Better Farming is a lightweight Minecraft mod designed to make farming easier, faster, and more enjoyable. It improves crop management with automatic harvesting, visual harvest indicators, right-click harvesting, farmland protection, and configurable farming tools while keeping the experience close to vanilla Minecraft.

Features

Feature	Description
Farmer Crate	Automatically collects ready-to-harvest crops from nearby farmland
Harvest Indicators	Vanilla crops display a visual indicator when they are ready to harvest
Right-Click Harvesting	Harvest crops instantly by right-clicking with a whitelisted hoe
Farmland Protection	Prevent accidental farmland trampling while holding a hoe
Configurable Hoes	Choose which hoes can use Better Farming functionality
Feature Toggles	Enable or disable supported farming features through configuration
Lightweight Design	Improves farming without dramatically changing vanilla gameplay
Multi-Version Support	Supports Minecraft 1.16.5, 1.18.2, 1.19.2, 1.20.1, 1.21.1, 1.21.5, and 1.21.8
Forge & NeoForge	Designed for Forge and NeoForge environments

Farmer Crate

The Farmer Crate provides a simple way to automate crop collection.

When placed near farmland, it automatically collects crops that are ready to be harvested.

Farmer Crate Benefits

• Automatically collects mature crops
• Reduces repetitive manual harvesting
• Works around nearby farmland
• Useful for larger farms
• Provides lightweight farming automation
• Keeps farming simple and survival-friendly

Harvest Indicators

Better Farming makes it easier to identify crops that are ready to harvest.

Supported vanilla crops display a visual indicator when they reach their harvestable stage.

Benefits

• Quickly identify mature crops
• Reduce unnecessary crop checking
• Improve large-farm visibility
• Make manual harvesting faster
• Keep crop management intuitive

Right-Click Harvesting

Players can harvest crops directly by right-clicking them with an allowed hoe.

Only whitelisted hoes can use the right-click harvesting functionality, allowing the behavior to be customized through the Better Farming configuration.

Farmland Trampling Protection

Better Farming provides farmland trampling protection while the player is holding a hoe.

This helps protect carefully prepared farmland during normal crop management and reduces accidental damage while working around larger farms.

Configuration

Better Farming includes configurable options through the betterfarming/global configuration file.

Configurable Options

• Whitelisted hoes
• Feature toggles
• Farming behavior

Farming Experience

Better Farming focuses on improving everyday crop management while preserving Minecraft's familiar farming experience.

What to Expect

• Faster crop harvesting
• Easier identification of mature crops
• Lightweight farm automation
• Reduced repetitive farming tasks
• Farmland protection
• Configurable farming tools
• Vanilla-friendly mechanics

Compatibility

Supported Minecraft versions include:

• Minecraft 1.16.5
• Minecraft 1.18.2
• Minecraft 1.19.2
• Minecraft 1.20.1
• Minecraft 1.21.1
• Minecraft 1.21.5
• Minecraft 1.21.8

Better Farming requires NeoForge or Forge.

Requirements

• A supported Minecraft version
• NeoForge or Forge
• JAUML Library

Installation

1. Install the appropriate Forge or NeoForge version for your Minecraft installation.
2. Install the required JAUML Library.
3. Place Better Farming inside your mods/ folder.
4. Start Minecraft.
5. Configure the mod through betterfarming/global if needed.

Why Choose Better Farming?

1. Simple Automation — The Farmer Crate helps automate crop collection without introducing an overly complex farming system.
2. Faster Harvesting — Right-click harvesting makes maintaining large farms more convenient.
3. Clear Crop Status — Harvest indicators make mature crops easy to identify.
4. Farmland Protection — Reduce accidental damage while working around your farm.
5. Configurable — Choose supported hoes and toggle farming features.
6. Vanilla Friendly — Improves existing farming mechanics instead of replacing them.
7. Broad Version Support — Supports multiple Minecraft generations with Forge and NeoForge.

Community & Support

• Discord: https://discord.gg/TJc3CxR4jK
• GitHub: https://github.com/MeherBenSalem
• Website: https://nightbeam.dev
• Store: https://nightbeam.dev/store
• CurseForge: https://www.curseforge.com/members/nightbeamstudio/projects
• Modrinth: https://modrinth.com/organization/nightbeam

If you encounter a bug or have a feature request, please join the Discord community or report it through the appropriate project page.

License

Better Farming is licensed under the Apache License 2.0.

You are free to use, modify, and redistribute Better Farming in accordance with the terms of the Apache License 2.0.

Feel free to include Better Farming in modpacks.