FS25 Guide: Planting & Harvesting Rice

FS25 Guide: Planting & Harvesting Rice

Here’s the thing about rice in Farming Simulator 25: Not all rice is the same. There are two different types – long grain rice and what we just call “rice”. How about we take a closer look at the differences between them?

Rice Types

Rice and long grain rice need different water levels, machines to sow and harvest, and seeds, of course. Long grain rice isn’t sown in water like the other one. Instead, the rice paddy for long grain rice gets flooded AFTER the sowing, not before. But let’s start at the beginning!

Rice Paddies

Both types of rice are planted or sown in rice fields (also called rice paddies) – that’s a special type of field deepened to allow for water retention. That’s why you require open space on your land.

Via the build menu, you start the creation process. Instead of just placing down a field, you can shape it in any size or form.

Rice Greenhouses

This one is optional – you can buy saplings at the dealership. Or you build a special greenhouse dedicated to cultivating rice saplings. If your agricultural ambitions rely on increased rice production, you should look at growing them yourself.

Planting & Harvesting Rice

Here’s the equipment you need to plant and harvest rice: You need a tractor, a cultivator, a specialized rice planter as well as a harvester, and a trailer. Some lime should also be in storage – but for the end of the whole process. Rice fields are pre-limed when you build them, which is why you don’t need to apply it in the beginning.

Activate the water pump to flood the field, then plant the saplings. Since the rice planter will take care of fertilization, you don’t need an additional fertilizer spreader like with other crops.

The pump will automatically provide the correct amount of water. Just check your water pump daily to maintain the proper level, or you will lose seedlings and yield. All the water will be soaked up by the thirsty plants by the end of the growth cycle.

When the rice is mature, harvest it and decide whether to sell it, store it, or process it into products. To grow another batch of rice, apply lime to the field and cultivate the paddy after harvesting. Lime is only needed after a few harvests. Check the field info to see if it is needed!

Sowing & Harvesting Long Grain Rice

With long grain rice, you don’t need any water to sow your plant just yet. Long grain rice is sown dry. Just fill your seeder with seeds and start sowing one row after another until the whole paddy is covered.

After that, you flood the rice field and need to maintain different water levels at different growth stages. Don’t worry, the pump will only allow just the right amount of water. Check your water pump daily to maintain the proper level. If you don’t, you will lose some of your rice saplings.

Once the plant is ready to harvest and has consumed all the fresh, yummy water, just head over to your harvester and hop in! Your standard combine with a grain header will do the job.

Sell it, store it, or process it further at select production plants. But we’re not done yet! To cultivate another batch of rice, apply lime to the field and cultivate the paddy with a cultivator.

Growth Stages

Regular Rice

Long Grain Rice

Watch the video about Rice harvesting by DjGoHam Gaming. He talks in more detail about rice types and how to grow them in the game.