How to increase demand for farms?

[+Guest]

My goal with the region was to cover the entire land with farms, eventually developing the city clusters by reducing farmland. I was doing fine for about 4 cities, but then halfway through filling city #4's zoned farmland the demand fell through the floor. I-A is now the least demanded of any other zone. Any suggestions on how to boost the demand so I can finish zoning the region?

I'll post pics and stats on plugins soon.

[combot 0]

I-A demand drops as education rises. If you are trying to build a very rural area then perhaps try building only a few elementry schools and libraries to keep your sims education down. You could also try to use the Radical Ordinance Mod which has a ordinance for radical I-A demand.

[+Guest]

I didn't know there was an education corrolation! Thanks, and I'll give that radical ordinance mod a chance too.

[City2TheMax 3]

I don't know if it's true, but population level might also have something to do with it. The more people the denser job areas they look for (incl. commercial), so I-A , might drop once your cities get denser. Don't hold me to it but it's what I've found to happen in many cases...

[muessiggaenger 1]

From what I've experienced, the perfect population is about 700 to 1,000 Sims for every city when you do your farmland. I'm not sure if you want to have a small unincorporated-like city within your farmland, but that's typically what I get the best development from. Too much from that, industrial demands go up.

[peachpit580 0]

uassaly when you wait a while or you put dirty industry the farms really want to grow 

[0rion79 1]

It is a matter of regional demand too. Sims have to eat, but economy even needs other kinds of products too...