Harvesting grass seed.
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Harvesting grass seed.
Are there dedicated mods out there for harvesting grass seed? I've seen a youtube video where grass seed is being harvested with the FS17 Class Lexion 700 Stage IV MW Edition, but with a normal grain header for wheat and barley. Is this how grass seed is harvested? I thought the grass is cut with a knife cutter and then let to dry out a bit before harvested with a combine with a rake up header.
K. Henneberg/ArmChairFarming. Author of RealLifeNumbers (FS19, FS22)
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Re: Harvesting grass seed.
I would think it depends on whether you want grass or grass seed. Grass would be for haylage or hay. Grass seed would be for planting (I assume).
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Re: Harvesting grass seed.
I want the seed. It sells at a much higher price per liter than hay. Of course the volume per hectare is limited. But it seems like a forgotten fruit.Earnest Pea wrote: ↑Fri Jun 15, 2018 4:04 am I would think it depends on whether you want grass or grass seed. Grass would be for haylage or hay. Grass seed would be for planting (I assume).
K. Henneberg/ArmChairFarming. Author of RealLifeNumbers (FS19, FS22)
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Re: Harvesting grass seed.
I haven't tried it, but there are options on some of the cutters that come with that mod. I believe that selecting the proper options will allow it to harvest grass seed. (I can verify that choosing the wrong options will make it useless for the standard grains.)kahfs wrote: ↑Tue Jun 12, 2018 10:06 pm Are there dedicated mods out there for harvesting grass seed? I've seen a youtube video where grass seed is being harvested with the FS17 Class Lexion 700 Stage IV MW Edition, but with a normal grain header for wheat and barley. Is this how grass seed is harvested? I thought the grass is cut with a knife cutter and then let to dry out a bit before harvested with a combine with a rake up header.
Re: Harvesting grass seed.
Yes, I use the mod FS17 Class Lexion 700 Stage IV MW Edition with a special header for grass seed. It works fine, and I've seen real life videos of a Class combine harvesting grass seed. However, there is an alternative in real life, where a rake up header collects already cut grass, separates the seed into the grain bin and lay out a grass straw swath. It is this type of grass seed header I'm missing in FS17. Here's an example: https://youtu.be/a1p3C9IK9Swparad0x177 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 15, 2018 11:38 pmI haven't tried it, but there are options on some of the cutters that come with that mod. I believe that selecting the proper options will allow it to harvest grass seed. (I can verify that choosing the wrong options will make it useless for the standard grains.)kahfs wrote: ↑Tue Jun 12, 2018 10:06 pm Are there dedicated mods out there for harvesting grass seed? I've seen a youtube video where grass seed is being harvested with the FS17 Class Lexion 700 Stage IV MW Edition, but with a normal grain header for wheat and barley. Is this how grass seed is harvested? I thought the grass is cut with a knife cutter and then let to dry out a bit before harvested with a combine with a rake up header.
K. Henneberg/ArmChairFarming. Author of RealLifeNumbers (FS19, FS22)
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