Plantations profitability

[Mack]

is there a way to close or sell your plantation

[Captain Jack]

Why close it? I understand sell off but not close. Also, how do one closes a plantation? Just fire your workers?

[Mack]

Why close it? I understand sell off but not close. Also, how do one closes a plantation? Just fire your workers?

then just dont renew your lease of acers? do the acers then become avilable again?

[Captain Jack]

Yes

[Lod]

In thorakas I have a one plantation where I had 4.5 m workers, it said, but when adding up the numbers only 2.3 was doing anything. Still the food consumed was the amount for 4.5. How do they eat if they are dead? Well I got rid of the surplus and still had 2.4 active ones. That was yesterday so I started to transport in new workers. Now I have 2,825,313 Workers according to the "mange" page. Still when I add up the numbers in the facilities page they are still only 2.3 active. Is this supposed to happen? I don't see this in other places with similar population. Is it because the plant in Thorakas is smaller than the rest, only 2000 acres?

[DezNutz]

In thorakas I have a one plantation where I had 4.5 m workers, it said, but when adding up the numbers only 2.3 was doing anything. Still the food consumed was the amount for 4.5. How do they eat if they are dead? Well I got rid of the surplus and still had 2.4 active ones. That was yesterday so I started to transport in new workers. Now I have 2,825,313 Workers according to the "mange" page. Still when I add up the numbers in the facilities page they are still only 2.3 active. Is this supposed to happen? I don't see this in other places with similar population. Is it because the plant in Thorakas is smaller than the rest, only 2000 acres?

There may be a set maximum of workers that can work per acre. Based on the numbers you provided, 2000 acres with 2.3M active workers equates to 1150 workers per acre. Can you check active workers compared to acres for your other "plantations"?

[Lod]

Guess I'll stop adding immigrants as they do not add to the working force anyways. Do not feel like feeding a lot of loiters

[Captain Jack]

Every "facility", including fields, have a maximum capacity (which is higher than the actual need, always). This maximum capacity should help you allocate your workers wisely. Try changing acres allocation to distribute them wiser.

If you still have unallocated workers, then these are not necessary bad. They surely cost extra food.

[Lod]

I did try and found 1 acre can hold 1352 workers in the fields.

[Black sparrow]

It's easy to find max capacity. You just need many workers in comparison to your available fields. Then you just put 1 acre to each facility. Someone posted it before too.

Here is what I found:
Fields 1352
Housing 120
Utility 2000
Kitchens 900
Baths 300
Recreation 600
Guards 4200