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Livestock farming is a way to do business beyond agriculture inFarming Simulator 25. With various options available, caring for each type is different and produces unique products. Of course, making some profit out of them is the main goal.
Whenfarming crops, players have to deal withseasonal changes. Thus, relying on one form of crop isn’t an option. This is why livestock farming is required to keep the cash flow going. For this specific guide, we are going to discuss goat farming.
What Are The Requirements For Raising Goats?
Goats are very easy to deal with and require little to no effort. In Farming Simulator 25, there’sno existing area for herding, unlike plots for farming. Keep these key pointers in mindbefore you start your goat business:
You need to be aware of these things strictly to grow a booming business with goats.
How To Get Food and Water for Goats?
Dealing With The Food Situation
Goats have two food options:grass or hay. Both of which can be grown on your own farm or purchased from stores.
Grass and hay are very expensive when purchased from shops. It is best to grow them instead of buying them.
Grass can be grownany time of the yearexcept betweenDecember to February. You have to maintain certain criteria to get a good output.
Feeding grass and hay gives the same productivity output with goats. Feeding your goats with grass, instead of drying them and turning them into hay, can be a time-saving option.
How To Grow Grass
Want a free boost to fertilization? Use grass rollers after mowing down and harvesting your grass field. This resets the grass’s growth process (which won’t matter since you just harvested) while applying a bonus 50 percent fertilization.
Keeping Your Goats Well Hydrated
Sheep Pastures require to besupplied with water manually. To get water, you’ll have to purchase a vehicularbarrel. Go to theVehicle Shopandpurchase a barrel under the Animal category. After purchasingattach it to a vehicle,preferably a tractor.
Take the barrel attached to the tractor to anearby water source like a river. Make sure thebarrel is touching the water source barelyto get therefill pop-up. Once the refill option pops up,press R or click Left Stickto fill the barrel with water. Take thefilled barrelto yourgoat penand keep it on thewater drop symbolto get anoption fordumping it.
Building A Home For Goats To Get Yields
It’s unlikely to already own agoat penin Farming Simulator 25 when starting out. Don’t worry, as the game allows you to build one yourselfusing the in-game build mode. You can access the build mode bypressing Shift+Pwhile free roaming.
In thebuild mode, click on thecow iconto open theAnimal Pasturemenu. You can findpens for Sheep(same for goat)onthe fourth tab. These are the options you’ll get for purchasing:
$14,000
16
$48,000
26
$51,000
$97,000
68
If you don’t want any hassle withmanual water supply, attempt to purchase aBarn. Theyautomatically provide water. It is best you purchase aLarge Sheep Barn to accumulate many goats. If you’reshort on budgetand want to try out this side of business, purchasing aSheep Pasture would be enough.
to fill yourgoat pasture, go near thefloating animal paw symbolandinteract with it by pressing R or Left Stick. You’ll be displayed with anew interfacefor purchasing or selling goats or sheep.
Under the inbound sub-menu, you’ll need to purchase goats. If you wish tobreed them as fast as possible,buy16-month-old goats. However, they areexpensive to purchase, so if you have time to grow and care for them, try buying goats that arethree months old.
You pay a transport fee if you’re purchasing or selling goats directly from your Pasture or Barn. To avoid this fee, go to an animal dealer with your own animal transport equipment and buy/sell them that way.
How To Make Goat Pastures Self-Sustaining
You can build acustom goat penonnaturally growing grass fieldswhichcontribute towards feeding, making itself-sustaining. Alternatively, you can also place your pens onfarm plots with grown grassto even greater effect. This will make the farm self-sustaining as thegrass will regrow without needing to be maintained.
When you’re placing a goat pen on an existing grass farm plot, you’ll get a pop-up saying “Do you want to plant meadow for Sheep Barn.” Be sure to selectNO, else then you’ll replace the farmland grass with meadow grass.
Selling Goat Milk For Profit
You can getmilk from goatsafter they reachpuberty. In Farming Simulator 25,goatsreach their pubertyonce they are16 months old. Additionally, you need tokeep them in good healthbyfeeding and caringfor them on a regular basis.
Goats need to be kept at100 percent healthy to get the most produce. ensure to check on them regularly for food and water reserves.
Produced milk canisters can be found near theyellow-taped area near the goat pasture or barn.
Before selling them, make sure to check thePrice Calendarin the financial menu.
Goat milkis packed on crates that can besold to various sellers. To take them to sellers, you’ll need to use apallet lifting device. If you don’t own one, go to aVehicle Shopnearby and pick one that fits your needs.
Things that can lift pallets:
It would be inefficient to pick each crate and take them to sellers to make money. Instead, use aTrailerto carry them to sellers by attaching it toTractors. Look for flatbed options that allow for easy placement of pallets. Many trailers intended for bales work perfectly for pallets.
Load thegoat milk crateson thetrailerandfasten them to keep them secured. After loading the trailer, you can take them tosellers manually or create a job for AI workers.
Additionally, you may also process goat milk using production facilities to get products like goat cheese, and bottled goat milk. These can sold to make more profit than selling the raw resource.
AI Workers can sometimes be unreliable. If you want, you can do it yourself or ask your friend if you’re playing multiplayer.
Strategies To Follow When Farming For Goats
Goat milkreaches itspeak priceinOctober. It is also inhigh demandbetweenJanuary to March. It isbest to sell them in October,as selling rates are around$9,222. Avoid selling them betweenMay to August,as therates are below average.
Healthy goats that have hit puberty produce25 liters of goat milk every month. It might be surprising, but goats that arethree months oldcan produce at a rate offive liters per month.
Goats that are 16 months old willproduce offspring after every five months. After producing offspring, try tosell off a few mature goatsto makespace for new ones. Additionally, keepingtoo many mature goatswillincrease the population exponentially, so if you intend to sell goats for profit, maintain the number of goats athalf or a bit above half of the holding capacity.
Goats 36 months old or older sell for the highest rate of $1,000. This is twice the value of a 16-month-old goat.
