"Missing Farm Zone"

[A Walking Butt]

I just got the game today and I am having a good time so far. One thing that has been frustrating me is the wheat farm. I click on "Plant Crop Field" and paint a decently sized area. When I finish though, it just says "missing farm zone." I have no Idea what this means or how to fix it. I just want bread pls.

[Minotorious]

You need to wait for the next sowing season for the farm to start working and the warning to go away.

Farms have 4 seasons/states: sowing, growing, harvesting, resting

[Inyaface]

have the same issue with wheat ,with wine beerys too ...think its a bug ,bec i play this from the realase ,an this is new :(

[dperx]

Originally posted by *Inyaface*:

have the same issue with wheat ,with wine beerys too ...think its a bug ,bec i play this from the realase ,an this is new :(

Not a bug. Just wait until the next sowing cycle.

[Kyrros]

Also, each 'crop producer' needs its own field... fields are not shared among similar types. I made that mistake early on, painted a huge wheat field for two farms - it was only several game years later that I realized only one farm was producing on it the whole time.

While many of the 'painted' markers (harvest, replant, housing, etc) are shared among most other entities, fields are tied to only a single entity each, it's a bit counter-intuitive.

[Ghostlight]

Is there anyway to tell how big to paint the fields for your farms to make them efficient? Does the field size cost anything? Does it affect production rate? Same question on animal farms....how many animals should I spawn? Does it even matter?

[dperx]

Maximum farm size is roughly the size of the largest circle for painting zoning. Anything larger is irrelevant.

For animals, like sheep, for instance, adding more than 4-5 per farm is just for looks. The tender can only handle the first 4-5.