Precision Farming Achieved 3 Million Downloads!

Precision Farming is among the most popular downloads for Farming Simulator 22. After the project in collaboration with John Deere and EIT Food started in 2020, we now celebrate over three million overall downloads across platforms with you!

Haven't tried it, yet? It's available for free and adds exciting new layers of gameplay to extend your operation with sustainable smart farming technology. If you need more info about the project, find them below!

The Precision Farming Free DLC is a project initiated by John Deere and funded by EIT Food, Europe’s leading Food Innovation Initiative. Co-funded by the EU, it is meant to highlight sustainable technology in agriculture. 

• Learn what Precision Farming is
• Find out more about EIT Food

Celebrating 3 Million Downloads

Precision Farming was set up as a collaborative project. But, not only the project members were involved in the development process. You were, too - as we collected your feedback alongside the input from students to extend the free DLC with new features based on your requests. 

So, thank you for your support of the project and your valuable feedback! We hope you continue to have fun with the smart farming features that are available in Farming Simulator 22. If you need an overview, we explained the features in detail - find a list below!

Precision Farming Features

• Soil Types*
• Soil Sampling*
• Environmental Score
• Economic Analysis & Yield Maps*
• Crop Sensors
• Variable Rate Seeding
• Variable Rate Weed Control
• Variable Rate Manure Fertilizing
• Variable Rate Mineral Fertilizing*
• Variable Rate Mineral Lime Spreading*

* Returning features based on Precision Farming for Farming Simulator 19

Goals & Members of the Project

The EIT Food-funded project aims to provide knowledge regarding sustainable farming technology. Implementing Precision Farming in the global video game phenomenon Farming Simulator is one of EITs multiple steps to increase awareness.

Various other partners from the European Union are part of the project: The University of Hohenheim (Germany), the University of Reading (UK), Grupo AN (the largest cereal cooperative in Spain), and the Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research of Polish Academy of Sciences cooperate to promote the technology.