Best farm to start with is....?

[BlueZebra]

Is there one that stands out from the others?

[Vroomi]

Whichever you like, but the Standard one if you want a lot of space.

[I Kinda Fail]

I think the forest one would be best for beginners. You get free food in your backyard, you get lots of hardwood fairly early on, and there's not a ton of room to farm so you'll always be done farming by 9am at the latest, I'd think.

Otherwise, the standard Farming one.

[VerboseLamp]

Whichever you feel like. Unless you're min-maxing, it doesn't have any impact on your ability to play the game or fill out your collections. The different maps simply off a choice of different minor (emphasis on minor perks and asthetics to keep things interesting.

Go with whichiever looks the best to you. Unless your only goal is to completely max out production, in which case the original farm objectively has the most room for growth.

[casezulu]

For a fast start money wise I like the river farm. Can fish all day which uses less energy than wood cutting or mining, eat fish to replenish energy and sell gold/silver catches. Since you're in your backyard you can fish until midnight and still be fully rested the next day. This farm makes a lot of money at the very start of the game so you can stock up on strawberry sees and upgrade tools faster. The 1.11 patch will reduce that advantage, though I expect this farm will still provide better fishing than the others.

The river farm requires more planning though since there's less space. The island with the dock is a great spot for a massive group of beehives around one flower.

I've tried all the farms and personally like forest and river the best of the new types. But YMMV.

[The Y'All Of Us]

I've been playing the Forest, Wilderness, and Hilltop farms simultaneously. I'm loving the aesthetics and convenience of the Forest farm- free berry bushes, hardwood stumps, and seasonal forage items, more than enough farming space for my personal needs (areas you can't plant crops are perfect for keeping a renewing cycle of trees, further boosting the Foraging skill and keeping you rolling in sap for fertilizer, and make good spots for keeping beehouses to make mead with), and the lakes are placed perfectly apart to make watering convenient on all the available farming tiles.

To start with, I'd definitely say it's the best for getting an edge on your early game- especially since the guranteed mixed seeds will basically double the amount of crops you can plant in the first couple weeks.

[I Kinda Fail]

Yeah, Riverlands isn't bad at all... for an experienced player. But so, so many people have problems with fishing, that I definitely wouldn't call it a "beginner map". More like "experienced".

[add1007]

Forest Layout is the best in my opinion. Any need for large scale farming occurs either in the Fall Year 1 or Year 2. Forest Farm jump starts collection bundles and boosts early game progression. The Foraging skill is very beneficial to have throughout all seasons especially if you build the beach bridge.
The hardwood comes in handy late game building casks for your basement and for Year 2 building such as the stable that can save time. Any other farm layout bottle necks you to take a few hours out of your day to travel to the Cindersap Forest for the hardwood there. The mushrooms and forage items allow you to rush the bundles and the salmonberries replenish your energy.
Riverlands only have the same type of fish and they don't offer any rare resource to make up for it. The most profitable fish are found in the ocean, I find.