SimFarm/Structures

Structures serve a variety of purposes on your farm. They fall into two main categories: storage and water.

Storage
Different types of structures can store various types of equipment and livestock. Equipment and livestock can also be stored outdoors, but this may cause quality to deteriorate over time.

Silos
Silos are intended to store harvested crops, but can also store seeds. If there is no room in a silo after a field is harvested, the crop will be immediately sold in town.

Sheds
Sheds can store machinery, seed, and chemicals.

Harvested crops can be moved into a shed with the Move Object tool, but become stuck, even after being sold. Harvesters will not place crops into a shed automatically.

Barns
Livestock will use barns as shelter. Livestock will not eat or drink as much if they are in a barn.

Barns can also store machinery, seed, and chemicals, but are more expensive than sheds.

Harvested crops can be moved into a shed with the Move Object tool, but become stuck, even after being sold. Harvesters will not place crops into a barn automatically.

Water
Pumps and windmills provide a water source to keep your fields and livestock supplied with water. Water towers and fields should be connected to a water source with irrigation ditches.

Water pumps
Water pumps use one tile, and must be placed beside a surface water source, like a river or lake. They can pump water into adjacent irrigation ditches.

Windmills
Windmills occupy four tiles (2x2), and must be placed over an underground water source. They can pump water into irrigation ditches that run underneath them.

To find a suitable location, watch for subtle color changes in the grass and clusters of trees, or check the water overlay in the Map window.

Water towers
Water towers occupy one tile, and can release their stored water into adjacent irrigation ditches and livestock troughs. They must be adjacent to a ditch that is connected to a water source to replenish.

Water tower can be used to extend the flow of water through ditches by placing them near the limit of where the pump can reach.