so... seed -> flour -> food -> stats. i see two problems, one being food:stats and other being seed:flour
this thread/topic is over seed:flour ratio, right? so... with farmer credo, i get 18 seeds per wheat/barley plant. if i plant a 10x5 field, i can get 65 bread or 185 meatpies or 130 blueberry pies. at 65 bread, i get 32500% of energy for my 10x5 every... 2/3 days?
if i grew beets only, had skeps over that and with farmer credo (so about 3.5 beets per tile), i would average 125 beets for a 10x5 field. if i used that to make honeyed beets (probably would need more sweetener added in) i would get 62.5 each harvest which would be every day, right? (havent farmed beets in a long time) i would net 25000% energy
there are more efficient recipes if you add more ingredients but in this sense, energy%, they are semi balanced. i think the problem is you have excessive flour for meatpies which meatpies are high in feps and energy and only needs 35 flour (7seeds) each
so why nerf flour output? just because you feel it's too much? too my knowledge, irl any grain is a terrible crop (maybe not corn) for food per square foot/acre compared to most other crops but that's real life