Increase in Farm Rates

[Jon Xett]

What is the reason for raising farm rates from $20 a WEEK (not day) to $200? I cannot fathom? And "it's a beautiful day."
edited, jX

[Jack Meyer]

No clue!....boggles my mind as well as I just take my horses out of there and place them elsewhere.

[Danny Derby]

It boggles my mind that the minimum farm rate is $20 in the first place. Farms aren't cheap, and people who buy them gotta make some money!

[Tammy Stawicki]

They used to be only $5

[Mr. Lord Rich]

The farm rate is weekly, not daily I believe.
The daily rate is always $5 a horse.

[Cleo Patra]

So I have nothing to add to this conversation sim wise but it made me think of real life.

We have our own property, training track, dad is a farrier and a dentist, and we produce our feed from bulk rather than a premix. We also produce our own stable bedding on farm. With all of those savings it still costs AUD$30 a day per horse to have them in work. Other local trainers who have to pay track fees etc are spending about $50 per day. In the major cities where our best racing happens, it averages between $100 and $150 per day.

TLDR racehorses are expensive

[Mr. Lord Rich]

Even at $20 board fee which again is a weekly thing, most players barely cover their quarterly costs. Wonder how many sim years it takes to pay the 2 million back (buying a new farm vs from another player)

[Jon Xett]

It boggles my mind that the minimum farm rate is $20 in the first place. Farms aren't cheap, and people who buy them gotta make some money!

Big US Farma (sic) charges exorbitant money because of the cost of research and development and I suspect advertising. The patent expires and others manufacture the drugs and the price of the generic drugs drops. Is there a correlation to SIM Farms? Just thinking if I can buy the generic drug why pay the premium price unless they are the only drug available. Ha! Asking for a friend, jX

[Jack Meyer]

I would assume, like myself, most people own farms not to make money off of it from others boarding there, but to save money by keeping your own horses there.