The best Minecraft farms, ideas, and farm designs

What are the best Minecraft farms? There's nothing quite like reaching the depths of a dark and gloomy cave before realizing you've forgotten to bring food with you, or trying to breed you favorite animals but having to wait ages for one wheat crop to grow. That's why one of the first things your Minecraft base should have is a farm or two.

There are a variety of Minecraft farms, from simple, manual farms that you can create on day one of your new survival game world, to more complex automated farms that do the work while you're down in the mines. Either way, we've got the best and most useful farm designs to turn Minecraft into one of the best farming games around, whether you're just starting out or working on a ten-year-old Minecraft world.

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