Farming Simulator 2022 Hub — Guides and Tips

Latest Farming Simulator 22 Video

Farming Simulator 2022 Greenhouse Guide: Passive Income Done Right · 25 May 2026

See every Farming Simulator 22 post

Farming Simulator 22 Playlists

What Is Farming Simulator 22?

Farming Simulator 22 is GIANTS Software’s farming sim, released in November 2021 on PC, Mac, PlayStation and Xbox. You run a farm from the ground up: buying land, working fields, raising animals, cutting timber and selling what you produce. It sounds slow on paper, but there’s a proper management game underneath the tractors. Every decision about what to grow, what to buy and when to sell feeds into whether the farm makes money or bleeds it.

This hub pulls together the Farming Simulator 22 guides and videos on Ricardo’s Gaming, plus the basics you need if you’re just starting out. If you want one money-making system to learn first, start with the Farming Simulator 22 greenhouse guide.

The Maps

The base game ships with three maps, and each one plays differently.

• Elmcreek is the American map. Big, flat fields suit large machinery, and it’s the easiest place to learn how field work and contracts fit together.
• Haut-Beyleron is set in southern France. Fields are smaller and more irregular, and it’s the natural home for grapes and olives.
• Erlengrat is the Alpine map. Steep slopes and tight roads make it the hardest of the three, and it rewards livestock and forestry more than big arable farming.

The expansions add more. The Platinum Expansion brought the Silverrun Forest map along with a big push on forestry, and the Premium Expansion added the Zielonka map and root vegetables such as carrots, parsnips and red beet.

Choosing a Career Start

When you start a new career you pick one of three modes, and the choice matters more than people expect.

• New Farmer gives you land, machinery and some cash. It’s the best way to learn, because you can get straight into growing and selling crops.
• Farm Manager gives you a pile of money and nothing else. You decide what to buy, which makes it a good test once you know the basics.
• Start From Scratch gives you very little money, no land and harsher economy settings. It’s the challenge run, and you’ll lean heavily on contracts to get going.

Seasons and the Crop Calendar

FS22 brought seasonal growth into the base game. Each crop has set planting and harvest windows, and the in-game calendar shows you when they are. If you miss a planting window, that field earns nothing until the next one comes round. You can switch seasonal growth off if you’d rather crops grow year-round, but leaving it on is what gives the game its rhythm. You plan ahead, line up your machinery and keep a mix of crops so you’re not stuck with idle fields.

The crop list is long. Wheat, barley, oats, canola, maize, sunflowers, soybeans, sorghum, potatoes, sugar beet, sugarcane and cotton are all in, along with grapes, olives, grass and poplar. Root crops and specialist crops need dedicated equipment, so it pays to get good at one or two before you spread out.

Making Money: Where to Start

Early cash flow is the hardest part of any FS22 career, so here are the main options.

• Contracts. Neighbouring farmers post field jobs such as ploughing, sowing, harvesting and baling, and many of them let you borrow the equipment. They’re the quickest way to earn early on without buying kit.
• Field crops. Your main income once you own land. Store your harvest in silos and sell when prices are high, not straight off the combine.
• Greenhouses. Steady output all year round, whatever the season. They’re covered in detail in the greenhouse guide and the video above.
• Production chains. Factories such as bakeries, dairies, sawmills and spinneries turn raw goods into higher-value products. They take investment and planning, but they’re where a mature farm makes its real money.
• Animals. Cows, sheep, pigs, chickens and horses each need feed, water and cleaning. FS22 also added beehives, which are cheap to set up and produce honey with very little effort.

Leasing machinery is worth a mention too. Buying a combine you’ll use twice a year ties up money you could put into land. Leasing costs more per use, but it keeps your cash free while the farm is small.

Forestry

Forestry is a whole separate way to play. You can buy woodland, fell trees with chainsaws or harvesters, haul the logs and sell them or feed them into a sawmill to make planks. Once you own the land, trees cost nothing to grow, so forestry suits players who prefer heavy machinery to crop calendars. The Platinum Expansion leans heavily into this side of the game if you want to go further.

Common Beginner Mistakes

• Buying too much machinery too early. Running costs and loan interest add up fast. Lease or use contract equipment until the farm can pay for its own kit.
• Selling everything at harvest. Prices move through the year. Check the prices screen and hold stock in storage when the market is low.
• Ignoring fertiliser and lime. Fields that are never fertilised or limed give noticeably smaller harvests. A pass with the spreader pays for itself.
• Leaving fields unploughed or uncultivated. Yield bonuses come from looking after your soil, so don’t skip steps just to save time.
• Forgetting about the animals. Livestock that run out of food or water stop producing. Check on them every time you check your fields.
• Spreading out too fast. Every new crop, animal or factory needs its own equipment and attention. Grow one income stream properly before adding the next.

Precision Farming

Precision Farming is a free add-on for FS22 that adds soil sampling, variable-rate fertiliser and lime, and a breakdown of costs and yields per field. It adds work, but it shows you exactly where your money goes. If you like the management side of the game more than the driving, it’s well worth installing.

Multiplayer

FS22 supports co-op multiplayer with crossplay between platforms. Running a farm with friends changes the pace completely. One player handles the fields, another the animals, another the production chains, and a farm that takes weeks solo comes together in an evening or two.

Is Farming Simulator 22 Still Worth Playing?

Farming Simulator 25 came out in November 2024, so it’s fair to ask. FS22 still has a huge modding scene, a big back catalogue of expansions and DLC, and it often turns up heavily discounted. If you want a deep farming game without paying full price, it’s a strong place to start, and most of what you learn carries straight over to FS25.

Guides and Videos on Ricardo’s Gaming

• Farming Simulator 22 Greenhouse Guide: Passive Income Done Right
• All Farming Simulator 22 posts
• Video guides library
• Ricardo’s Gaming on YouTube

Prefer something with more danger? Try the Elite Dangerous hub for ship builds and exploration, or the Subnautica hub for survival guides. Subscribe on YouTube to catch new Farming Simulator videos as they land.

Complete Farming Simulator 2022 Guide Index

• Farming Simulator 2022 Greenhouse Guide — Crops, Layouts and Profits

Browse by Category

• All Farming Simulator 2022 Posts