How do you get villagers to farm?

[Peaches]

in the assign work tab there is no like section for assigning a zone for farming. i have the like farmlands tiles set but do i need to initially plant seeds for them to start doing it themselves or what do i do to make them? i have the priorities thing set too but my fields are baron...

[Asmodan]

You need to put the first seeds in yourself. After that they harvest and replant the set fields on their own.

[Peaches]

Originally posted by Asmodan:

You need to put the first seeds in yourself. After that they harvest and replant the set fields on their own.

thank you

[ucurius]

Originally posted by Asmodan:

You need to put the first seeds in yourself. After that they harvest and replant the set fields on their own.

Like said: A farmer harvest what you planted. I change fields, in seeds planted, only for what I want to be cooked or what I can cook, with my seeds.

1st I plant seeds to harvest; 2nd I plant seeds for what I can cook with them; 3rd I plant seeds for I want to be cooked; 4th Is optimization of the fields, for cook/sell, in that settlement.

Like trees, plant the trees you want and get them harvested.

[Twinky]

You can increase the efficiency/workflow by setting a "restricted" zone for the settlers you want farming, this keeps them from wandering around to do odd jobs - just remember to include storage and food in the restricted zone. I believe this is needed if they keep wandering off to pick blue berries on the other side of the island.

[Peaches]

Originally posted by ucurius:

Originally posted by Asmodan:

You need to put the first seeds in yourself. After that they harvest and replant the set fields on their own.

Like said: A farmer harvest what you planted. I change fields, in seeds planted, only for what I want to be cooked or what I can cook, with my seeds.

1st I plant seeds to harvest; 2nd I plant seeds for what I can cook with them; 3rd I plant seeds for I want to be cooked; 4th Is optimization of the fields, for cook/sell, in that settlement.

Like trees, plant the trees you want and get them harvested.

how big of a size of crop fields is best? i see some people do like long rectangles basically so is that optimal?

[ucurius]

I am not sure, since there is always a overproduction in my villages.
You need 2 wheat per animal, maybe the same for villagers in vegetables. I did not find how much a villager eat(?), but in the back of my mind I think they will eat like 1-2 of the cooked recipes.

I think short ways between tasks is optimal for villagers, like: bed, food, workplace.