Cow Feed Needs - Console

[chedly_farms]

I wish cows ate more food. I did some testing and over the course of a month, 10 cows ate just around 1 round bale 4500L worth of food. I hate this, a couple of steers can eat 1 round bale in a couple weeks. I feel that their feeding rate is way too low. I also wish we had an option to feed cows ground/milled corn. At the very least have an option for how much the cows/animals eat. Kind of like the fuel usage option we recieved for fs22. Which if I haven't said thank you yet for that, "Thank You". The option to use more fuel is very much appreciated.

[UncleRico]

Would have been awesome if they’d have given a mod like the enhanced animal mod a push to console instead of one that has very little to do with farming.

[Eische]

That would have been great.
Right now, map makers can adjust the feed needs. But if you like it or not, you will be forced to use their setup.

A mod or game functionality where you can define feed amount and mixture independently from the map would be really great.

[Feirmeoir Eireannach]

I think my cows may have a problem or maybe I have to many, I'm playing on ballyspring with 600 cows which I've set myself a limit of giving them 100,000 litres a day worth of feed, they will eat a lot more than that but i refuse to give it or else I'll do nothing only make silage and feed cows over and over.
Actually now that I mention it that's all I do lol

[Eische]

Yeah, 600 fully matured cows will need 210000 liters of food per month (350 per cow) in basegame.

On Ballyspring you need to feed way more as the modder has significantly changed the animals needs. Cows for example need

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<food><!-- liters per month based on age -->
                    <key ageMonth="0" 	value="350" />
                    <key ageMonth="6" 	value="600" />
                    <key ageMonth="12" 	value="900" />
                    <key ageMonth="18" 	value="1300" />
                    <key ageMonth="22" 	value="1500" />
                    <key ageMonth="27" 	value="1900" />
                    <key ageMonth="28" 	value="2100" />
                </food>

[alanarientiziech]

Yeah, 600 fully matured cows will need 210000 liters of food per month (350 per cow) in basegame.

On Ballyspring you need to feed way more as the modder has significantly changed the animals needs. Cows for example need

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<food><!-- liters per month based on age -->
                    <key ageMonth="0" 	value="350" />
                    <key ageMonth="6" 	value="600" />
                    <key ageMonth="12" 	value="900" />
                    <key ageMonth="18" 	value="1300" />
                    <key ageMonth="22" 	value="1500" />
                    <key ageMonth="27" 	value="1900" />
                    <key ageMonth="28" 	value="2100" />
                </food>

where did I find those lines? a mod or is the base game?

[Eische]

Those are the changed numbers you will find in the Ballyspring map. As mentioned, the map maker has significantly changed animal needs.

[Bobbi-79]

2100 liters of feed/month/1 cow?
This is madness...

[Illinois Farmer]

2100 liters of feed/month/1 cow?
This is madness...

Try again. Eische literally did the math for you.

[JensChrDK]

2100 liters of feed/month/1 cow?
This is madness...

Try again. Eische literally did the math for you.

You try again, from Eische's math that is also what I can read, that a 28 month old cow eats 2100 liters pr month.

[Urinal2001]

Yeah, 600 fully matured cows will need 210000 liters of food per month (350 per cow) in basegame.

He says it right there.... each cow needs 350 litres a month. I cant even see how you got to 2100litres. Maybe something lost in translation? Who knows

Edit: Clarification by UncleRico below.

[UncleRico]

He says it right there.... each cow needs 350 litres a month. I cant even see how you got to 2100litres. Maybe something lost in translation? Who knows

In the green text, that’s the amount for the ballyspring map. The 350 is the base game value, or the 0-6 months amount on ballyspring.

[JensChrDK]

Yes - but who's to know, maybe it was the Ballyspring numbers Bobby-79 was commenting on...?

[Bobbi-79]

Yes, I commented on the feed needs of an adult cow on the Ballyspring map, and more specifically the feed needs of cows in the "livestock expansion" that is taking place on the Bucks County map. There, my 150 22-month-old cows consume over 8,000 liters of TMR/hour and I was wondering if it was a TNT error or if it was supposed to be like that. Now I know that this is the case with "animal expansion" and I must admit that I am a bit overwhelmed by it...
P.S. I know that in the basic version of the game, an adult cow eats just over 300 liters of TMR per month.
P.S2. Sorry, I use Google translator to write...