Board Thread:Suggestions/@comment-25178962-20150615142220/@comment-25178962-20150703220626

You do forget though- that even without the composts at risk, a raid on a farm is devastating to production, remaining essentially barren until the farmer can recover control over the land. Moreover, entire harvests can be intercepted, and buildings (like Bakeries, the farm plots, etc) can be captured should the raiders choose to remain.

And you fail to take another option that raiders have, to cause their attacks to have lasting effects- occupying the land. Sure, in war farmland has been destroyed- but just as often if not more, it has been taken by an occupying force. Besides, this suggestion doesn't protect the real reason someone would attack a farm- the crops.