Farming Simulator 25provides a multitude of intricate tools and machinery to make your agricultural experience as unerringly immersive as possible. If you know or want to know about the profession, these machines deliver the sense of hyperrealism you’re likely looking for. Of course, you’re able to’t buy all of them because of a finite budget, leading you to make tough choices initially.
Your focus—whether on crops, animal husbandry, or forestry—will shape your choices and prioritize specific machines for you. Each branch demands specialized tools, especially given the wide variety of in-game crops and livestock. That said, giving precedence to explicit machinery in the early-game phase can give you a strong headstart, and there are definitely some highlights in between.
You can find new machinery at theVehicle Storelocated on the map. Furthermore, this list only includes beneficial yet optional equipment, which you should purchase depending on your core focus.
8Forestry Harvester
Used For: Forestry
Deadwood contracts are few and far between in Farming Simulator 25, butthey pay well and are extremely easy to do. Thus, a forestry harvester specializing in cutting down trees is a simple, independent tool for the job. Unfortunately, it’s worth noting thatthese machines are incredibly slow, so the process, albeit straightforward, is time-consuming.
Generally, you don’t need to be a forestry expert to remove deadwood, so getting a cheap forestry harvester is sufficient. TheJohn Deere 843L-II is a solid candidatethat can cut and even move trees. For €310,500, it’s a bit pricey, but you’re able to alwayslease it for completing contracts.
7Fertilizer Spreader
Used For: Crops
At first glance, fertilizing feels tedious and inconsistent across different crop types. Still, the excess yield and revenue they generate, regardless of the crops you apply them on, is substantial, massivelyboosting your progress and farming opportunities. This is where fertilizer spreaders come into play — they’rethe most common equipment for yield improvements.
These spreaders are impressively cheapand can fit into most budgets. Among these,the ZA-TS 3200 is more than qualifiedfor applying your fertilizers in the earlier stages. However, as you progress and enter bigger fields,you’ll want to switch to the K105because of its larger capacity and ability to also spread lime.
If you take care of several animals on your farm, you should instead get aslurry tanker. This machine uses slurry, a byproduct mainly from animals, to fertilize fields, so you’ll save some money by not purchasing fertilizer from an external source.
6Wood Transport
Similar to Deadwood,transporting wood is another niche but rewarding job in forestry. All you have to do is load some logs and drive a few miles, and you’ve made yourself a quick €10,000 with minimal effort. This isyet another contract type that anyone can do, but naturally, you can’t do it without proper wood-transporting equipment.
For these contracts,you may get a log trailer or a complete logging truck, depending on how much you want to explore forestry. The trailers are fairly affordable, but you only get one truck option, the FH16 RUL-HKR, which iscompetitively priced but not as universal as tractors.
5Animal Transport
Used For: Animals
Although you can sell animals directly from your pastures,the income is considerably lower, making the whole ordeal unattractive. As such, animal transport is a crucial process in animal husbandry, since you can nowsell your livestock directly at the animal market.
To keep it simple, selling your animals on the market increases profits and removes the need for special animal-keeping facilities. The only downside is the lower convenience because transportation takes time. However, with animal transport machinery being so cheap, likethe Fliegl Noah TTW 140 truck costing a mere €25,000, you can easily recoup the money spent on purchasing this equipment.
4Beet Harvester + Header
Sugar beets are, by far,the most profitable crop in Farming Simulator 25. With a massive yield and return,they’re the ideal crop to sellin both early and late-game phases. However,they need special equipment, particularly during harvest, which is why you should purchase a beet harvester with a beet header as soon as possible.
With this harvesting equipment, you’ll be set to grow the best money-generating crop in the game. For specific machinery in each category, it’s best toget the 2720 Harvester Scrub and 3750 Defoliatoras your early-game tractor-powered options. Both offera decent capacity and speed, making your harvest quick and convenient.
If you want to focus more on harvesting sugar beets and have enough cash, buy theTerra Dos 5-40harvester andRR-XL 9x45header.
3Spinach Harvester
Sugar beets have the highest profit margins of any in-game crop, but you can’t rely on them alone. If you find yourself outside their planting or harvesting season,you should try harvesting spinach, anotherextremely popular cropthat beats outwell-established root crops like potatoes. However, since it’s not a regular crop type,you’ll need exclusive machinery to grow them.
There’s only one spinach harvester in the game, the MXB-4TR, and it comes with a hefty price tag. Buying one of these behemothswill set you back €635,000— more than the beet harvester and its header combined. As such, this equipment is only viable for avid crop growers whosee themselves growing spinach perpetually.
2Trailer
For the final step of your crop-growing journey, you mustload your crops onto a reliable trailer and deposit the harvest. Players tend to use the default trailer for this purpose, but upgrading it early on has a notable perk: time efficiency. Carrying more yield in a single gosaves a healthy chunk of time and effort.
The Fliegl ASW 271 is a perfect trailer for the job—it carries every crop type in the game and is the only trailer thatfunctions as a manure spreader. Its multifaceted functionality makes it a top-notch choice, andfor just €52,000, it’s practically a steal.
1Mowers
Used For: Crops And Forestry
There’s a reason why mowing contracts are so popular in Farming Simulator titles — they’reamong the game’s easiest and most well-paid jobs.You barely need any backhand knowledge, and the satisfaction of cleaning a field is just too good.The core machinery for this task is a mower, which is cheap and easy to use.
Out of the eight available mowers in Farming Simulator 25,you should invest in the KUHN GMD 8730-FF. Despite having a modest weight and power requirement, it has thesecond-best maximum speed and the third-best cutting width. Compared to other mowers, it’s a bargain with an exceptional return on investment.
