Summary
Like previous Farming Sim titles, the most common way to make money inFarming Simulator 25is bygrowing and selling crops. The game offers contracts you’re able to do to earn a fixed income, and most of these contracts are either growing, plowing, or harvesting jobs that pay extremely well.
If you want to take your profits to the next level, though,you can use crops to make processed goods, like sugar and bread, via production chains. These goods often exceed €10,000 per unit, resulting in a bucketload of earnings. However, picking the right chain from a list of 15 on a limited budget can be overwhelming. That said, some chains are meant for beginners, so which ones should you pick when starting out?
8Oil Mill
Price: €240,000
The oil mill isgenerally the last early-game production chain you should getsince it, although making a decent profit, is simply not as beginner-friendly.Growing crops like olives and long-grain rice is a pain, and their return on investment (or ROI) isn’t too appealing.
However, unlike some blatantly redundant production chains, the oil mill’suniqueness remains a key factor. Most oilseed crops aren’t used anywhere else, so it becomes the prime chain for those materials by default. All in all, the mill’susefulness completely depends on your dedicationand whether you want to try growing niche crops.
7Cement Factory
Price: €370,000
Accumulating stones from contracts like rock removal is fairly common, and theonly production chain to properly utilize this resource is the cement factory. Although it has an incredibly slow monthly cycle, itmanufactures unique items like cement bricks, bags, and roof plates.
This factory is just a nice chain to have as itencourages you to collect stones instead of wasting them. However, since it’s so limited by demand and supply, it’s one of the last early-game production chains you should consider. Also,the €370,000 buying price is a huge ask, especially compared to other chains, which are significantly more diverse and versatile.
6Rope Maker
Price: €300,000
Cotton is a great crop for beginners due to its high valuein both raw and processed forms. Among processing options — fabric and rope —the latter’s production attherope maker stands outas the best starting choice. The rope maker not only has lower monthly costs, butyou’ll also get a much larger return.
In their respective peak selling months, you canuse 90 cottons to sell either €620,000 worth of ropeor €258,000 worth of fabric. Although therope maker’s cycle per month is much smaller, it shouldn’t be a massive problem for anyone starting out.
5Sawmill
Doing forestry-related jobs like wood transport contractsis an efficient way to earn money and wood. Despitea massive catalog of machinery prerequisites, the follow-up rewards are worthwhile, and the sawmill does it better than anything. Bymanufacturing items like planks, beams, and prefab walls, you open a multitude of industrial pipelines that generate a stable income.
This is theideal production chain for anyone even remotely interested in forestry. You can use the items made at the sawmill by selling them as is orat the carpentry or cooper to make furniture, barrels, and more. Either way, both pipelines thoroughly utilize wood to streamline revenue.
4Carpentry
Planks and long planks are the two primary wood products, and the two most common production chains that use them are carpentry and cooper. Of the two, the former is the stronger choice, not only becauseyou get a 60 percent better return, but also becausethe operating speed is much higher.
The barrier to entry for carpentry is also comparatively low —the carpentry’s only product chain, furniture, just needs ten planks. If you don’t have or want to use planks, you may evenproduce 14 units of furniture with ten pieces of wood, getting an even better return. For simplicity and profit margins alone, the carpentry is incredible for utilizing wood.
3Grain Mill
Price: €288,000
When looking at safe and beginner-friendly options, the grain mill has no major competition. It’s theprime production chain for the most common beginner crop type, the grain crop, with incredibly modest monthly costs. The mill uses these crops tomake different types of flour, an essential raw material for several other chains.
From the flour produced at the grain mill, you canbranch off to avenues like the bakery and canning factory, making easy-to-sell items like bread and noodle soup. The only downside is the initial cost, sincebuying the mill will set you back €288,000. However, when considering the scope, the sacrifice is worth it.
In the early stages, you should stick to exclusively making wheat and rice flour and using it at the bakery.
2Bakery
Price: €50,000
Grain crops are among the most reliable crops in the game, and thetwo most popular options arewheat and rice. Both crops have an extremely high yield, but their individual selling prices are on the lower end. Thus, with a bakery, you canmake bread and double your revenue.
At €50,000, the bakery is, by far, thecheapest and most accessible production chainin Farming Simulator 25. After buying a chain, you gain a route toconvert €138,000 worth of wheat and rice into €270,000 of bread. Furthermore, this building even supports future-proofing — after making more raw materials, you can invest in cakes, which sell at tremendous prices on the market.
1Canning Factory
Price: €330,000
While most production chains in Farming Simulator 25 specialize in utilizing one or two crops or raw materials,the canning factory is the jack of all trades. It featuresa huge catalog of recipes that use unique yields, like spinach, peas, green beans, and other vegetables.
The canning factory truly has no competition in what it does —once you feel like you want to diversify your portfolioby trying to grow other crops, this factory becomes a must-have. And, apart from growing those crops just for exploration’s sake,there’s also some monetary incentive. Rice and spinach, for instance, are among the most profitable yields in the game!
