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There will be quite a few interesting features in Farming Simulator 22. New methods of soil cultivation will be added. By the way, these methods will also change the soil textures. Moreover, thanks to the improved engine, a full parallax system – Parallax Occlusion Mapping – has been added, but we have already talked about that. Let’s take a look at the new soil cultivation methods available in FS22 and what effects they will have.
Mulching Capability
The game will introduce mulching: a surface soil cover that helps with protection as well as some other properties. Naturally, this process will use special agricultural machinery – a mulcher, which will attach to your tractor and lay mulch on the soil surface. 
It’s perfect for two new crops – grapes and olives. Additionally, mulching affects the visual aspect, so if you want a perfect vineyard or olive grove, just use this new feature. 
For those who enjoy forestry and logging equipment – large mulchers will be available, which can easily process bushes and stumps. 


Stone Collection Capability
After certain activities, large or small stones may appear on your fields, spoiling the look of a perfect farm. But there is a solution that will not only improve the visual aspect of the soil but also allow you to earn money from it.
Using a subsoiler, you can extract large stones. With special stone collectors, you can bring your farm to perfect condition, and sell all the collected stones to earn some money, even if it’s a small amount – after all, you can never have too much money. 
Besides, you will need to clear the field of stones before sowing anyway, so you will need special equipment one way or another. However, if you don’t want this feature in the game, you can disable it in the settings. 


Soil Rolling Capability
And finally, the last feature the developers mentioned is the ability to roll the soil. If you have already collected large stones using the subsoiler and stone collector, what about the small ones? It’s simple – you can use special rollers to press them back into the ground so they don’t get in the way.
Of course, this equipment is not only for pressing stones back into the soil. You will also get improved crop yields. 

Soil Textures
Naturally, all the above-mentioned equipment changes the appearance of the soil, and for each of these processes, there are unique soil textures, which you can see in the screenshot below. There are textures of mowed grass, roller tracks, cultivation marks, plow marks, and much more!

While many farmers are trying to find additional ways to earn money, FS22 will offer the opportunity to start a real business without distracting from standard farming tasks. Of course, we’re talking about production chains that allow you to process crops and obtain more expensive ingredients, food, and more, earning money from it. We have already discussed several such options. For example, you can process wheat into flour, and from flour make bakery products. However, this is not all, and today we will explore this topic in a bit more detail. 
Become a local farming magnate!
Initially, Farming Simulator 22 will offer players only 13 enterprises and factories that process ingredients and produce more valuable products. You can open your own bakery, greenhouse, dairy plant, and much more. You can see all 13 options in the screenshot below.

The most notable thing is that you can proceed in different ways. For example, you can simply deliver ingredients and crops to other people’s factories and earn money by selling. But there is a more profitable way – to purchase these enterprises or place them on your own land, supply your factories with the necessary resources, process them, and earn greater profits.
You can produce furniture from wood, various clothing, oil, cheese, juices, chocolate, sugar, flour, bread, and much more. The full list of possible products is shown in the screenshot below.

It is not yet known whether the developers will add other production chains and ingredients after the game’s release, but it is safe to say that modders will definitely do so. 

Another batch of good news from the developers of Farming Simulator 22. As we already know, the game is in the final stages of development, with only one month left until release. However, there are other updates related to the game itself. The developers continue to read fan feedback and reactions, and make changes based on them. Thus, even before the game’s release, some aspects have already been improved solely based on player feedback and requests. Let’s go through everything one by one.
Season Length
When the developers first talked about seasonal cycles in FS22, they said that one seasonal cycle would last 12 in-game days. That is, one day equals one month, 12 days equal 12 months, which means one year. This was the original planned system.
However, many players started complaining even before the game’s release that 12 days is too short and that this period should be extended. The developers wanted to give players the option to extend seasons as much as they wanted, so everyone could customize it to their liking. Unfortunately, this idea was not implemented because it could cause major problems with other game mechanics.
It was decided to allow players to increase the length of each month. The maximum value is 28 days. So, you will be able to set things so that one month in the game lasts 28 days, which is quite a lot. This decision will satisfy players’ requests and allow everyone to customize everything to their taste. 
Graphics
Many fans of the series complained specifically about the game’s graphics. Many said that compared to FS19, nothing has changed at all. In reality, this is not true; there are changes, and they are indeed visible, but there is another nuance. Work on both gameplay and graphics is still ongoing and will continue. 
This means that the graphics now look significantly different from what the developers showed several months ago in the first gameplay videos and early screenshots. Based on player feedback, they have improved and continue to improve various graphical aspects to make the game look presentable. 
Among the current changes: foliage detail has been improved, and the SSAO (Screen Space Ambient Occlusion) effect has been adjusted, creating more natural shadows, which enhances the overall environment. Additionally, the overall color scheme of the game has been tweaked. 
The game looks much better now, and work is still ongoing!
Improved Sorghum
Certain changes have also been made for the new crop that will appear in FS22. This crop grows perfectly on the new default FS22 maps. However, there was one issue during gameplay demos—the sorghum harvesting process.
In short, now when harvesting sorghum, only the top of the plant is cut off, not the entire stalk. A minor but quite pleasant improvement in harvesting accuracy.

Animal husbandry is an important gameplay aspect of the Farming Simulator series, and FS22 will be no exception. Animals allow you to take a break from constant crop growing, add variety to the game, and some players simply prefer animal husbandry over growing various crops and managing their own productions. Let’s learn more about animal husbandry in FS22 and discuss 10 reasons why you should start raising animals, according to the game developers. But first, we invite you to take a look at the trailer.
Animals in FS22
Animal husbandry is a completely separate field within agriculture, and no matter how easy it may seem, you will have to learn everything if you want to open a profitable business and become a successful farmer. It’s the perfect opportunity to expand your farm. 
Of course, animal husbandry requires purchasing specialized equipment, and with the new production chains, this will bring much more profit and excitement than before. 
The developers have worked hard to make this process engaging. You won’t be bored in summer or winter. Now, if the weather is cold and the winter harsh, you’ll need to take care not only of your plants in the greenhouses but also diligently care for your animals. Animals require constant care regardless of the season or weather conditions, so you will always have something to do.
10 reasons to start animal husbandry in Farming Simulator 22 according to the developers
Keep in mind this is a playful list of 10 reasons, but there’s some truth to it. So, here are 10 reasons to start animal husbandry:
Animals make your farm more lively and less boring.It’s a completely new experience every farmer should go through. It has its own features, tasks, machinery, and much more, and it’s all quite interesting.Animal husbandry is not only fun but also incredibly profitable. It can bring you a good income in many different ways, and with production chains – even more.Speaking of production chains, that’s another plus of animal husbandry, as these two mechanics fit perfectly together in FS22. If you decide to open your own enterprise and become not just a farmer but also a businessman, it will be twice as interesting and profitable. For example, if your production requires eggs, you can get them right from your own chicken coop.No more need to buy manure for fertilizer. You’ll have it guaranteed!Want to take a break, go for a walk, and explore locations but are tired of vehicles? Just ride your own horses.Winter will definitely not be boring anymore.You finally have a reason to wear your old beekeeper suit! Why not?They are very cute and fluffy, and it’s simply pleasant to be around them.Animals can increase the yield of your crops. Yes, this feature will be available. How exactly it will be implemented is still unclear, but the developers promised to provide more information on this soon. 
So, will you be getting into animal husbandry in Farming Simulator 22? Do you like this aspect in general? Let’s see how this system will be implemented in FS22, as the wait is almost over!

The release of Farming Simulator 22 is just around the corner, so the developers are constantly sharing new information and revealing more about the upcoming project to build excitement. Today, we’ll talk about greenhouses that will be available in the game. Greenhouses are an incredibly important part of FS22, especially if you plan to play with seasons and snow enabled, as these settings make the game much more interesting.
If snow is enabled in your gameplay, crops won’t grow during winter, which makes sense. So what should you do in that case? There’s only one solution – build a greenhouse, or even several, and grow your plants there during this difficult period. Let’s take a closer look at how this will all work.
Small, medium, or large?
The first question is – which greenhouse should you build, and what size? You’ll have access to small, medium, and fairly large greenhouses, depending on your farm type. It’s very important to have a greenhouse in winter, as it not only warms the farmer’s soul but also helps avoid bankruptcy and even earn a decent profit. While snow falls outside and temperatures drop further, your crops will quietly grow in modern, well-equipped greenhouses, allowing you to stay afloat.
In the “production” section, you’ll find different greenhouses that vary in appearance and size. If you have a free plot of land, you can buy and place any of these greenhouses and build a farm that works all year round.
Plant lettuce, tomatoes, and strawberries!
Want to grow lettuce, tomatoes, and strawberries? No one’s stopping you. You can build several greenhouses and manage them from a special menu, where you’ll also control your other productions (production chains).
What to grow is up to you. The most important thing is not to forget to supply your greenhouses with enough water; otherwise, production will stop, and you’ll operate at a loss.
Interaction possibilities with products
You decide what to do with the resources and products you get from the greenhouses. If you want instant profit, you can simply sell them at a good price. However, this is far from the only way to interact with your products.
By default, your products will be stored—that is, packed on pallets and waiting for you to decide what to do with them. You can change these settings so that they are sold immediately and generate profit.
However, if you have your own production facilities, it’s much more profitable to deliver crops from the greenhouse there and create a more expensive product. For example, you can deliver strawberries to a bakery, where they’ll make a delicious strawberry cake, which you can then sell instead of just the strawberries themselves. How you handle your products is entirely up to you.
What do you think about this? Will you use the seasons system and grow crops in greenhouses, or do you prefer a calmer, standard game without seasonal restrictions and complications? Write your answers in the comments; we’re interested to hear your opinion!

In the previous article about animals in Farming Simulator 22, we also showed you a screenshot of beehives. Yes, FS22 will also feature bees, with various interactions. In this article, we will try to take a closer look at what bees will affect and why they are in the game. 
Beekeeping and the Beekeeper Suit
Yes, the game includes the possibility of full-fledged beekeeping. However, for this process, you will need special protection. Perhaps you have already seen screenshots of the protective suit specifically for beekeepers – you will be able to wear such a suit and start taking care of your bees, harvesting honey.
You can equip the new suit at any time in your wardrobe. Don’t forget to do this, because although bees are useful, they are dangerous creatures!
Beehives 
The appearance of your farm is a very important factor in Farming Simulator 22, as well as in other parts of the game. The developers do everything to give you the opportunity to decorate your farm as beautifully as possible. Beehives will be no exception.
You can choose from a variety of beehives that differ in both appearance and size. There are small, medium, and large beehives: depending on your preferences, farm, and capabilities. Naturally, you can have several beehives at once: several large ones, several small ones, or any other combination. Beehives can be placed in build mode, which we have already told you about.
The honey itself will appear in special trays!
The Bee Business!
Of course, no one is forcing you to do beekeeping for free. In fact, it is a very profitable activity that you will definitely love. Honey itself is quite valuable, so you can simply sell this product and earn a lot of money.
However, if you’re not looking for easy ways – it’s worth remembering the production chains that will be available in FS22. You can deliver honey to various productions where it is used, and in the end, you will get a more expensive and useful product that can be sold for a higher price. 
Real business!
But bees have another incredible use. As we all know, bees are responsible for pollination. Therefore, if you decide to place them near certain crops (potatoes, canola, sunflowers) – you will notice a significant improvement in yield. Double profit.

The release of Farming Simulator 22 is just around the corner. There’s not much time left, and the debates among fans of the series continue. Some believe that FS22 is just FS19 with popular mods. Others are eagerly awaiting the release of this game. Who is right – only time will tell, and all we can do is hope that the game will indeed be interesting. This is more of a conversational article to discuss the changes we would like to see in FS22, our expectations, and those of thousands of other players. 
Improved Graphics
Hundreds of players complain specifically about the graphics. We would like to see cool graphics that meet the standards of 2021, as this is a very important part of the game. From our news and articles, you may have seen many times what improved graphics in FS22 look like. However, the developers promised that they will continue working on improving the graphical component up to the release (and possibly after the release as well).

We want to believe that the game will look beautiful. At the very least, better than Farming Simulator 19. Yes, there are various beautiful effects like parallax, improved surfaces, and much more. But what we will actually get is still unknown, since it’s hard to judge from screenshots alone, and it has often happened that developers show one thing in videos and screenshots, but the actual game is quite different. 
We won’t speculate on this topic; there’s not much time left. Also, modders haven’t disappeared, and everyone will be able to customize everything as they want.
New Engine
The engine is the most important part of the game. Essentially, it affects absolutely everything. A poor engine can cause optimization problems, leading to lag and similar issues. However, it also directly affects the developers’ ability to add new gameplay (and other) features to the game, as well as the modders’ capabilities. Therefore, the better and more advanced the engine is, the more possibilities modders will have to create cool and high-quality modifications without any restrictions.
We already know that FS22 uses an improved, refined engine from FS19. However, we don’t have concrete information on how extensively it was reworked or what improvements were made. We would really like the engine to be thoroughly developed so that the game is much cooler and we always get interesting and diverse mods. 
New Gameplay Features
A huge number of players have complaints specifically about the gameplay aspect of the game. Many believe that Farming Simulator 22 has absolutely nothing new: it’s the same as FS19, just with popular mods added.

In fact, this topic could be debated for a long time. On one hand, the developers really took many popular mods as a basis. We are all familiar with Seasons and Global Company. But is that a bad thing? No! It’s actually very good because they added to the game what many players loved, and with the option to disable them.
It’s important to understand that FS22 is a simulator, a continuation of the popular Farming Simulator series, and it’s very difficult to come up with new gameplay features in a simulator because it essentially already has everything. In
 FS19, new features were added gradually: precision farming and so on. In FS22, all of this will be available from the start: you will be able to enable seasonal changes, which adds more realism to your game. You can build your own factories and process your resources into something more valuable, then earn more from it. And that’s really cool, actually.
There are many more gameplay improvements in the game. Just consider the full-fledged beekeeping system and improved animal husbandry system, a separate construction mode, production chains (which we will discuss below), new greenhouses, a realistic soil treatment system, and much more. Yes, there will be plenty to do in the game.
However, the expectations of many players (including ours) have not been fully met. Yes, the gameplay features are cool, but we would like to see more interesting original ideas. Perhaps new features will be released as updates and expansions, like “Precision Farming” for FS19, but so far there is too little information from the developers, and we expect that the changes listed above will not be the end of it.
Production Chains
We have already talked many times about production chains, which actually bring a lot of variety to your game. We even recently published a complete list of initial items that you can produce.

It’s no secret that the developers took this idea from a very popular project – Global Company. On one hand, this is pretty cool, though it’s unclear whether they will develop this idea further or just keep the standard materials and forget about this feature.
If they do it, they should do it well. We would like to have options. For example, we know that raisins can be made from grapes. However, we would like to see many more options. For instance, about 5 production lines for each type of product. This would significantly diversify the game.
Yes, there are quite a few production options, but we would like everything to be included in the project from the start, not like with GlobalCompany – where hundreds of different mods add hundreds of different productions. When everything is gathered in one place, it’s much more convenient. Modders will improve and refine all this anyway; it’s impossible to add every possible production option, but having choices is always good.
Crops
This part really disappointed us, as well as many other players judging by the comments. Farming Simulator 22 has many crops. However, the biggest downside is that 99% of them are simply carried over from previous parts of the game, and there are only 3 new crops: sorghum, olives, and grapes.

This is truly disappointing because in a new game we would like to see at least 10 new crops with new gameplay features (unique care requirements, yields, and so on). However, we were given only 3 crops. Yes, we can create our own vineyard and build a truly beautiful farm. The same goes for olives. But do you think this is enough, considering this is not just a DLC but a completely separate game that has been in development for a long time?
Many considered this to be sloppy work on the part of the developers – and it really is. However, it’s quite possible that new crops will be added by the developers as the game evolves. If that doesn’t happen, modders will take care of it, but still – this leaves an unpleasant aftertaste.
Proper Crossplay
Many players prefer to play Farming Simulator games together with their friends. However, crossplay nowadays is quite rare. Just look at the situation with SnowRunner, where developers spent several months creating crossplay not between different platforms, but between different stores: EGS and Steam.

Yes, Farming Simulator 22 will have crossplay, and it will be very cool: between different stores and platforms – PC (different stores), PlayStation, Xbox, and so on. However, everything sounds great in words, but in practice, developers often deceive players and release unfinished products.
So what do we expect from crossplay in FS22? Our expectations are not high; we just want everything to work. No desynchronization between players, no annoying bugs, and so on. After all, the developers added a very cool character editor and prepared many features for cooperative play. 
Fewer Paid Add-ons
This is unavoidable, but among simulators there is often a trend: developers release unfinished products, split the game into parts, and sell them separately. This is very unpleasant because when you pay a full price, like for an AAA project, you expect to get a complete product at least.
Bugs, flaws, and errors can be forgiven, but when developers openly profit off the fans of the series by selling the game in parts – that is unforgivable. We really hope that FS22 will abandon this approach and players will get a finished product right away. 
Undoubtedly, expansions will be released because the project needs to be supported somehow. However, they should be true expansions, not cut-out parts of the game. 
FS22 Maps
And last but not least – the availability of maps and their good development. For Farming Simulator 19, new maps from modders are released daily. However, not every one of them can compare to the original maps from the developers themselves.

This leads to the following desire. We want to have more maps so that the game itself captivates for a long time without using mods at the start. But it’s not just about quantity, but also quality. We would like each map to have its own interesting features and a high level of detail and overall quality. This is not a difficult task, but so far there is too little information about the maps. 
And so our article has come to an end, dear readers. Write in the comments what exactly you expect from FS22 and whether you plan to play this game or prefer FS19. We would be interested to discuss this with you. We look forward to seeing you in the comments!