This can be done while the Harvester is working, or after it has stopped. The Harvester can then use its pipe to unload the Canola into a Tipper Trailer. When unfolded and activated, the Harvester will pass over the Canola field, destroying the plants and creating Canola yield, which is stored within the Harvester. For this, you will need a Harvester with the correct type of Harvesting Header installed.Įach of the Harvesters in the game (aside from the Krone Big X 1100, which is not really a Harvester) has at least one header capable of harvesting Canola. While the Canola is in its 4th to 6th stages of growth, it may be harvested. Once withered, Canola cannot be harvested anymore, and must instead be cultivated or plowed to make room for a new crop. You may harvest Canola during any of these ripe stages - the yield does not change beyond the first ripeness stage.Īt the 7th, final stage, Canola will wither - assuming the option of withering crops is enabled (otherwise it will remain ripe forever). Once ripe, the Canola will go through two extra stages of ripeness (taking another 10 hours or so at "Fast" speed). Growth times are not exact, but on the "Fast" growth speed setting it will take about 21-22 hours of in-game time for the entire field to ripen. It will grow bright yellow flowers at stage 3, but only becomes harvestable after the entire plant has turned yellow, at stage 4. It requires 4 growth cycles to become ready for harvest. This translates to roughly $430 worth of seeds per hectare.Ĭanola grows at the same rate as most other crops. A Hired Worker can work even with an empty machine, but at a much higher price than normal.Ībout 710 liters of seeds are required to plant one hectare of Canola. You may not sow manually with an empty Sowing Machine. This can be done by pulling the machine to the Seed Pallets at your farm, and hitting the Refill button. Remember that the Sowing Machine must be filled with seeds before it can be put to work. The three Sowing Machines also differ from one another in what other crops they can sow, but all three are capable of sowing Wheat, Barley, Canola, and Grass. In other words, you can start sowing the field with these machines as soon as you're done harvesting the previous crop. However, the two larger Sowers (the Rapid A and the Pronto 9) also serve as Cultivators - they will cultivate the soil as they pass over it, removing the need to make a separate Cultivator pass over the field first, as described above. The primary difference between these machines (other than their price) is their working width - the larger the Sower, the faster it will finish working the entire field. There are 3 such devices available in the base game: The Pottinger Vitasem 302 ADD (the player will have one of these at game-start), the Vaderstad Rapid A 600S, and the Horsch Pronto 9 SW. The wider the Cultivator/Plow, the faster the work will go.Īny piece of cultivated soil can then be worked with a Sowing Machine that is capable of planting Canola. Any Cultivator or Plow is suitable for this task. This is a necessary step even if the field was previously used for Canola. The process of sowing Canola generally begins with cultivation of the field, to remove the remains of whatever crop grew there previously. Nonetheless, it is only somewhat less lucrative than Wheat or Barley. This makes its selling price one of the least lucrative Crops, superior only to harvested Corn. Generally, Canola gives the smallest amount of yield per hectare, but the highest price per liter. There are many Harvesting Headers in the game that are capable of harvesting Canola, and most are quite wide, meaning that the forces. More advanced Canola Sowing Machines also cultivate the soil as they sow, removing the need to pre-cultivate it.Īfter four growing phases (about 21 hours of in-game time, at the "Fast" growing speed setting), Canola is ready to harvest.
There are 3 Sowing Machines available in the base game. Canola is one of the three principle crops that the player can immediately begin to grow at game-start, since all of the equipment is already available.Ĭanola is planted using a regular Sowing Machine, on a field that has been prepared by a Cultivator or Plow.