Patch Notes | 23.9.

New Crops & Grass Farming

• Added grass as a new crop.

• Grass seeds are now available from agro stores and the home agro magazine.

• Grass can be planted with standard seeders and can be sown by hired workers.

• Grass can be planted outside winter and follows its own growth cycle:

  • Small: 10 days

  • Medium: 20 days

  • Ready to mow: 30 days

  • Withered: 180 days

• Cultivated grass fields provide significantly more grass than naturally growing grass.

• Combine harvesters cannot harvest grass and will destroy the crop if used on it.

• Barley and oats now leave straw after harvesting.

Hay, Straw & Drying

• Freshly cut grass now has humidity and gradually dries during suitable weather.

• Mowed grass visually changes from fresh green to dry yellow as moisture decreases.

• Nearby grass piles display their current humidity percentage.

• Grass can be raked at any humidity level, but must be sufficiently dry before it can be baled.

• Mowed grass can still be collected manually and used for animals or sold.

• Dry grass now produces dedicated hay bales, visually distinct from straw bales.

• Straw and grass can both be raked into rows before baling.

• Hay bales provide 100% feed value when delivered to a cowshed.

• Straw bales provide 25% feed value.

• Hay bales sell for 50% more than straw bales.

New Vehicles & Equipment

[p align="start"]Added several new grass-working machines:

• STIHL RT 6721 ride-on mower

• Merciless 965 twin-rotor rake

• Old side-delivery hay rake

• Old Wasp 3 side mower

• Wasp Gen 4 side mower

• Existing rear mower is now fully operational

[p align="start"]The STIHL ride-on mower is a fast and agile option for smaller spaces around the farm. Cut grass is transferred directly into the player's inventory rather than left for baling.

[p align="start"]The modern twin-rotor rake works roughly twice as efficiently as the older rake and creates two convenient grass rows for baling.

Vehicle Stores

[p align="start"]Vehicle store selections have been expanded across both eras.

[p align="start"]1960s

• Old side mower and side-delivery rake added to the western vehicle store near Nathan and Nelly's farm.

• Additional Maverick 450 tractors added to multiple dealerships around the map.

[p align="start"]Modern Era

• Twin-rotor rake and modern side mower added near Nathan and Nelly's farm.

• STIHL ride-on mower added to the southern bridge dealership.

• Additional Kraftig 7 and Tercites Tepeo tractors added to several dealerships.

Improved Vehicle Physics

• Several foldable implements now use fully physical attachments that interact naturally with walls, fences, vehicles and other obstacles.

• Attachments can rest against obstacles while unfolding instead of forcing themselves through them.

• Improved behavior of wheeled three-point attachments such as the modern rake.

[p align="start"]Physical folding improvements currently apply to several mowers, the Merciless 965 rake and the Mekken Kayuga cultivator.

Workers

• Workers can now be ordered to sow grass.

• Workers can also mow and sell grass using suitable tractors and mowing equipment.

Economy

• Improved accuracy when calculating income from:

  • Grain

  • Potatoes

  • Sugar beets

  • Lumber mill products

Inventory & Controls

• Improved inventory and toolbelt item handling.

• Items moved from the toolbelt now stay in the inventory position where they were placed.

• Fixed several cases where stacked items could temporarily disappear, move to another toolbelt slot or display incorrectly.

• Improved drag-and-drop reliability when scrolling through a full inventory.

• Furniture, pallets and other objects now correctly display “Place” instead of tool-related wording.

• Improved object placement and rotation prompts with the correct item names.

Fixes & Improvements

• Fixed the greenhouse at the north-east farm not being fully repairable.

• Fixed field detection when the tractor itself is outside a field but the attached implement (e.g. mower) is still working inside it.

• Fixed foldable vehicle parts potentially becoming stuck if the player exited the tractor during operation.

• Fixed building materials occasionally disappearing or failing to replenish.

• Various inventory indexing, toolbelt and item-stack stability fixes.

Save Compatibility

[p align="start"]Grass crops, grass humidity, hay and straw bale types, and the expanded crop inventory are fully saved and loaded while remaining compatible with existing save games.