Farm Contractor Services is a complete rewrite of the original Contractor Harvesting mod, previously known as Contractor Harvesting. It introduces a new interface, concurrent jobs, and an expanded range of agricultural services in Farming Simulator 25.
Features
- Combine harvesting, with harvester sizes and straw-handling options.
- Maize forage harvesting, with you providing the carting.
- Cultivation and ploughing.
- Sowing.
- Fertiliser and lime spreading.
- Mowing and windrowing.
- Square baling, currently an experimental service.
- Mowing, then Windrowing, then Baling can be booked as one linked grass-work order. Each stage progresses automatically, with the appropriate contractor equipment arriving for the next operation.
- A dedicated Contractor Office interface with a field map to help you find the right field before booking.
- Active jobs, future bookings, and hired support equipment are shown in one place.
- Job details, charges, and contractor attention requests can be reviewed from the office.
- Work can be booked for today or up to seven days ahead.
- Additional-charge priority and urgent options are available for same-day work.
- Up to two contractor crews can work simultaneously, with further bookings queued as crews become available.
- Equipment options are available for each service, including harvester sizes, larger cultivation equipment, and working speeds.
- Mowing choices include a compact front-mounted mower and the Krone BiG M 450, providing a wider cut for larger jobs.
- Windrowing uses a centre-delivery SaMASZ Z2-840 H.
- For harvesting, you can hire support equipment or use your own tractors and trailers.
- Compatible successive jobs can share hired support equipment, helping you keep carting across multiple fields.
- The harvester’s unloading stop threshold can be set globally to 65%, 75% or 85% in the game settings.
- Contractors handle the fieldwork while you manage the farm around them.
- Bring trailers to unload combines, cart alongside the forage harvester, and collect finished bales from the field.
- Pause and recovery controls let you step in when a job needs assistance.
- The original harvesting and unloading system remains at the heart of the mod, with expanded booking, save/reload recovery, and job-management features.
- Baling is an experimental feature.
- Linked grass jobs can use recorded windrower passes to guide the baler.
- A swath-preview screen lets you inspect material remaining on the field.
- Results can vary with field shape, boundaries, obstacles, and swath placement.
- Some jobs may need manual assistance or a final tidy-up.
- The swath preview is a viewing tool, not a live steering system.
- Bale wrapping and collection are not included.
Compatibility
- Single-player only.
- Optional Realistic Farm Finance integration supports eligible rented land.
- Optional Derwen Mobile Phone integration provides contractor notifications.
