A Sowing Machine (or Sower, Seeder) is a piece of equipment whose purpose is to sow crops. Each model of sowing machine can only sow certain types of crops. Sowing machines need to be filled with seeds, and then dragged across a suitably-prepared field by a tractor. Certain sowing machines can prepare the field themselves as they work.
There are 12 types of Sowing Machines in the base game. They differ from one another in a variety of ways, including the types of Crops they can sow, their working width, and whether or not they can cultivate while sowing. The Big Bud DLC adds 1 non-cultivating sower, 2 cultivating sowers, and 2 sower expansion tanks. The Kuhn DLC adds 2 non-cultivating sowers, 1 cultivating sower, and 1 sower expansion tank.
List of sowing machines in Farming Simulator 17[]
Non-cultivating Sowers[]
These machines can only sow crops on top of cultivated soil that does not contain any seeds or plants.
Sower | Price ($) |
Maint. ($ / day) |
Crop Types | Capacity (liters) |
Working Width (m / ft) |
Max. Working Speed (km/h / mph) |
Req. Power* (kW / hp) |
Fertilizes? | Front Hitch |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kverneland Accord DL | 8,200 | 30 | Wheat Barley Canola Soybean Oilseed Radish Grass |
750 | 3.0 / 10 | 15 / 9 | 55 / 75 | No | Three-point hitch |
Amazone ED 3000-C | 13,000 | 30 | Sunflower Soybean Corn Beets |
1,140 | 3.0 / 10 | 15 / 9 | 74 / 100 | Yes | Three-point hitch |
Great Plains 3P1006NT | 15,000 | 40 | Wheat Barley Canola Soybean Oilseed radish Grass |
1,200 | 3.0 / 10 | 15 / 9 | 74 / 100 | Yes | Three-point hitch |
Grimme GL 420 | 21,000 | 50 | Potatoes | 2,740 | 3.0 / 10 | 12 / 7.5 | 88 / 120 | Yes | Three-point hitch |
Kverneland Optima V | 29,000 | 90 | Sunflower Soybean Corn Sugar beet |
1,200 | 4.5 / 15 | 15 / 9 | 51 / 70 | Yes | Three-point hitch |
Grimme GL 860 Compacta | 58,000 | 140 | Potatoes | 9,020 | 6.0 / 20 | 12 / 9 | 125 / 170 | Yes | Drawbar (Ball) |
Väderstad Tempo F8 | 61,000 | 170 | Sunflower Soybean Corn Sugar beet |
2,260 | 6.0 / 20 | 20 / 12 | 103 / 140 | Yes | Drawbar (Ball) |
Horsch Maestro 12 SW | 121,000 | 330 | Sunflower Soybean Corn Sugar beet |
9,000 | 9.0 / 30 | 15 / 9 | 132 / 180 | Yes | Drawbar (Ball) |
Lemken Solitair 12 | 168,000 | 480 | Wheat Barley Canola Soybean Oilseed radish Grass |
5,800 | 12.0 / 39 | 15 / 9 | 199 / 270 | No | Drawbar (Bolt) |
Great Plains YP-2425A (Big Bud DLC only) |
142,000 | 400 | Wheat Barley Canola Soybean Oilseed radish Corn Sunflower Beets |
5,800 | 18.2 / 60 | 12.0 / 7.5 | 206 / 280 | No | Drawbar (Bolt) |
Kuhn BTF 4000 (Kuhn DLC only) |
14,000 | 50 | Wheat Barley Canola Soybean Oilseed radish Grass |
? | 4.0 / 13 | 15.0 / 9 | 74 / 100 | No | Three-point hitch |
Kuhn PLANTER 3 R 12 (Kuhn DLC only) |
54,000 | 140 | Sunflower Soybean Corn Beets |
1204 | 5.4 / 18 | 15.0 / 9 | 74 / 100 | Yes | Three-point hitch |
Cultivating Sowers[]
These machines can sow crops on top of any soil 1 the need for pre-cultivation. They destroy whatever was in that soil.
Sower | Price ($) |
Maint. ($ / day) |
Crop Types | Capacity (liters) |
Working Width (m / ft) |
Max. Working Speed (km/h / mph) |
Req. Power* (kW / hp) |
Fertilizes? | Front Hitch |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Väderstad Rapid A 600S | 52,000 | 150 | Wheat Barley Canola Soybean Oilseed radish Grass |
3,100 | 6.0 / 20 | 20 / 12 | 132 / 180 | No | Three-point hitch |
Horsch Pronto 9 DC | 96,000 | 260 | Wheat Barley Canola Soybean Oilseed radish Grass |
5,000 | 9.0 / 30 | 20 / 12 | 199 / 270 | Yes | Three-point hitch |
Amazone Condor 15001 | 224,000 | 670 | Wheat Barley Canola Soybean Oilseed radish Grass |
8,000 | 15.0 / 49 | 15 / 9 | 199 / 270 | Yes | Three-point hitch |
Hatzenbichler Terminator TH18 (Big Bud DLC only) |
212,000 | 620 | Wheat Barley Canola Soybean Oilseed radish Grass |
? | 18.0 / 59 | 15 / 9 | 331 / 450 | Yes | Drawbar (Bolt) |
Seed Hawk XL Toolbar 84FT (Big Bud DLC only) |
290,000 | 800 | Wheat Barley Canola Soybean Oilseed radish Grass |
? | 25.6 / 84 | 15 / 9 | 471 / 640 | Yes | Drawbar (Bolt) |
Kuhn ESPRO 3000 (Kuhn DLC only) |
32,000 | 60 | Wheat Barley Canola Soybean Oilseed radish Grass |
2500 | 3.0 / 10 | 15 / 9 | 81 / 110 | No | Three-point hitch |
Sower Expansion Tanks[]
Additional tanks increase the capacity of sowing machines.
Sower | Price ($) |
Maint. ($ / day) |
Crop Types | Capacity (liters) |
Front Hitch | DLC |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hatzenbichler TH1400 (Big Bud DLC only) |
98,000 | 40 | Wheat Barley Canola Soybean Oilseed radish Grass Sunflower Corn Beets |
14,000 | Drawbar (Bolt) | |
Seed Hawk 980 Air Cart (Big Bud DLC only) |
185,000 | 70 | Wheat Barley Canola Soybean Oilseed radish Grass Sunflower Corn Beets |
34,500 | Drawbar (Bolt) | |
Kuhn TF 1500 (Kuhn DLC only) |
11,000 | 5 | Wheat Barley Canola Soybean Oilseed radish Grass Sunflower Corn Beets |
5,800 | Three-point hitch |
Table Notes[]
- Power requirements are suggestions only.
- The capacity listed is a combination of the seed capacity and fertilizer capacity (where applicable)