When playing Farming Simulator 2025, there are a lot of things you can do to earn some money. The most important processes include rearing, breeding, buying, and selling pigs.
This tutorial covers all essential aspects, from setting up your pig farm to keeping your pigs healthy and profitable.
Getting Started: Buying a Home for Your Pigs
The first step in pig farming is to buy a place for your pigs to live. Follow these steps:
Access the Build Menu:
- PC: Press Shift + P
- Console: Use the designated key bind
Navigate to Pigs:
- Go to the cow icon and press the arrows to move to the pigs section.
Choose a Pig Shelter:
- Pig Pasture (20,000): This is the cheapest option but not recommended as it requires additional water management.
- Housed Options: These include built-in water systems, reducing the manual tasks you need to perform.
Choosing the Right Pig Pen
Depending on your budget and requirements, choose a pig pen:
- Housed Pig Pen: This avoids the need for a separate water source and helps in producing manure and slurry, which can be sold or used as fertilizer.
- Basic Pig Pasture: Requires manual water management and does not produce manure and slurry.
Buying Pigs
Once you have your pig pen, it’s time to buy some pigs. Here’s how:
Visit an Animal Dealer: This can be found in the town, marked by a deer head and feeding hand icon.
Buy Pigs Directly from the Pen: You can interact with the paw print icon on the pig pen to buy pigs directly.
Pig Species and Costs
- German Landrace
- Berkshire
- Benedict Black
You can buy pigs at different ages:
- Zero Months: Cheaper, longer gestation period.
- Three Months: More expensive, but they will breed faster.
Pig Needs
- Food: Pigs eat a variety of crops including corn, wheat, barley, canola, sunflowers, soybeans, potatoes, sorghum, and sugar beets.
- Water: Automatically provided in housed pens.
- Straw: Used to produce manure and slurry.
Feeding and Managing Your Pigs
Providing Food
- Buy Pig Feed: The easiest method is to buy pig feed from the shop.
- Self-Grown Crops: Alternatively, you can provide a mix of crops like maize, wheat, soybeans, and sugar beets to keep them healthy.
Equipment Needed
To feed and manage your pigs efficiently, you need:
- Tractor with a Front Loader: To transport feed and straw.
- Front Loading Attachments: Such as spikes or hooks for handling hay bales.
- Bag Lifters: For lifting bags of pig feed.
Feeding Process
- Purchase Pig Feed Bags: From the shop under the objects section.
- Transport and Drop Feed: Use a front loader to drop the feed bags at the feed trough marked with a specific icon.
Collecting and Using Manure and Slurry
Manure and Slurry Production
- Manure: Collected from the specific manure area.
- Slurry: Collected using slurry tanks, which can be used as fertilizer.
Optimizing Production
Providing straw will increase the production of manure and slurry, offering potential profits either through direct sales or use as organic fertilizer to improve field yields.
Selling Pigs
When your pigs are ready, you can sell them for a profit. Interact with the same paw print icon used for buying pigs to sell them.
Conclusion
Managing pigs in Farming Simulator 2025 requires careful planning and attention to their needs. Following the steps recapped in this guide ensures that your pig farm runs smoothly and profitably.
Remember, keeping pigs well-fed and healthy is the key to successful pig farming.
I hope you find this guide helpful!
