Farmers stop working

[Azure Lyrrix]

Some things I would suggest to combat this issue:

• Cancel any resource clearing areas in "Late Winter". This will give your farmers time to travel home again before "Early Spring". 
  
  
• Provide places to access tools/fuel/food/clothing nearby. Even a tiny market or cart vendors nearby will keep farmers from having to travel into the city for resources/necessities.
  
  
• Also provide other nearby services such as worship and education.
  
  

I like to build my farming areas as large swaths of fields with a central "farming community" of several homes, a general store, a worship building, a school, and a well. Then around that, I'll build a bunch of 10 x 15 farms and 15 x 15 dense orchards. They usually are planting by Spring at least this way if I don't forget to cancel those pesky resource clear orders.