Straw Harvest Pack

Straw Harvest Pack is a popular addon by Creative Mesh available as boxed version and digital download for PC-DVD version of Farming Simulator 17 in November 30th, 2017. Being very popular along the players, it was later released in April 7th, 2020 as a free content for Farming Simulator 19 on ModHub. For Farming Simulator 22, the addon is released in January 23rd, 2024 on GIANTS ModHub. For Farming Simulator 25, the addon is released as a DLC (claiming for free) in August 12th, 2025.

Gaps of development

Here are the gaps of development between Farming Simulator release year and the addon.

• For Farming Simulator 17, that was released in 2016, the add-on that was released in 2017 is developed 1 year.
• For Farming Simulator 19, that was released in 2018, the mod that was released in 2020 is developed 2 years.
• For Farming Simulator 22, that was released in 2021, the mod that was released in 2024 is developed 3 years.
• For Farming Simulator 25, that was released in 2024, the DLC that was released in 2025 is developed 1 year.

Summary

The add-on introduces pellet industry and adds new equipment by Bressel und Lade and KRONE. This is a first project developed by Creative Mesh in 2016. For the first time, the mod was released for Farming SImulator 17 in November 30th, 2017 as a paid add-on, only for DVD version. For Farming Simulator 19, it was released in April 7th, 2020 for free. The add-on later released for Farming Simulator 22 in January 23rd, 2024, and, like for Farming Simulator 19, it is a downloadable mod. Straw Harvest Pack returns for Farming Simulator 25 as a DLC on August 12th, 2025, which can be downloaded by claiming it for free.

For pellet harvesting, the KRONE Premos 5000 introduced in the add-on. It can either collect straw or hay from the field to make pellets or use the Bale Shredder for stationary pellet production. KRONE BigPack 1290 HDP II XC and KRONE Comprima V 180 XC balers are also included, with the special BaleCollect 1230 addon for Big Pack 1290 HDP II XC that can collect 3 bales and unload them at a time.

Premos 5000, Comprima V 180 XC and BigPack 1290 HDP II XC have the special pallets that have a refilling barrels. BigPack can be refilled with a twines, Comprima can be refilled with a nets, and the Premos can be refilled with a molasses.

Besides balers, bale grabbers by Bressel und Lade and Lizard are introduced. These grabbers have various size for front loaders, telehandlers and wheel loaders They grab and hold bales while moving and release them only when you want them to. The included industry hall can be configured in three different ways. You can use it as an empty hall for parking your vehicles, store bales and pallets. Add a hall crane to make moving bulk material, bales and pallets more accessible. Add an automatic palletizer to further process the pellets produced by the KRONE Premos 5000. The pallets filled with pellets can then be sold at a higher profit at the selling station provided with the addon.

Content included

Placeables

• Production hall - here the bales and pallets be stored and vehicles be parked.
• Indoor crane - moves bulk material, bales and pallets.
• Palletizer - bags the pellets and deposits them.
• Selling point - here you can sell pellets

Equipment

Name	Image	Category	Manufacturer	Needs refilling?	Refilling pallet name (if has)	Refilling pallet image (if has)
vGrab		Bale grabber	Lizard	No	N/A	N/A
B50 AR-03		Bale grabber	Bressel und Lade	No	N/A	N/A
B50 AR-05		Bale grabber	Bressel und Lade	No	N/A	N/A
Comprima V 180 XC		Round baler	KRONE	Yes	KRONE Bale Net Pallet
BiG Pack 1290 HDP II XC		Square baler	KRONE	Yes	KRONE Bale Twine Pallet
BaleCollect 1230		Special addon for BigPack 1290 HDP II XC to collect 3 bales and unload them at a time	KRONE	No	N/A	N/A
Premos 5000		Pellet producer	KRONE	Yes	Weidegut Molasses Pallet
Bale Shredder		Special addon for Premos 5000 that enables stationary pellet production	KRONE	No	N/A	N/A

Trivia

General

• KRONE Comprima V 180 XC round baler shares its full name with Krone Comprima V 180 Round Baler, from Farming Simulator 13, where there is a V 180 XC on its side.
• This is for the first time when the pallet brand is a licensed manufacturer with Krone branded pallets.

In-game

• In Farming Simulator 25, Lizard vGrab Bressel und Lade B50 attachments appear in four shop categories: loaders - front loader tools, loaders - telehandler tools, loaders - wheel loader tools and baling - transport.
• In FS17, Premos 5000 appears with single-axle configuration. In FS19, FS22 and FS25, Premos 5000 is tandem-axled.
• After FS25, BaleCollect 1230 is now appears as a configuration for BiG Pack 1290 HDP II XC's bale unloading. Before this, it can be bought separately.

IRL

• In 2025, Krone celebrated 10 years of Premos 5000 pellet producing machine.