[2022] Updated Farming/Agriculture guide?

That's due to farming getting a complete overhaul at a later date with it's own update, aqueducts were ultimately meant for that but somewhen in development did no longer do it.

I'd actually not expect it this year, unfortunately, at least the internal roadmap is focused on different stuff for this year. (Including boats, food system overhaul, maintenance, multiple government and a load of other stuff I can't announce yet) I'd see it more towards a major update with animal husbandry, which wouldn't be this year. But stuff can always change.

Well, you can already see the new tastiness and variety stuff, food spoilage will follow soon and there's more in store. It will farming as it is now only more viable, no worries.

You can already test the features for that, as they're available as experimental features in the current version and run already on e.g. White-Tiger, if you are only a player.

Both systems do not work as punishment, but rather as a improvement factor. Food has been rebalanced to generally give less of XP, and via eating varied food you get more. The same applies to tastes, that are randomized over all tiers (but always with plenty of options per tier) and give negative and positive benefits in various stages for each food. Basically, you eat something and it tells you if you like it or not - in varying degrees with penalties and bonuses, so there is no meta anymore, every game will be different, as you need to find out what you like first and adapt to it to gain the most. Which also will make all foods in high demand, not just the common meta food.

No.

The update is too far away to make any statement of actual value, so I'm instead taking it as a suggestion to the team :)