Farm

A Farm is a civilian building that is featured in Age of Empires (I, II, III).

Age of Empires
The Farm is a building that provides a reliable supply of food, which can be gathered by a group of villagers. Market must be built in order to build Farms.

Age of Empires II
Farms in Age of Empires II provide a steady food source inside one's base. They may be upgraded to provide more food at the Mill by the technologies Horse Collar, Heavy Plow, and Crop Rotation. Farms may be built early on but become most useful in the late game where they provide high amounts of food due to upgrades and also because most other food sources (animals, forage bushes) are eventually used up. Upgraded farms are superior to fishing traps in food gained.

Unlike in Age of Empires I, farms may only be gathered from by one villager at a time. Farms are very weak and do not hinder movements of friendly or enemy troops. If an enemy takes over a farm, he may use a villager to collect from it.

Age of Empires III
For the Age of Empires III Farm, see Mill