot have chicks, For insemination you have two possibilities :

Artificial insemination :
nsemination is done by an inseminator. The semen used for insemination comes from a rooster from an Artificial Insemination Center managed by a player or by SimAgri.

Natural insemination :
Insemination is done by a rooster from your own breed stock. However the rooster must be 6 months old minimum and can perform only 5 inseminations per day.

Once the insemination is done, the gestation takes 1 month and then your hen lay a clutch of 6 to 10 eggs and go broody. The next insemination will take place minimum 5 days after the eggs hatch.

Egg production :

Only hens can lay eggs. The production will vary, hens can lay 3 to 5 eggs once a day, all year long as soon as they're 6 months old. After hatching, they lay eggs again. For your production you will need a packaging room to store and package your eggs. To sell your eggs just click on the link "sell my eggs" from the thumb index "livestock".

Egg grading :

Egg grading depends on the egg weight. There are 4 different grade :

- Grade S : under 53 grams
- Grade M : 53 to 63 grams
- Grade L : 63 to 73 grams
- Grade XL : over 73 grams

The bigger the egg, the higher the price, so that's an important thing to check. The egg weight varies with the age of the hen. You must pay attention to that depending on the grade you want to get. To help you, here are the age brackets and the grade you can get :

XL : 6 months to 1 year

L or XL : 1 to 2 years

L : 2 to 3 years

M or L : 3 to 4 years

M : 4 to 5 years

S or M : 5 to 6 years

S : 6 to 7/8 years

Litter :

Your poultry need a litter in henhouses. The litter is made of straw. Check that they always have enough litter otherwise they may catch diseases. The litter changes to manure that you can pick up and spread in your fields, it 's a very good fertliser.

Straw needed for litter (in kg per day) :

- Rooster : 0,5
- Hen : 0,5
- Male pullet : 0,3
- Female pullet : 0,3
- Chicks: 0,1

Necessary surface per head :

Each animal occupies a surface in a henhouse. Make sure you have enough room for all.

Necessary surface per head in the henhouse (in m2) :

- Rooster : 0,1
- Hen : 0,1
- Male pullet : 0,07
- Female pullet : 0,07
- Chicks : 0,01

Necessary surface per head in the pasture (in m2) :

- 10 m2 per head

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Breeds :

Breeds	Average birth weight (in kg)	Average adult weight (in kilos) Containment/free range	Average egg production (egg per clutch)
Pintade grise	0.05	2.5 / 2.9	8 to 15

The weights given are for hens only, roosters are bigger. Life span is 7-8 years.

The guineafowl family :

Guineafowl Rooster : it's an adult male. Raised for reproduction, it can be a breeder at 9 months old.

Guineafowl Hen : it's an adult female. It gives birth to chicks up to 6 times a year. First insemination happens when 9 months old and gestation on 6 cycles of 1 month.

Young guineafowl rooster : rooster to be, between 1 and 9 months old. It becomes a roosterwhen 9 months old.

Young guineafowl hen : hen to be, between 1 and 9 months old. It hasn't laid eggs yet. When 9 months old, it can be inseminated anf start a laying cycle.

Male or female guineafowl chick: male or female baby guineafowl between 0 and 1 month old.

Food :

There are 3 quality levels for food :

- : bad quality
- : average quality
- : good quality

The quality of the food given to your guineafowl will influence their growth. Make sure you give good quality food if you want them to put on weight.

Guineafowl are raised either in containment (intensive way) or in free range.

- Intensive rearing : you feed them wheat or triticale, oats, corn and mineral salts and vitamines. They stay all year long in buildings (we call them henhouses).

- Free range rearing : you feed them the same foodstuffs and in addition they peck some grass. Their growth is better. They stay all year long in the the henhouses but they can go outdoors at anytime in a small pasture (poultry pasture) attached to the henhouse. Each head has roughly 10 m2 of pasture each. Free range rearing allows you to obtain a "free range" label.
Food ration for guinefowl (in kg per day) :

- Roosters and hens (adults) :
Wheat or triticale : 0,055
Corn grain : 0,02
Oats : 0,02
Mineral Salts + vitamines : 0,005
Water : 1 litre

- Young roosters and hens (1 to 9 months) :
Wheat or triticale : 0,05
Corn grain : 0,015
Oats : 0,015
Mineral Salts + vitamines : 0,003
Water : 0,6 litre

- Male and female chicks (0 to 1 month) :
Wheat or triticale : 0,03
Corn grain : 0,01
Oats : 0,01
Mineral Salts + vitamines : 0,002
Water : 0,2 litre

Make sure you do not forget feeding your livestock several days in a row, they wouldn't stand it for a long time. It has an influence on your livestock's health.

Insemination and reproduction :

Guineafowl hens can be inseminated from 9 months old. Obviously without insemination your hens cannot have chicks, For insemination you have two possibilities :

Artificial insemination :
Insemination is done by an inseminator. The semen used for insemination comes from a rooster from an Artificial Insemination Center managed by a player or by SimAgri.

Natural insemination :
nsemination is done by a rooster from your own breed stock. However the rooster must be 9 months old minimum and can perform only 5 inseminations per day.

WARNING :
Unlike other species, guineafowl hens can be inseminated only at a certain time of the year, in March precisely, layings and broodings alternating over the 6 following months. Once inseminated, gestation is 6 cycles of 1 month. It means that the hen will lay and brood until hatching. The laying and brooding cycle repeats itself 6 times. Inseminations and layings/broodings are seasonal, it makes guineafowl rearing much more complex than others.

Egg production :

For the guineafowl there is no egg production like for other poultry ! Hens lay egg only for reproduction. During the seasonal 6 cycles, a hen can lay up to 90 eggs ( will vary with "egg"and "hatching" stats ). Therefore it is not possible to sell guineafowl eggs.

Litter :

Your guineafowls need a litter in henhouses. The litter is made of straw. Check that they always have enough litter otherwise they may catch diseases. The litter changes to manure that you can pick up and spread in your fields, it 's a very good fertliser.

Straw needed for litter (in kg per day) :

- Adults guineafowl : 0,5
- Young guineafowl : 0,3
- Chicks : 0,1

Necessary surface per head :

Each animal occupies a surface in a henhouse. Make sure you have enough room for all.

Necessary surface per head in the henhouse (in m2) :

- Adults guineafowl : 0,1
- Young guineafowl : 0,07
- Chicks : 0,01

Necessary surface per head in the pasture (in m2) :

- 10 m2 per headl

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Breeds :

Dairy Breeds	Average birth weight (in kg)	Average Adult weight (in kg)	Breed class	Wool production (in kg per shearing)	Average milk production (in litre per day)	Lambs per year
Lacaune Lait	4	75	meat and milk	0	3	1 or 2
Manech Noire	4	50	meat and milk	2	1.5	1 or 2

Beef Breeds
(Allows milk feeding and free range rearing during the cold season) Average birth weight
(in kg) Average Adult weight
(in kg) Breed class Wool production
(in kg per shearing) Lambs per year

Ille de France 4.5 80 meat and wool 4 2

Charollais 3.5 90 meat 0 2

Texel 5 90 meat and wool 3 2

Engadine (Swiss server only) 4 70 meat and wool 4 2

Suffolk 3 80 meat 0 2

The weights given are for ewes only, rams are bigger. Life span is 7-8 years.

The sheep family :

Ram : it's an adult male. Raised for reproduction, it can be a breeder from 1 yo. Some also produce wool.

Ewe : it's an adult female. It gives birth to 1 or 2 lambs once a year. It also produces wool and milk. All that from 1 yo. First birth happens when 1 yo and gestation is 5 months long.

Young ram : ram to be between 6 and 12 months old. It becomes a ram when 1 yo.

Young ewe : ewe to be between 6 and 12 months old. It hasn't lambed yet. Can be inseminated for the first time when 1 yo.

Lamb : male or female baby sheep between 0 and 6 months old.

Food :

There are 3 quality levels for food :

- : bad quality
- : average quality
- : good quality

The quality of the food given to your sheep will influence their growth and also their milk production. Make sure you give good quality food if you want your sheep to put on weight.

- Milk and meat breeds :

Sheep can graze grass from April until October. You can put them in a meadow during this period.

Amount of grass per day in a meadow :

- Ram : 68 m2
- Ewe : 60 m2
- Young Ram : 52 m2
- Young Ewe : 52 m2
- Lamb : 40 m2

From november until end of March, your sheep are sheltered in a sheep pen. During this period, they eat different foodstuffs (hay, corn, straw, sugarbeet, barley, wheat, colza, mineral salts and vitamines).

Food ration when in a sheep pen (in kg per day) :

- Rams and ewes (adults) :
or Hay + ensiled corn : 8 + 16
or Hay + sugarbeet : 8 + 4
or Straw + sugarbeet : 8 + 4

Barley or wheat or triticale : 1,6
Colza / Canola : 1,2
Mineral Salts + vitamines : 0,14
Water : 20 litres

- Young rams and ewes (6 to 12 months) :
or Hay + ensiled corn : 6 + 12
or Hay + sugarbeet : 6 + 4
or Straw + sugarbeet : 6 + 4

Barley or wheat or triticale : 1,4
Colza / Canola : 0,8
Mineral Salts + vitamines : 0,08
Water : 12 litres

- Lambs (3 to 6 months) :
or Hay + ensiled corn : 4 + 8
or Hay + sugarbeet : 4 + 4
or Straw + sugarbeet : 4 + 4

Barley or wheat or triticale : 1,2
Colza / Canola : 0,6
Mineral Salts + vitamines : 0,04
Water : 8 litres

- Lambs (0 to 3 months) (milk feeding possible for meat breeds) :
Barley or wheat or triticale : 1
Colza / Canola : 0,4
Mineral Salts + vitamines : 0,04
Water : 4 litres

- Only meat breeds :

Sheep can graze grass from April until October. You can put them in a meadow during this period.

Amount of grass per day in a meadow :

- Ram : 68 m2
- Ewe : 60 m2
- Young Ram : 52 m2
- Young Ewe : 52 m2
- Lamb : 40 m2

But, from November until the end of March you can leave them in meadows if you wish so. If you choose this option, you will have to bring winter ration for your animals, it will give them a complete and balanced diet. Of course, you can still bring them back in sheep pens.

Quantity of winter ration in meadow (in kg per day) :

- Rams and ewes (adults) :
Hay : 4
Barley or wheat or triticale : 1,6
Colza / Canola : 0,6
Mineral Salts + vitamines : 0,1
Water : 20 litres

- Young rams and ewes (6 to 12 months) :
Hay : 3,2
Barley or wheat or triticale : 1,28
Colza / Canola : 0,48
Mineral Salts + vitamines : 0,08
Water : 12 litres

- Lambs (3 to 6 months) :
Hay : 2,4
Barley or wheat or triticale : 0,96
Colza / Canola : 0,36
Mineral Salts + vitamines : 0,06
Water : 8 litres

- Lambs (0 to 3 months) (milk feeding possible for meat breeds) :
Hay : 2
Barley or wheat or triticale : 0,8
Colza / Canola : 0,3
Mineral Salts + vitamines : 0,05
Water : 4 litres

Make sure you do not forget feeding your livestock several days in a row, they wouldn't stand it for a long time. It has an influence on your livestock's health.

Insemination and reproduction :

Ewes can be inseminated from 12 months old. Obviously without insemination your ewes cannot lamb, so you won't get any lambs. For insemination you have two possibilities :

Artificial insemination :
Insemination is done by an inseminator. The semen used for insemination comes from a ram from an Artificial Insemination Center managed by a player or by SimAgri.

Natural insemination :
Insemination is done by a ram from your own breed stock. However the ram must be 1 years old minimum and can perform only 2 inseminations per day.

Once the insemination is done, the gestation takes 5 months and then your ewe will lamb. The next insemination will take place minimum 7 months after after lambing.

Milk production :

Not all breeds will give milk. Their production will vary from day to day. To milk your ewes, you need a milking station and a milk tank. The amount of AP required to milk your ewes depends on the number of ewes in your farm and also on the size of your milking station. Milking can be done up to 4 times a day. The average daily milk production goes from 1.5 to 3 litres depending on the breeds. Milk is then stored and preserved in the milk tank, you can then sell it directly by clicking on the link "sell milk" in the thumb index "livestock".

Wool production :

Several breed gives you the opportunity to produce wool. The wool comes from adults and can be sheared anytime of the year. An icon appears when the wool growth is 100%. You can sell the wool by clicking on the "Sell wool" link through the thumb index "Livestock". The average wool price per kilo is 0.45 euros.

Litter :

Your sheep need a litter when in a sheep pen. The litter is made of straw. Check that they always have enough litter otherwise they may catch diseases. The litter changes to manure that you can pick up and spread in your fields, it 's a very good fertliser.

Straw needed for litter (in kg per day) :

- Ram : 20
- Ewe : 15
- Young Ram : 10
- Young Ewe : 10
- Lamb : 5

Necessary surface per head :

Each animal occupies a surface when in a sheep pen. When you move your sheep in the pen for winter, make sure you have enough room for all.

Necessary surface per head (in m2) :

- Ram : 7
- Ewe : 5
- Young Ram : 4
- Young Ewe : 4
- Lamb : 2

- Geese (0)	top

Breeds :

Geese breeds	Bred for	Average adult weight (in kg)	Oslings per clutch
Oie Blanche du Bourbonnais	Meat	7	4 to 10
Oie Blanche du Poitou	Meat	6	4 to 10
Oie Normande	Meat	4	4 to 10
Oie de Guinée	Meat	4	4 to 10
Oie Flamande (Belgium server only)	Meat	4	4 to 10
Oie d'Alsace	Foie gras + meat	4	4 to 10
Oie de Toulouse	Foie gras + meat	8	4 to 10
Oie Grise des Landes	Foie gras + meat	6	4 to 10

Weights given are for geese. Ganders are bigger. Lifespan is 8-10 years.

The goose family :

Gander : It's the male goose, used for reproduction when 6 month old.

Goose : It's the female. She is adult at 6 month and gives birth, after insemination in january-feburary, to oslings from march until june. Laying eggs/brooding is 9 days long.

Young gander : It's a young male, between 3 and 6 months old. At 6 months it becomes a gander.

Young goose : It's a young female, between 3 and 6 months old. When 6 months old, it'll become adult and then can be inseminated (january-february) and will lay eggs and brood.

Osling : Baby goose, between 0 and 3 months old.

Food :

There are 3 quality levels for food :

- : bad quality
- : average quality
- : good quality

The quality of the food given to your cattle will influence their growth and also their milk production. Make sure you give good quality food if you want your cattle to put on weight.

Geese are exclusively raised in free range, thus you will always need a hen house and a hen pen. However, this type of raising doesn't give any label !!!

Ration quantity (in kg per day) :

- Ganders and geese above 6 months :
Wheat or triticale : 0,220
Corn grain : 0,08
Oats : 0,08
Minerals and vitamines : 0,002
Water : 4 litres

- Young ganders and geese 3 to 6 months :
Wheat or triticale : 0,160
Corn grain : 0,06
Oats : 0,06
Minerals and vitamines : 0,012
Water : 2,4 litres

- Oslings 0 to 3 months :
Wheat or triticale : 0,12
Corn grain : 0,04
Oats : 0,04
Minerals and vitamines : 0,008
Water : 0,8 litre

Make sure your animals are not without food or water for several days, they will not stand it for long. It has an influence on their health and eventually they'll die.

Insemination and reproduction :

Geese must be above 6 months old for their first insemination. Without insemination of course, they won't get oslings. You have two choices :

Artificial insemination :
Done by an inseminator, the seed comes from a AIC gander managed by a player or by SimAgri.

Natural insemination :
Done by an inseminator, the seed comes from a AIC gander managed by a player or by SimAgri.

Both insemination types can only be done in january-february. Beginning of march, the same year, geese start laying eggs and brooding for 9 SimAgri days. You'll get 4 to 10 oslings. When the oslings are born, they lay eggs and brood again and this until the end of june. In fact there are 3 cycles from march until the end of june.

Pay attention ! Geese have a fertility stat ! It means that you may have to inseminate several times the same goose if the insemination doesn't take the first time. The higher the stat, the better the chance for the goose to be inseminated on the first time. On the other hand, if the stat is low, the chance will be lower. Once the insemination performed, you'll have to wait the following day to inseminate again if needed until it takes. In any case, after 5 inseminations the goose will be automatically inseminated.

Once inseminated, the goose can lay eggs and brood from march to june.

Osling production :

Only goose lay eggs if inseminated. Egg production is from march until the end of june. When they lay eggs, eggs are always fertilised.

Down production :

Every 14 SimAgri days and for one single day you can pluck down from adults. You can get 30 to 60 grams per adult every 14th day of the molting cycles. It takes 0.025 AP per animal. The down is stored in the wool storage room and is sold for 10 euros per kilo.

Litter :

Geese require a litter when in the hen house. This litter is made of straw. Make sure they always have enough straw or else they may catch diseases. The litter will become manure, which, once removed, you can spread in your fields, it's a good fertiliser.

Straw quantity for litter (in kg per day) :

- Gander : 1
- Goose : 1
- Young gander : 0,6
- Young goose : 0,6
- Osling : 0,2

Room required per animal :

Each animal takes room in a hen house. Make sure there is enough room for all.

Room required per animal in a hen house (in m²) :

- Gander : 0,5
- Goose : 0,5
- Young gander : 0,3
- Young goose : 0,3
- Osling : 0,15

Room required per animal in a hen pen (in m²) :

- Gander : 10
- Goose : 10
- Young gander : 10
- Young goose : 10
- Osling : 10

- Ducks (0)	top

Breeds :

Duck breeds	Bred for	Average adult weight (in kg)	Average egg production (egg/day)
Canard de Rouen Clair	Meat	3	0 to 4
Canard Duclair	Meat	2,5	0 to 4
Canard de Pékin Allemand	Meat	3	0 to 4
Canard de Pékin Américain (United-States server only)	Meat	3	0 to 4
Canard de Bourbourg	Meat	3	0 to 4
Canard de Barbarie	Foie gras + meat	4	0 to 4

The weights given are for female duck only, male duck are bigger. Life expectancy is 6-8years.

The duck family :

Male duck : Used for reproduction when 6 months old.

Female duck : She is adult at 6 month and gives birth, after insemination in may or june, The first insemination can be done in april and then the laying/brooding takes 7 or 9 days depending on the breed.

Young male duck : It's a young male duck, between 3 and 6 months old. At 6 months it becomes a male duck.

Young female duck : It's a young female, between 3 and 6 months old. It cannot yet lay eggs nor brood.

Duckling : Baby duck, between 0 and 3 months old.

Food :

There are 3 quality levels for food :

- : bad quality
- : average quality
- : good quality

Ducks are exclusively raised in free range, thus you will always need a hen house and a hen pen. However, this type of raising doesn't give any label !!!

Ration quantity (in kg per day) :

- Adult ducks above 6 months :
Corn grain : 0,110
Wheat or triticale : 0,040
Soya : 0,040
Minerals and vitamines : 0,001
Water : 4 litres

- Young ducks 3 to 6 months :
Corn grain : 0,080
Wheat or triticale : 0,030
Soya : 0,030
Minerals and vitamines : 0,006
Water : 3 litres

- Ducklings 0 to 3 months :
Corn grain : 0,500
Wheat or triticale : 0,200
Soya : 0,200
Minerals and vitamines : 0,100
Water : 2 litres

Make sure your animals are not without food or water for several days, they will not stand it for long. It has an influence on their health and eventually they'll die.

Insemination and reproduction :

Females must be above 6 months old for their first insemination. Without insemination of course, they won't get ducklings. You have two choices :

Artificial insemination :
Done by an inseminator, the seed comes from a AIC male duck managed by a player or by SimAgri.

Natural insemination :
Done by a male duck from your own farm. It must be adult of course and cannot inseminate more than 8 females per day.

Both insemination types can only be done only in april, laying and brooding will take 7 days or 9 days (Barbarie duck). You will get between 3 and 12 ducklings.

Egg production :

Apart from the mating time, female ducks lay eggs from january until end of september. During this period, you can of course gather eggs and sell them. They won't lay eggs during the brooding time.

Down production :

n june and october, you can pluck down from adults. You can get 20 to 40 grams per adult only during these two months. It takes 0.020 AP per animal. The down is stored in the wool storage room and is sold for 10 euros per kilo.

Litter :

Ducks require a litter when in the hen house. This litter is made of straw. Make sure they always have enough straw or else they may catch diseases. The litter will become manure, which, once removed, you can spread in your fields, it's a good fertiliser.

Straw quantity for litter (in kg per day) :

- Male duck : 0,5
- Female duck : 0,5
- Young duck : 0,3
- Young duck : 0,3
- Duckling : 0,1

Room required per animal :

Each animal takes room in a hen house. Make sure there is enough room for all.

Room required per animal in a hen house (in m²) :

- Male duck : 0,1
- Female duck : 0,1
- Young duck : 0,08
- Young duck : 0,08
- Duckling : 0,04

Room required per animal in a hen pen (in m²) :

- Male duck : 10
- Female duck : 10
- Young duck : 10
- Young duck : 10
- Duckling: 10

- Milk quota (bovine) (0)	top

If you begin bovine rearing, and more precisely dairy cows, a starting quota is granted when you subscribe to SimAgri. This quota varies with the region you chose to start your farm and allows you to produce a certain amount of milk and get paid for it. If your production is above your quota, you will not get paid. So you must make sure not to produce more than your quota.

If you wish, you can sell part of your starting quota. It can be of interest if you're not interested in producing cow milk or if the quota is too big for you. SimAgri allows you to sell 20% of your initial quota (in one shot) at 0.10 euros per litre.

WARNING :
If you decide to sell 20% of your initial quota, you will not able to purchase extra milk quota later. You will not be allowed to increase your quota ! Think twice before deciding to sell part of your initial quota.

Server Initial quota (in litres)

FRANCE

Alsace 320 000

Aquitaine 350 000

Auvergne 350 000

Basse-Normandie 350 000

Bourgogne 350 000

Bretagne 320 000

Centre 350 000

Champagnes-Ardennes 320 000

Corse 380 000

Franche-Comté 350 000

Haute-Normandie 350 000

Ile-de-France 350 000

Languedoc-Roussillon 380 000

Limousin 380 000

Lorraine 350 000

Midi-Pyrénées 380 000

Nord 320 000

Pays de Loire 350 000

Picardie 320 000

Poitou-Charentes 350 000

Provence-Alpes-Côtes-d'Azur 380 000

Rhône-Alpes 350 000

BELGIQUE

Wallonie 350 000

Flandres 350 000

SUISSE

Suisse Romande 350 000

Suisse Alémanique 350 000

Suisse Italienne 350 000

The initial quota is allocated when you subscribe, meaning when you start SimAgri. Later on if you wish so, you can increase your milk quota. To do so, SimAgri offers you once per SimAgri year to purchase quotas. If the Board choose your farm, this quota will be added to your initial quota for a certain time.

- Dairy quota (bovine) (0) top
- What is a dairy quota :

A dairy quota is a milk quota allocated temporarily to a farm in order to provide a larger quantity of milk to a dairy. The chosen farm then has an extended right to provide milk. The farm can extend its production and get paid for the milk delivered to the dairy. Do not mix the dairy quota with your initial milk quota which is given to all farms at the start.

- Duration and milk quantity of a dairy quota :

A dairy quota is temporarily given, from 3 to 5 years. The milk quantities for a quota are 16 000, 32 000, 64 000, 96 000 and 128 000 litres, this for 3, 4 or 5 years. That's 15 quota possibilities in total.

- How to purchase dairy quota :

Each SimAgri year, in November dairies will make up to 5 dairy quota offers. If you are interested, you can propose yourself as a candidate. Then, a Board (computer program) will décide if yes or no they will grant you a quota. If they agree you get the quota you asked for, if not you will get the quota but partially (smaller duration and/or quantity). Whatever the answer is, you will have to pay the amount for this quota (0.90 euros per litre), otherwise you will receive a fine.

- How to fulfill the dairy quota :

To fulfill the dairy quota, you must first fulfill your initial milk quota. Once it's done you can start producing milk for the dairy. If you have several dairy quotas, they must be fulfilled in attribution order. If one or more dairy quotas are not fulfilled, you will receive fines !!! Both initial quota and dairy quota must be fulfilled between 1st january and 7th december (SimAgri year).

- Poultry and guineafowl industrial rearing (0) top
If you have more than 5 000 chickens or guineafowl (not named) you become an industrial breeder. You will then have stick to the "fusion ratio" to be able to keep developing. This ratio is the average number of heads per sheet and is set at 45. For example, if you have 9000 hens, to stick to the "fusion ratio", you must have 200 sheets of 45 heads. This is done to make things easiers for breeders with very large flocks.

Les animaux nommés ne sont pas pris en compte dans le calcul de la moyenne.

- The livestock seller (0) top
To help new players begin the game, a livestock seller will visit you once a week during the first 4 weeks and will have livestock you can purchase. He will have bovines, caprines and ovines that you can purchase if you wish so. The livestock bought from the livestock seller can only be sold to the slaughterhouse and not on the market to other sellers.

- Milk feeding (1) top
If you raise "meat" breeds (cattle and ovines) you have the milk feeding option. It allows you feeing the youngs with their mother's milk from day 1 until the 3rd or 6th month depending on the species. There are advantages but also draw backs :

- Money saving :
No need for food other than mother milk.

- Labor saving :
You save time as you don't have to feed the youngs.

- Higher selling price :
Milk feeding brings added value to your animals and thus you can sell them at a higher price.
If you raise cattle you will produce milk-fed calves. They are sold 1.5 euros higher per kilo, if the calf is milk-fed from its birth and sold between its 5th to 6th month.
For ovines, you will produce milk-fed lambs. They are sold 0.30 euros higher per kilo, if the lamb is milk-fed from its birth and sold between its 2nd and 3rd month.

- No milking :
During this time you cannot milk your cows.

As you can see, milk feeding can be interesting if applied to your whole herd or even part of it. You'll have to calculate to know how interesting it is, and most of all if this system is viable for your farm?

- Cattle milk feeding :

- Breeds : Meat breeds
- Production : Milk-fed calves
- Milk feeding period : 6 months maximum
- Valorisation : 1.50 euros added per kilo if the calf is sold between milk feeding 5th and 6th months.

- Ovine milk feeding :

- Breeds : Meat breeds
- Production : Milk-fed lambs
- Milk feeding period : 3 months maximum
- Valorisation : 0.30 euros added per kilo if the lamb is sold between milk feeding 2nd and 3rd months.

Warning, to succeed in milk feeding, there should be no interruption and it should start from the birth.

- Meadow/Free range time (2) top
Selon le type d'élevage, vous pourrez si vous le souhaiter mettre vos animaux au pré ou en plein-air (porcins). Les animaux brouteront alors l'herbe des prés.

Meadow/Free range time :

Species Beginning of meadow/free range time End of Meadow/free range time

Bovines (Dairy cattle) Beginning of April End of October

Bovines (Beef cattle) Beginning of April (can stay all year long in a meadow if winter ration is given from november until end of march) End of October (can stay all year long in a meadow if winter ration is given from november until end of march)

Caprines Beginning of May End of September

Ovines (Dairy breeds) Beginning of April End of October

Ovines (Beef breeds) Beginning of April (can stay all year long in a meadow if winter ration is given from november until end of march) End of October (can stay all year long in a meadow if winter ration is given from november until end of march)

Porcines Beginning of April End of October

Buffalos Summertime April to September Wintertime October to March

- Labels (1) top
f you rear poultry, guineafowl or porcines, you have the possibility to produce high quality livestock and by doing so obtain a label.

-Free range label :

To obtain this label, your livestock must follow 2 requisites :

- To be at least 3 months old (21 real days)

- Spend at least half their life (50%) outdoors (pastures)

The attribution of a label is not final, il your hen for example goes under 50%, it will lose its label. Livestock with a label can be sold 5% above the maximum regular price. When an animal gets a label a round green icon appears.

- Feeding your livestock (0) top
You must feed your livestock every day to keep them in good health. Do not forget to feed them several days, they may die. There are different food rations based on the species, the age and the gender. To feed them you can do it by hand or with a Tractor and a Silo Unloader Distributor.

An option allows you to feed them from 1 to 15 days automatically. Use it if you have to leave for several days. It would be a shame to lose all your livestock !

When in a meadow, your livestock eats only grass, there is no need for any addition except for the buffalos who are all year long outdoors. You have to bring them the buffalo ration in the woody meadow for wintertime (october until end of march).

You also have to water your livestock in both when in buildings and in meadows.

- Watering your livestock (0) top
Just like food, your livestock needs water. Without water your livestock can get sick and die. Make sure they always have enough water. Their water consumption varies with the species and their age.

To water your livestock, you need a water tank. This water tank is filled either with regular tap water that you purchase or with rain water falling on the roofs of your buildings. When in buildings, your livestock have water directly from the water tank.

When your livestock is in a meadow (or a woody meadow), you must buy a troughs and a water bowser. You install the troughs in the meadows (or woody meadow), you use the water bowser to fill the troughs with water from your water tank. Troughs also fill up with rain water. If you have a spring on your meadow (or woody meadow), troughs will automatically fill up with spring water, the amount of water will vary with the spring level.

- Diseases (0) top
Your livestock can get sick if they are not fed regularly, if they don't have enough water or if their litter is of bad quality (not enough straw for example). By taking good care of them you will have less sick animals.

When your livestock is sick, you must call the veterinary to cure them. It can take several days for them to get better. If you don't call the veterinary they will die because of sickness and lack of care.

When an animal is sick, it doesn't put on weight anymore. Depending on the species, it cannot produce milk or eggs. For males, they cannot inseminate females while sick.

- Vaccines (0) top
To avoid having sick animals, even if you take good care of them, you can choose to vaccinate them. A vaccinated animal is protected against all diseases for a year.

- Milking your livestock (0) top
If you have cows, the goats or ewes, you can milk them and produce milk. Milking can be done up to 4 times a day, before 06:00, 12:00, 18:00, 24:00 hours. Milking 4 times a day is not mandatory and if you don't milk your animals, it will have no effect whatsoever on their health. To milk them, you need a milking station and a milk tank to store the milk. The milk is picked up everyday by a dairy truck.

- Litter and manure (1) top
All your livestock requires a litter to stay in good health (except for pigs that you can rear on grates and buffalos). This litter is made of straw. You have to add straw regularly to avoid diseases. You can put straw either by hand or with a strawer distributor.

The litter turns into manure. The manure can be spread in your fields, it is a natural fertiliser that can help increase your harvest yields.

You can store your manure in a manure pit or on a plot. If you store it in a manure pit you can sell it or spread it on a plot. But, if you store it on a plot, you won't be able to do anything but spread it.

- Liquid manure (0) top
If you chose to rear pigs on grates, you won't need any straw for the litter. And instead of manure you will get liquid manure.

To avoid diseases, you will have to regularly get rid of the liquid manure and store it in your liquid manure pit. Then you will be able to spread it on your plots at a ratio of 15 m3 (15 000 litres) per hectare, it's a good fertiliser and you'll get a better harvest yield. Spreading is done with a liquid manure tank

If, for some reason, you cannot use your liquid manure, you can drain your liquid manure pit.

- Insemination (0) top
If you want to start reproduction of your livestock, you have to inseminate your females. Insemination can be artificial or natural. If you chose artificial insemination, you have to have an inseminator (SimAgri or AIC) to come over. If you chose natural insemination you will need a male of the same breed. Cross breeding is not possible in the game.

- Genetics (0) top
In SimAgri, like in real life, genetics allow you to know and improve your livestock's performances. To know about them, just have a look at their sheets and check their statistics. Statistics will give you the level of performance of your livestock in several specific criteria for each species. The statistics are graded from 0 to 100, the higher they are, the more performant is the animal.

But genetics will not always give you the best results. There always will be a part of chance. The male and the female are both important in genetics, be careful when breeding, you can gain on one stat and lose on 2 other stats. So chose carefully males and females depending on the results you want to obtain.

The statistics :

Statistic Statistic information

Growth Influence on the growth. The higher the stat, the higher the growth and thus the adult weight.
This stat is important for the meat producing farms. All species.

Prolificity Influence on the number of offsprings per litter. The higher the stat, the larger number of offsprings in a litter. The number is different depending on the species. For cattle you can have twins, for goats triplets...
This stat is especially important for pig and rabbit farms.

General Look This stat influences the animal look. The higher is it, the closest the animal is from his breed standards (coat color, shoulder height...).
This stat can make the difference when presenting animals during shows. All species

Milk Influences milk production. The higher the stat, the more abundant the milk production will be.
Important stat for dairy farms. For bovines, caprines and ovines.

Milk quality Influences milk quality. The higher the stat, the better is the quality of the milk produced. It sells better if the quality is higher...
Important stat for the dairy farms. For bovines, caprines and ovines.

Wool Influence on wool production. The higher the stat, the more wool you will get. Only for ovines (not all breeds), rabbits (angora), caprines (angora).

Egg Influence on egg production. The higher the stat, the more eggs you will get.
Important stat for poultry and guineafowl rearing farms. Only poultry and guineafowl.

Hatching Influence on egg hatching. The higher the stat the higher the chance for an egg to hatch.
Important stat for guineafowl production farms. Only for guineafowls.

Resistance Influence on resistance, especially to diseases. A low stat indicates that the animal is more fragile and prone to disease than a high stat one.
Important stat for buffalo farms. Only buffalos.

Sociability This stat tells you about the sociability of an animal. It determines if it is more or less wild and unpredictable, if it is easy to feed... The higher the stat, the more the animal is social, it means less time to feed it, less risk of equipment and fence damage...
Important stat for buffalo farms. Only buffalos.

Fertility This stat tells you how easily an animal can be fertilised after an insemination being natural or artificial. The higher the stat, the bigger the chance for the animal to be fertilised after the first insemination. On the contrary, if the stat is low, it may take several inseminations.
This stat is important for goose breeding. Only for geese.

Down Will affect down production. The higher the stat, the more down you'll get. Only for geeses and ducks.

- Genetics valorisation (0) top
A genetic value is given for every species you rear and is updated daily, this value is given only for your adult livestock born at the farm. Depending on what this value is you can sell your livestock a better price (1 to 10% above the normal price) !

Valorisation per species :

Bovines and ducks

Genetic value Valorisation

200-229,99 +1%

230-259,99 +2%

260-289,99 +3%

290-319,99 +4%

320-349,99 +5%

350-379,99 +6%

380-409,99 +7%

410-439,99 +8%

440-469,99 +9%

470-500 +10%

Porcines

Genetic value Valorisation

200-209,99 +1%

210-219,99 +2%

220-229,99 +3%

230-239,99 +4%

240-249,99 +5%

250-259,99 +6%

260-269,99 +7%

270-279,99 +8%

280-289,99 +9%

290-300 +10%

Caprines, Ovines and Geeses

Genetic value Valorisation

400-419,99 +1%

420-439,99 +2%

440-459,99 +3%

460-479,99 +4%

480-499,99 +5%

500-519,99 +6%

520-539,99 +7%

540-559,99 +8%

560-579,99 +9%

580-600 +10%

Rabbits

Genetic value Valorisation

250-254,99 +1%

255-259,99 +2%

260-264,99 +3%

265-269,99 +4%

270-274,99 +5%

275-279,99 +6%

280-284,99 +7%

285-289,99 +8%

290-294,99 +9%

295-300 +10%

Poultry, Guinea fowl and Buffalos

Genetic value Valorisation

200-219,99 +1%

220-239,99 +2%

240-259,99 +3%

260-279,99 +4%

280-299,99 +5%

300-319,99 +6%

320-339,99 +7%

340-359,99 +8%

360-379,99 +9%

380-400 +10%

- Milk added value depending on the Milk Quality stat (MQ) (0) top

- Artificial Insemination Centers (AIC) (0) top
What is an AIC :

The AIC is a center specialised in artificial insemination. It samples semen from male breeders, this semen is then used to inseminate females. The center is a go between when you want to inseminate your females with a male belonging to another player.

How to start an AIC :

To start and manage an AIC, you must have a SimAgri subscription for at least 90 days. Your SimPass must be valid to unlock this game option. To unlock the AIC part of the game, you have to make an extra charged call ( around 1.80 euros) and it will be unlocked for an unlimited time. Once unlocked, SimAgri offers you your first 50 m2 laboratory. Note that you will need a Light Commercial Van.

The AIC :

The AIC is composed of one or several laboratories. In the laboratories you can store and preserve the semen from the males you sample (1 m2 per male). A laboratory is 50 m2 large. To man your AIC you need to hire an inseminator (25 AP per day, 1750 euros per SimAgri month). To cut down the expenses, you can hire an inseminator who will work for another AIC from the same province. In this case the inseminator shares his time (and his APs) between the two AICs. You will have to buy a Light Commercial Van to go to the farms for samplings and inseminations.

AIC management :

Now you are ready to start your IAC activity. The following actions are mandatory :

- Breed contract :

The "breed" contract is the first step between an AIC and a farmer owner of a good male. By accepting this contract, the farmer agrees on presenting all the males from this breed to the AIC he contracts with. This MANDATORY contract gives you the possibility to present your males to the AIC through a "male" contract. The AIC and the farmer can break up the "breed" contract. You can propose a "breed" contract through the "contact farmers" page.

- The male contract :

The "male" contract is the following step to the "breed" contract, it allows you to individually present your males to your IAC (the one you already have signed a "breed" contract with). To do so you go to your male sheet and propose the data you'd like. (price of one dose, share that will be yours and share for the IAC). Once the contract is agreed by the IAC, the inseminator can sample your male's semen and start inseminations for his customers.

- Sampling :

The AIC can take samples from the males having a "male" contract. By sampling you get a certain amount of doses, those doses will be used to inseminate females belonging to the AIC's customers. To sample, an inseminator and a light commercial van are required. Take note that it takes some time between samplings of the same male, this time will vary with the species.

Doses per sample :

- Bull : 300 to 400
- Boar : 20 to 40
- Billy : 15 to 25
- Ram : 10 to 15
- Rabbit buck : 35 to 50
- Rooster : 35 to 50
- Guineafowl rooster : 35 to 50
- Gander : 7 à 12
- Male duck : 35 à 50

- Inseminating :

Now that you have doses, you can perform artificial inseminations. Farmers interested in having their females inseminated by good males will order doses. Depending of your stocks, your time table... you may have to refuse orders. To perform artifical inseminations, the inseminator and the light commercial van are required. Your AIC is then paid according to price fixed in the "male" contract, the farmer owner of the male will also get his share.

Minimum and maximum dose price in euros :

- Bull : 30 / 90
- Boar : 5 / 30
- Billy : 15 / 35
- Ram : 10 / 25
- Rabbit buck : 0,5 / 4
- Rooster : 0,5 / 4
- Guineafowl rooster : 0,5 / 4
- Gander : 0,5 / 4
- Male duck : 0,5 / 4

- The "GenBook" :

It's the regional genetic book, all farmers can use it to know the males available through a AIC. A farmer can so choose esaily the males he wants to use to improve the genetical pool of his herd.

- Name your animals (0) top
If you are lucky enough to get an animal with at least one stat at 70 or more (male or female), you can name it and thus replace his reference number by a name you will choose. To name an animal, click on its sheet and type the name you want to give him. After a while, SimAgri will check the name and your animal wille be definitely named. A name can never be changed.

You can also name an animal if the sum of his stats reaches a certain threshold. In this case, all the stats are summed up, if the sum equal or is above the threshold, you can name the animal. This is only for males :

Bull : 260
Buffalo : 230
Boar : 189
Billy : 300
Ram : 300
Rabbit buck : 189
Rooster : 255
Guineafowl Rooster : 255
Gander : 300
Male duck : 250

- Livestock show (0) top
There is a ranking that brings rewards to the best animals in both genetics and weight for all age categories. Any animal has a rank in this competition and has a chance to get a cup and an award. They can get an award in several age categories. For example, an animal as it grows can be the best calf then the 2nd best young bull and the best bull when adult.

The rewards are :

bovine : 50 euros
buffalo : 50 euros
porcine : 25 euros
caprine : 20 euros
ovine : 20 euros
rabbit : 10 euros
poultry : 5 euros
guineafowl : 5 euros
geese : 5 euros
duck : 5 euros

Animal shows at SimAgri Exhibition :

Every SimAgri year, the SimAgri Exhibition takes place in march. During this exhibition, new equipment is displayed and animal shows reward the best animals. You can sign up up to 3 males and 3 females for each breed. Tou will have to pay for signing them up but the top 3 will receive from 20 up to 1500 euros depending on their species. For each breed, there is a contest for each "stat" and a "general contest". Only named animals can be signed up. Buffalos cannot be part of this show for safety reasons !!!

- Invitations to tender (0) top
Invitations to tender are only available for livestock rearers so far. It is a good way to sell your meat production.

Invitations to tender are given by factories throughout the land and are usually available the first day of each month (every monday). You have up to the sixth day (saturday) to make an offer on one or more invitations to tender. The decision is made considering the price you offer, how many animals are available in your farm, the distance between your farm and the factory... If you're chosen by the factory, you must deliver the required quantity for the duration of the contract. You have 1 SimAgri month for the delivery/deliveries. You can do a monthly delivery in several trips if needed. Once the delivery is done, you will be paid by the factory. A cattle truck or a light commercial van are needed for the deliveries.

There are invitations to tender for each type of livestock. Some for a species but others are more selective, you can be asked to provide a breed, males, females... There are also different contract durations.

If you do not deliver the whole amount specified in the contract, you will lose the contract and will receive a fine for contract breaking.

- Cheese dairies (0) top
What is a cheese dairy :

In a cheese dairy, you process and transform the milk from your farm into cheese but also cream and butter. There are two cheese dairy types, artisanal type and industrial type, both having advantages and drawbacks.

How to start a cheese dairy :

To create and manage a cheese dairy, a valid SimPass is required. Then depending on the type of cheese dairy you choose you may need unlocking. For the artisanal one, the access is free, however for the industrial type you will need to unlock the option with an overcharged call (around 1.80 euros) for an unlimited access. Once unlocked, you gain access to the industrial cheese making.

Manage your cheese dairy :

So you are now ready to start this activity. For a good start, here are a few important things you need to know :

- Cheese dairy types (0) top
- Artisanal cheese dairy :

his dairy type is a small scale production. Milk processing is done by a single person, you. Thus you'll be able to use up to 25 APs per day. The production is artisanal and of smaller scale than an industrial cheese dairy. Furthermore, you sell your products on markets (later on at the farm or at the producer's shop). Thus you will have to visit markets to sell your products.

--> Cost : 20,800 to 100,000 euros
--> Daily processing : 250 to 1,250 litres of milk
--> APs required : 0 to 25 per day
--> Selling cheese : markets

- Industrial cheese dairy :

This cheese dairy is of larger scale, thus producing more cheese. However, the player isn't the one to process the milk but instead, it's done by cheesemakers hired by the cheese dairy. It's a small manufacture employing up to 10 cheesemakers. Financial investment is greater than for an artisanal one but so is the production. Cheese can only be sold to wholesale dealers and group purchasing organisations.

--> Cost : 198,000 to 910,000 euros
--> Daily processing : 2,200 to 11,000 litres of milk
--> APs required : 0 to 220 per day
--> Selling cheese : wholesale dealers and group purchasing organisations

- Important :

There are 5 kinds of artisanal cheese dairies and 9 industrial ones. You can expand them as time goes by but you cannot change from a type to the other except by destroying entirely the existing one.

- Hygiene, cleanliness and equipment (0) top
Cheesemaking activity requires to take hygiene, cleanliness and equipment maintenance quite seriously. Thus you will have to pay attention to those elements to avoid bad quality production.

- Hygiene and cleanliness :

This stat shows the cheese dairy housekeeping, if it is cleaned regularly... It may vary everytime you use the dairy. To keep a good level of hygiene and cleanliness, it is recommended to perform a daily cleaning after use. Once the cheese dairy has been cleaned, it may be used again only the following day, thus it's better to clean it at the end of the day. If you don't keep up with the housekeeping, you will have to stop the production for one or more days to get a good level of hygiene and cleanliness again.

- Equipment :

This stat shows the equipment status, its wear, how it's maintained... This also varies with each use. Make sure your equipment is always spotless to avoid problems with the cheese quality. It is recommended to maintain your equipment at the end of the day, once the milk has been turned into cheese, this way your cheese dairy is fully operational the following day.

- The raw material : milk (0) top
The essential element to make cheese (and also get cream and butter) is milk. It can be either cow, ewe or goat milk produced by and only by your farm. The milk must be processed on the very same day it is produced. At the end of the day (during the update), the milk of the day stored at the cheese dairy that wasn't processed will be lost. Make sure you do not store more milk than necessary for your cheese production. This milk can come from one of more milkings. The cow milk used for cheese making is part of your milk quota, it's not an extra volume.

- A few figures :

With 1 litre of milk you get :
0.1 kilo of cheese
0.0375 litre of cream

With 1 litre of cream you get :
0.480 kilo of butter

The stat Milk Quality (MQ) helps getting good cheese but is not the only thing taken into account.

- The cheesemakers (0) top
Your cheese dairy being either artisanal or industrial, you'll need at least one cheesemaker to run the transformation process. In the first case, you will be the cheesemaker, in the other one, they will be employees. For both cheese dairy types, the cheesemaker has 6 skills. These skills, ranging from 0 to 100, will have an influence on the cheese quality (shape, smell, taste and color).

- Become a cheesemaker :

If you chose an artisanal cheese dairy, you will be the one in charge of transforming the milk into cheese. For you skill sheet creation, a computer program will randomly allocate a maximum of 240 points between the 6 skills. However, you can choose to have a cheesemaker training with SimAgri. TThis training will cost 1,000 euros and will grant you 300 points maximum (instead of 240) allocated between your 6 skills.

- Hire a cheesemaker :

If you chose an industrial cheese dairy, you will have to hire one or more cheesemakes (from 2 to 10 depending on the size). To do so, SimAgri has cheesemakers with different skills and salaries put at your disposal ! It's up to you to hire the good ones to produce good cheese. Each cheesemaker has 22 APs per day !

In both cases, you or your cheesemakers will see your skills evolving as time goes by, it'll depend on the production and the size of your cheese dairy.

- The skills :

There are 6 skills to determine the cheesemaker know-how. The higher they are, the greater the chance to be successful in making a cheese thus having good stats.

Skill Skill information

Curdling Action of curdling the milk using rennet and lactic ferments. Influence on Taste and Color stats.

Cutting Action of cutting the curds into pieces to make the pressing into forms easier. Influence on Shape and Color stats.

Pressing into forms Action of molding the pieces of curds into molds of various shapes and sizes depending on the type of cheese. Influence on Shape and Smell stats.

Draining Action of draining the curds to extract the whey which is of no use in the cheesemaking process. Influence on Shape stat.

Salting Action of salting the cheese once it is removed frm the mold. Influence on Smell and Taste stats.

Maturing Action of turning over, brushing, washing the cheese while they are maturing in the cellars. Influence on Smell, Taste and Color stats.

As you can see all 6 skills are important in cheesemaking and the cheese quality. Pay attention to that.

- Cheesemaking (0) top
Now you are ready to process milk and make cheese.

First of all, you'll have to choose the cheese you want to make. There is a basic cheese for each species (goat, ewe, cow) that can be made in all regions/provinces. There are also cheeses specific to each region/province and to each departement/district. Thus you have a wide choice of cheese and it allows you to have a national production but also a local production. The choice of which cheese(s) you are going to produce is linked to your farm location.

Once you have selected the cheese you want to make, you have to select the amount of milk you want to transform. Of course, you will be able to make the cheese only if your milk matches the scope statements for the making of this selected cheese. For some cheeses, the milk must be from a specific breed, or with a minimum milk quality (MQ) requirement. Some cheeses are more difficult to make than others. If all the requirements are met, the cheese is made and a cheese sheet is then created.

Cheesemaking is a costly activity not only in salary but also ingredients, energy, analysis expenses... Overall it costs 0.09 euros per litre of milk processed.

- The cheese sheet :

Contains all the data related to the cheese you are making : its name, amount, type, minimum and maximum maturing time and also a very important thing, its stats, meaning its quality.

- Cheese name :

It's the name of the cheese you make.

- Amounts :

Amount of cheese in the maturing cellar and in stock.

- Cheese type :

Gives you the type your cheese belongs to.

Soft ripened moldy cheese
Soft rind-washed cheese
Pressed cooked cheese
Pressed uncooked cheese
Blue Cheese
Goat cheese

- Maturing time :

Gives you the minimum and maximum maturing time. A full maturing gives the best cheese.

- Shelf Life (SL) :

Tells you how many days the cheese is good for consumption once maturing is over.

- Stats :

Stats are an indicator of the cheese quality. Stats will evolve as the cheese is maturing. Once maturing is over, you'll have the final cheese quality. If the cheese doesn't undergo the whole maturing, its quality will not be as good.

Stat Description

Shape It's the cheese shape. The higher the stat, the better is the shape. Takes into account Cutting, Pressing into form and Draining of the cheesemaker(s).

Smell It's the cheese smell. The higher the stat, the better is the smell. Takes into account Salting, Maturing, and Pressing into form of the cheesemaker(s).

Taste It's the cheese taste. The higher the stat, the better is the taste. Takes into account Curdling, Maturing and Salting of the cheesemaker(s).

Color It's the final cheese color. The higher the stat, the nicer the color. Takes into account Curdling, Cutting and Maturing of the cheesemaker(s).

- Cream and butter (0) top
Cream and butter are the by-products of cheese production. It's an additional income.

- Cream :

Cream is obtained directly after milk is transformed into cheese. You will get 0.0375 litre of cream for every litre of processed milk. Then you can choose to sell it or transform it and make butter. Cream Shelf Life (SL) is 7 SimAgri days.

- Butter :

Butter comes from cream. You have to churn 1 litre of cream to obtain 0.480 kilo of butter. Butter Shelf Life (SL) is 18 SimAgri days.

Note that butter and cream have no stats!

- Maturing time and Shelf Life (SL) (0) top
- Maturing time :

Maturing is the ripening time during which you take care of the cheese. It will vary with the type of cheese and will have an influence on its color and taste for example. In SimAgri, this period is important as it is when the cheese stats evolve. Cheese reaches full maturity when the maturing time is over. You can, of course, shorten this time but in this case your cheese will be of lesser quality.

- Shelf Life (SL) :

The Shelf Life is the lenght of time during which a cheese can be consumed and thus sold. The SL varies with the cheese type and starts once the cheese stops maturing. Thus, once the cheese maturation ends, you have a limited time to sell it. This imply management not only during the fabrication but also during the selling period. A large production is of no use if you can't sell your product on the markets (artisanal cheese dairies) wholesale dealers and group purchasing organisations (industrial cheese dairies) the cheese that is not sold is lost. Make sure you do not produce too much! It'll be difficult as the markets, wholesale dealers and group purchasing organisations demand will vary with a lot of parameters (time of the year, meteorology, size, cheese quality, etc...)

The Shelf Life also applies to cream and butter.

To help you check these important parameters, here is a summary table :

Type of product Minimum and maximum maturing time (in Simagri days) Shelf Life - SL (in SimAgri days)

Soft ripened moldy cheese 4 to 10 days 7 days

Soft rind-washed cheese 4 to 10 days 7 days

Pressed cooked cheese 21 to 84 days 11 days

Pressed uncooked cheese 21 to 84 days 11 days

Blue Cheese 14 to 42 days