Is it possible to make farms with fields? Also how does zoning work?

[andysonofbob]

Hi

Yeah

Is it possible to make farms? I see there is a zone tool for agriculture but I wasn't sure how to get large plots of land used for fields.

I haven't unlocked much though.

Thanks

 

[Illanair]

It sure is.

You'll need to unlock the district feature (It's pretty early if I recall correctly), then look at your resources map and spot some green ground - This is meadow, which provides the soil that farmland needs (You -can- place farmland elsewhere, but nothing will grow naturally - the farms will import soil through trucks)

Once you've found a good location, drag out some dirt roads and make it all nice (Not mandatory but hey - it's a city builder. Might as well pretty it up), then paint a district over the entire area, pick the farming district tool and click on the district you've made (It should have a tractor icon)

Done? Zone it with industrial, connect it up with pipes and power and wait. You may also want to build a fire station nearby as well as give them the smoke detector policy - industry has a tendency to burn a lot.

 

[EvilTom]

On agricultural/fertile land in the Resource view, how do I make it so that only fields/extractors (rather than food factories/processors) grow?

I build agriculture land on the yellow resource and make the district over the top agricultural, but I get a mix of fields and food factories. Often the food factories have to import their goods. I would want more fields etc.

 

[NosajDraw]

At the moment, it is not possible to get large fields, or to restrict an area to only have fields. There are mods that allow you to place fields yourself, but these are mostly just disguised parks and work as parks as opposed to working like you would expect crop fields to work.

 

[Illanair]

I give it a day or two before those ploppable fields become growables with no park stats.