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[Jebediah`]

So, I have some standard above-ground farming plots side by side, built on soil. Two of them work just fine, I can switch between all four of the different crops for which I have seeds and they're cultivated as normal.

The other two simply say "no seeds available for this location".

I cannot for the life of me find any discernible difference between the two that work and the two that don't. Same sandy clay loam soil, same aboveground/light conditions, physically next to each other, same Z-level...why is it that the ones I've been building after the first two just don't work?

[StagnantSoul]

If you're on a mountain, it could be the difference between a mountain biome and whatever neighbours it.

[Max™]

I had that happen with the evil biome part of my map. Wasn't sure but then later I forgot why I removed the plot there and built a farmers workshop there, and promptly remembered that while yak hair isn't  really dangerous, it WILL try to strangle anyone within range.

[Jebediah`]

If you're on a mountain, it could be the difference between a mountain biome and whatever neighbours it.

That may well be it, I didn't think of that.

[Valtam]

Glaciers are also devoid of seeds. If you manage somehow to build an aboveground farmplot on a glacier biome (using the default sand that comes with NPC-built fortresses, for example) you'll find that there's no way to plant anything there. However, underground plots always work.

[wierd]

Soil near salt water sources is likewise off-limits for farming. (Oceans, et al)