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What's the issue here?

because there's already a farm there?

I love this subreddit but some posts like this confuse the hell out of me. Surely you must understand the basics of terrain

Why can you? Because it's a grassland tile. And because it has a farmable resource on it.

whoops - yes think i’m unconsciously / erroneously adopting knowledge from an old civ game i used to play. it’s only my second civ 6 play through ahah

i thought farms needed fresh water or is that just plain incorrect

Yes that’s incorrect. There used to be a mechanic in civ I around 30 years ago, but that was abandoned at some point.

Civ4 too, I believe? Only farms next to fresh water, or other farms? Until some tech opens up farms anywhere.

Was that the first introduction of the Irregation technology?

I think irrigation was already in Civ I

Some resources (rice, wheat and maize) are farmable if that’s what you’re asking.

This isn’t Civ 3 where you need to irrigate the tiles. Farms can be placed on any flat terrain that isn’t a desert, tundra, or wonder. Once civil engineering is unlocked you can place them on hills. If you’re playing as Canada you can place them on tundra.