I ran a test, with these results.

Planting and harvesting beet root on the upper left field:

Yield using no fertilizer: 16,000
Yield using fertilizer after plowing but before planting: 24,000
Yield using fertilizer after planting then waiting until the plants first appear: 24,000

I agree, the back-up and restore function remains sketchy. It would be very disappointing to crash a phone or iPad and lose hundreds of hours of FS game play. Hope this is addressed real soon...

Cool to know. Thanks Stegei.

No crashes here either, Marc. And that is after seceral hours of game play.

run a test

I believe that is how it works. You get the instant slurry and cash when the trailer is initially emptied (the hopper does not need to be full). But when the hopper reaches 100%, a white bag is created and it takes approx 80 mins for the bio system to process it. You cannot add additional wagon load...

I agree; this game is awesome as it so closely emulates real farming. I have been playing for several months now and still find cool things, like small stickers on machinery.

To my knowledge, fertilizing only adds value once the small plants appear. If you fertilize while the field is brown there will be no added effect.

It would be good to have a barn area where bales of hay and collected cut hay can be stored temporarily. Then lots of hay could be collected and managed as needed. Another nice idea would be to have a front-end loader implement for the tractor, or a bale handler that fits in the back of the pick-up ...

I use a keyboard with my iPad and tested your question, with no positive result.

@JayKayEM: I see above that Navan is using android. Are you also? I am using an ipad and have never experienced logs laying about. @kc2dpt: my silo production works seamlessly, with chaff used up and bio gas produced. So is this an android issue? Game crashes is what I have been dealing with lately-...

@JayKayEM: selecting less graphics is close to a fix for me. Disappointing, though, as the graphics in this game are spectacular. To my knowledge no other developer comes even close.

GIANTS, I am not sure of the extent of your stability improvements and bug fixes in the last 1.0.5 xx update but I am still experiencing game crashes (on re-start my play reverts to the last auto sync (the gear moving in the upper right corner; sorry for my non-technical jargon). Another obvious iss...

How about Giants provides us with a Caterpillar D9 or D10N dozer with a push blade (or a Case 580 Super N backhoe) and one or two fields that need levelling out, stumps pulled out with the back ripper, water drainage, etc--and payment is made when the field becomes acceptable for cultivation (use a ...

@Hasab: thanks for pointing this thread out. It would be great if we could use the Scorpion and Buffalo for only off-road use, and have Giants release a trailer with bunks that hold 20 logs and that connects to the Man transport truck for fast, road delivery to any selling point within a minute or t...