Farm

Farm is a Life Support building in Surviving Mars.

Description
Produces Food. Consumes Water depending on crop type.

Strategy
Farms are unlocked by researching Soil Adaption, a Tier 1 Biotech technology.

Farms, unlike Hydroponic Farms and Fungal Farms, require no Power to operate. Crops produce Oxygen.

Soil Quality affects the amount of Food grown. Farms initially have a Soil Quality of 50%.

Wheat, Soybeans, and Potatoes can be grown initially.

Cover Crops can be grown after researching Utility Crops (Tier 2 Biotech).

Quinoa, Corn, and Fruit Trees can be harvested after researching Gene Adaption (Tier 3 Biotech)

Giant Wheat, Giant Corn, and Giant Potatoes can be grown after researching the Breakthrough Giant Crops.

Three different crops can be grown in rotation. Get Soil Quality up to 100% to get maximum Food yields, then alternate between high yield crops that deplete Soil Quality and lower yield crops that restore Soil Quality.

Later, Fruit Trees can be grown to produce both Food and Oxygen.