Can I hire a farmer to work my farms?
Yes, in Farm Town along with farm work, there are several types of hiring that can be done.
You can hire anyone you see online in the game from most areas, your farms, another farmer farms, Job Marketplace and other areas of the game BUT there are benefits for hiring a stranger and for a farmer hired by a stranger when it comes to farm work.
A stranger is a farmer who does not have a connection to you as a Neighbour or as a Buddy.
A lot of farmers will go to the at the Job Marketplace when looking for work and when looking for workers to hire.
You must be online in the game to be able to see any farmers.
If you have been offline in the game for quite a while it is better to reload the game before hiring.
Hire for Farm Work: Common hiring options for workable items on your farms are:
- Hire Multiple - use this option when you are hiring for more than one type of job.
For example: If you or your worker owns a combine and you want them to both harvest your crops and plow your fields using a combine, always us this option and make sure you select both Harvest Crops AND Hire to Plow in the job options you see. You could hire a farmer for all types or some types of jobs.
- Hire to Harvest Trees - to only harvest your trees, does not include chopping trees.
- Hire to Harvest Flowers - to only harvest your flowers.
- Hire to Harvest Crops - If you only want your crops harvested and not do want your fields plowed by the same farmer after the crops have been harvested.
- Hire to Plow - to only plow fields that have been Harvested or crops that have gone to waste.
- Hire to Fish - to only have waters fished.
- Hire to Chop - to only chop trees that can be chopped.
There is a time limit on how long a regular hire will last for. The hire will be disabled once 8 hours has passed since you hired them.
You can also:
- Post Requests for Farming friends to Work your Facilities. Facilities can be worked by those that have a connection to you as a Neighbour or Buddy when you post a request to work your facilities.
You only need to Post one Request for Regular Facilities (Produce Faster). All your regular facilities can be worked from one request.
You only need to Post one Request for Service Facilities (Refer Clients). All your service facilities can be worked from one request.
There must be products in your facilities to be able to work them.
Some farmers have a lot of neighbours and buddies posting requests so they may only see requests that go back less than 8 hours ago. Those with far less farming friends can see much further back in time. You may want consider posting your Facility requests again later in the day especially if you like to refill them.
- Super Neighbour Hire
You could set a Neighbour as a Super Neighbour and give them specific Hire permissions to do things like work your farms, perhaps help decorate a specific farm, perhaps manage your trains, without you needing to be online or present on any farm.
Super Neighbours are intended to be used for short periods like while you are away on vacation.
There is a limit on how many Super Neighbours you could have at any one time.
Please make sure that you are clear with any Super Neighbors on what it is you would like them to do if you want something specific done rather than everything.
Super Neighbours do NOT earn a bonus chest.
- Hire to help decorate your farms. There are 2 types of hiring for this.
Both can only allow one farm at a time to be designed by another farmer.Design this farm together requires the farm owner to be present on the same farm.
Permanently Hired for Design - for a Super Neighbour. Does not require the farm owner to be present on the farm.
What are the benefits of hiring somebody to work at your farm? CLICK HERE
What do I earn for working farms for another farmer? Click Here
For full details on both the Job Marketplace and Trade Marketplace Click HereTable of Contents