The NCR has consistently ignored a recent water shortage at the farms, caused by Westside and Vault 34.
However, the future of the farms is threatened.
For the time being, the crops continue to support NCR military camps throughout the region, from McCarran to Forlorn Hope. There are even plans to increase water flow and number of farms in the next few years in an attempt to get the New Vegas residents to vote for annexation in the NCR. īy 2281, the farms are producing a good amount of crops of all kinds, including maize and even tobacco, in spite of water rationing and bad soil. A military unit is present on the premises at all times to deter theft of foodstuffs. The entire endeavor is overseen by the Office of Science and Industry, which plans and calculates the resources necessary to sustain the agriculture using computer simulations. They are a joint project between the Republic's government and private farmers, where farmers cultivate the land in exchange for money, military protection and sustenance, using water pumped from Lake Mead for irrigation.
The farms are the practical manifestation of the Thaler Act.
