Crop Preview: Bananas, Beans, and Alpacas

While coffee beans might take center stage in the upcoming Beans & Alpacas expansion, they certainly aren’t arriving alone. Keen-eyed virtual farmers who examined the expansion artwork likely spotted our open secret: tropical bananas are officially joining the roster of harvestable crops!

Bringing bananas to your estate involves a bespoke agricultural framework featuring overhead monorail transport systems and dedicated washing hubs. In the lush, tropical environment of Catuaí, you can cultivate and harvest crops consistently throughout the entire calendar year, transforming your plantation into an uninterrupted revenue powerhouse.

Design and Optimize Your Banana Plantations

Construct custom individual rows or generate complete plantation grids with a single click.

From initial spatial design to slicing bunches, transporting stems, and refining the harvest, banana farming introduces an engaging, multi-step production pipeline. Whether you prefer the satisfaction of manual labor or opt to delegate field work to hired helpers, managing a plantation delivers a uniquely rewarding gameplay loop.

Tailor your land precisely to your vision: place individual crop rows by hand or define field boundaries to automatically populate an entire plantation layout. The intelligent planning system will calculate optimal row orientation, rail infrastructure requirements, acreage, and overall investment costs automatically.

This dynamic design flexibility ensures you have total authority over scale and topography while making expansive agricultural developments effortless to construct. Once established, your overhead rail network becomes the central artery for your harvesting logistics.

Machetes, Monorails & Washing Facilities

Harvest stems manually with a machete and transport them via specialized overhead rail lines.

Step directly into the field and harvest ripe stems using a machete. Once severed, attach the heavy bunches onto the suspended conveyor rails to transport them effortlessly across your plantation directly into the processing washhouse.

Inside the facility, washed bananas are sorted and packaged onto commercial pallets ready for transit. If you are occupied with other duties around your estate, your hired crew can step in and run the entire collection workflow autonomously.

Protecting Crop Health & Disease Prevention

Targeted crop protection is vital for maintaining peak yield cycles.

Maintaining high productivity requires diligent orchard care. Banana plants can succumb to crop diseases that necessitate prompt fungicide treatments before they regain vigor. Maneuver compact tractors paired with specialized orchard sprayers down the tight aisles to treat infected plants.

Consistent disease management is a cornerstone of steady output—especially given Catuaí’s non-stop annual growth potential. Furthermore, you are not confined to South America; banana cultivation can be expanded to other farming regions across your savegames as well.

Perennial Regeneration: Cut Back & Regrow

Banana trees naturally regenerate after every harvest cycle.

Unlike standard arable crops, banana plants do not require full replanting after every harvest. Cutting back the parent pseudostem stimulates new shoots to emerge and mature, creating an efficient perennial cycle utilizing your existing field infrastructure.

Pairing banana groves with sprawling coffee estates is a natural match. The vibrant foliage set against the rich, terra-rossa soils of South America delivers both aesthetic charm and massive economic returns.

Expanded Production Chains & Value-Added Goods

Turn raw harvests into gourmet treats, beverages, and pantry staples.

Your agricultural journey extends far beyond selling fresh produce. Maximize profit margins by integrating your yield into comprehensive downstream manufacturing facilities.

Supply crates of freshly washed bananas to local processing units—including commercial bakeries, dairies, dehydration facilities, and canning operations—to craft high-demand commodities like rich banana milk, crunchy dried chips, gourmet jams, and baked pastries.

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Farming Simulator 25: Beans & Alpacas invites you to the vibrant landscapes of Catuaí, South America. Cultivate gourmet coffee, raise alpacas, develop complex industrial production lines, and master more than two dozen specialized machines. Launching October 27th across PC and major console platforms.

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