Farming Paradox Desktop Game - Screens
Running a successful farming operation is a tough task. Farmers face countless decisions throughout the year. Your goal is to help them maximize their yield while simultaneously driving down their impact on the environment.
Every decision you make will produce a trade-off, so how will you make an impact and be profitable at the same time?
While there is no one-size-fits-all approach to farming, and every farm is different, our intent is that this experience helps to bring real-world perspective to the challenges farmers face within their operations.
Take the quiz multiple times to see how you can improve your score.
Farm size: 1,000 acres
Key crop: Corn
Average three-year yield: 175 Bu/A
Double cropping is a gamble some farmers choose to take to get two average harvests out of one growing season. Many farmers in the midwest will harvest corn, but costs significantly more in inputs and fossil fuels.
Planting a double crop will incur a _____% cost over baseline.
Would you like to plant a double crop (Soyabeans)?
Based on the choices you made, your scores have been calculated below.
Click each metric to dive deeper and learn what effects your
choices had on your score.
ROI / Yield Improvement
Yield improvement was this year.
See what activities made the most impact.
Profit
-15%
This represents a profit margin of %
based on a total revenue of $ .
Sustainability Score
23%
Your sustainability score is an estimated measure of expected impact to the environment based on the decisions you took.
Click each selection to see its
effect on your overall score.