I think all of our crops should be planted in separate lots. It's kind of messy having them all jumbled up together, it also makes it less efficient to harvest.
Yesterday I did a pretty massive grain harvest and re-planted everything as close together as I could.
I also did a carrot crop and planted a heap of flax...
I also killed a bunch of cows and dried their hides and filled the tubs with cow hide...
I also built a finery smelter and made a single unit of wrought iron with it (I kept it for myself)
I also made a metric ass ton of sausages and a few straw baskets...
Yeah I was home "sick" so I got to play through a full day and night cycle, it was great.

As an aside I'd like to speak to you in person(game) about the villages plans for handling steel fabrication,
it's probably something we're going to want more organized and protected than the other production techniques