The invention relates to a method for simulating and/or determining an effective method of working agricultural areas, wherein a division of the agricultural area into headland and main area and/or a number of tracks of agricultural machines in a headland and/or configuration of tracks of agricultural machines in a headland and/or number of the tracks of agricultural machines in a main area and/or configuration of tracks of agricultural machines in a main area with respect to optimized route length and/or travelling time and/or material consumption and/or costs which are incurred with respect to the working of agricultural areas are simulated and/or determined.
