FarmVille has grown to be the most popular Facebook game in just a year since it's launch in June 2009. Over 60 million people play the game every month and FarmVille is becoming a cultural phenomenon.

While the basics of FarmVille are easy to understand, there are many many different tips and tricks you can use to advance faster. Many people even deliberately hack the game to get more coins or increase their level.

When you are playing FarmVille it pays to decide if you want to make lots of money fast, or if you want to level up fast. What you want to accomplish will affect how to play the game most effectively.

To save time when plowing or seeding your fields, trap your farmer. The easiest way of doing this is to go to one of the corners of your farm and place two hay bales that keep the farmer from moving. When clicking a field it will be plowed instantly. Make sure you are planting the right crops. The best money earners in the game are peas, followed by asparagus and onions.

Farm Cash is used to buy the most exclusive items in FarmVille. Farm Cash can be earned by leveling up. To get more Farm Cash, don't buy it using real money. Instead take advantage of the 'paid surveys' on the Farm Cash page. Completing these offers can make you huge amounts of Farm Cash. Be careful what email address you use though, as these offers will generate a lot of spam mail.

Experience points can be bought. When you buy decorations for your farm you get a few experience points for each purchase. The best value is to buy hay bales. If you don't want your farm filled up with hay bales, just sell them off as soon as you get them. You will keep the experience points forever. This tips can be useful when you are very close to reaching a new level.

FarmVille can be hacked using CheatEngine. If you really want to get unlimited funds, search for cheatengine to download the program. There are a number of tutorials online to show how to get all sorts of goodies using this hack on FarmVille. Be advised that the cheatengine directly edits the memory used by FarmVille, and if you are not 100% sure of what you are doing you can do damage to your farm!

WARNING: Using CheatEngine violates the FarmVille program terms. Please consider this prior to using it as both your Facebook and Farmville accounts may be permanently removed as a result.