diff --git a/crates/subspace-farmer/src/bin/subspace-farmer/commands/farm.rs b/crates/subspace-farmer/src/bin/subspace-farmer/commands/farm.rs
index b80e0aa756..d5fc854343 100644
--- a/crates/subspace-farmer/src/bin/subspace-farmer/commands/farm.rs
+++ b/crates/subspace-farmer/src/bin/subspace-farmer/commands/farm.rs
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ use backoff::ExponentialBackoff;
 use bytesize::ByteSize;
 use clap::{Parser, ValueHint};
 use futures::channel::oneshot;
-use futures::stream::{FuturesOrdered, FuturesUnordered};
-use futures::{FutureExt, StreamExt, TryStreamExt};
+use futures::stream::FuturesUnordered;
+use futures::{select, FutureExt, StreamExt};
 use parking_lot::Mutex;
 use prometheus_client::registry::Registry;
 use std::fs;
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ pub(crate) struct FarmingArgs {
     disable_farm_locking: bool,
     /// Exit on farm error.
     ///
-    /// By default, farmer will continue running if the are still other working farms.
+    /// By default, farmer will continue running if there are still other working farms.
     #[arg(long)]
     exit_on_farm_error: bool,
 }
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ fn cache_percentage_parser(s: &str) -> anyhow::Result<NonZeroU8> {
     let cache_percentage = NonZeroU8::from_str(s)?;
 
     if cache_percentage.get() > 99 {
-        return Err(anyhow::anyhow!("Cache percentage can't exceed 99"));
+        return Err(anyhow!("Cache percentage can't exceed 99"));
     }
 
     Ok(cache_percentage)
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ where
     let farmer_app_info = node_client
         .farmer_app_info()
         .await
-        .map_err(|error| anyhow::anyhow!(error))?;
+        .map_err(|error| anyhow!(error))?;
 
     let first_farm_directory = &disk_farms
         .first()
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ where
         NonZeroUsize::new(Record::NUM_S_BUCKETS.next_power_of_two().ilog2() as usize)
             .expect("Not zero; qed"),
     )
-    .map_err(|error| anyhow::anyhow!(error))?;
+    .map_err(|error| anyhow!(error))?;
     let validator = Some(SegmentCommitmentPieceValidator::new(
         node.clone(),
         node_client.clone(),
@@ -407,17 +407,14 @@ where
     let replotting_thread_pool_core_indices;
     if let Some(plotting_cpu_cores) = plotting_cpu_cores {
         plotting_thread_pool_core_indices = parse_cpu_cores_sets(&plotting_cpu_cores)
-            .map_err(|error| anyhow::anyhow!("Failed to parse `--plotting-cpu-cores`: {error}"))?;
+            .map_err(|error| anyhow!("Failed to parse `--plotting-cpu-cores`: {error}"))?;
         replotting_thread_pool_core_indices = match replotting_cpu_cores {
-            Some(replotting_cpu_cores) => {
-                parse_cpu_cores_sets(&replotting_cpu_cores).map_err(|error| {
-                    anyhow::anyhow!("Failed to parse `--replotting-cpu-cores`: {error}")
-                })?
-            }
+            Some(replotting_cpu_cores) => parse_cpu_cores_sets(&replotting_cpu_cores)
+                .map_err(|error| anyhow!("Failed to parse `--replotting-cpu-cores`: {error}"))?,
             None => plotting_thread_pool_core_indices.clone(),
         };
         if plotting_thread_pool_core_indices.len() != replotting_thread_pool_core_indices.len() {
-            return Err(anyhow::anyhow!(
+            return Err(anyhow!(
                 "Number of plotting thread pools ({}) is not the same as for replotting ({})",
                 plotting_thread_pool_core_indices.len(),
                 replotting_thread_pool_core_indices.len()
@@ -551,7 +548,7 @@ where
                         }) => {
                             return (
                                 farm_index,
-                                Err(anyhow::anyhow!(
+                                Err(anyhow!(
                                     "Allocated space {} ({}) is not enough, minimum is ~{} (~{}, \
                                     {} bytes to be exact)",
                                     bytesize::to_string(allocated_space, true),
@@ -646,60 +643,43 @@ where
     info!("Collecting already plotted pieces (this will take some time)...");
 
     // Collect already plotted pieces
-    {
-        let mut plotted_pieces = plotted_pieces.write().await;
+    let mut total_and_plotted_sectors = Vec::with_capacity(farms.len());
 
-        for (farm_index, farm) in farms.iter().enumerate() {
-            let farm_index = farm_index.try_into().map_err(|_error| {
-                anyhow!(
-                    "More than 256 plots are not supported, consider running multiple farmer \
+    for (farm_index, farm) in farms.iter().enumerate() {
+        let mut plotted_pieces = plotted_pieces.write().await;
+        let farm_index = farm_index.try_into().map_err(|_error| {
+            anyhow!(
+                "More than 256 plots are not supported, consider running multiple farmer \
                     instances"
-                )
-            })?;
-
-            plotted_pieces.add_farm(farm_index, farm.piece_reader());
-
-            let plotted_sectors = farm.plotted_sectors();
-            let mut plotted_sectors = plotted_sectors.get().await.map_err(|error| {
-                anyhow!("Failed to get plotted sectors for farm {farm_index}: {error}")
-            })?;
-            while let Some(plotted_sector_result) = plotted_sectors.next().await {
-                match plotted_sector_result {
-                    Ok(plotted_sector) => {
-                        plotted_pieces.add_sector(farm_index, &plotted_sector);
-                    }
-                    Err(error) => {
-                        error!(
-                            %error,
-                            %farm_index,
-                            "Failed reading plotted sector on startup, skipping"
-                        );
-                    }
-                }
-            }
+            )
+        })?;
+
+        plotted_pieces.add_farm(farm_index, farm.piece_reader());
+
+        let total_sector_count = farm.total_sectors_count();
+        let mut plotted_sectors_count = 0;
+        let plotted_sectors = farm.plotted_sectors();
+        let mut plotted_sectors = plotted_sectors.get().await.map_err(|error| {
+            anyhow!("Failed to get plotted sectors for farm {farm_index}: {error}")
+        })?;
+
+        while let Some(plotted_sector_result) = plotted_sectors.next().await {
+            plotted_sectors_count += 1;
+            plotted_pieces.add_sector(
+                farm_index,
+                &plotted_sector_result.map_err(|error| {
+                    anyhow!(
+                        "Failed reading plotted sector on startup for farm {farm_index}: {error}"
+                    )
+                })?,
+            )
         }
+
+        total_and_plotted_sectors.push((total_sector_count, plotted_sectors_count));
     }
 
     info!("Finished collecting already plotted pieces successfully");
 
-    let total_and_plotted_sectors = farms
-        .iter()
-        .enumerate()
-        .map(|(farm_index, farm)| async move {
-            let total_sector_count = farm.total_sectors_count();
-            let plotted_sectors_count = farm.plotted_sectors_count().await.map_err(|error| {
-                anyhow!(
-                    "Failed to get plotted sectors count from from index {farm_index}: \
-                            {error}"
-                )
-            })?;
-
-            anyhow::Ok((total_sector_count, plotted_sectors_count))
-        })
-        .collect::<FuturesOrdered<_>>()
-        .try_collect::<Vec<_>>()
-        .await?;
-
     let mut farms_stream = (0u8..)
         .zip(farms)
         .zip(total_and_plotted_sectors)
@@ -871,7 +851,7 @@ where
     let farm_fut = pin!(farm_fut);
     let farmer_cache_worker_fut = pin!(farmer_cache_worker_fut);
 
-    futures::select!(
+    select! {
         // Signal future
         _ = signal.fuse() => {},
 
@@ -889,7 +869,7 @@ where
         _ = farmer_cache_worker_fut.fuse() => {
             info!("Farmer cache worker exited.")
         },
-    );
+    }
 
     anyhow::Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/crates/subspace-farmer/src/bin/subspace-farmer/commands/shared/network.rs b/crates/subspace-farmer/src/bin/subspace-farmer/commands/shared/network.rs
index 9210d12656..1a77b01705 100644
--- a/crates/subspace-farmer/src/bin/subspace-farmer/commands/shared/network.rs
+++ b/crates/subspace-farmer/src/bin/subspace-farmer/commands/shared/network.rs
@@ -163,6 +163,15 @@ where
                 async move {
                     let internal_result = match req {
                         SegmentHeaderRequest::SegmentIndexes { segment_indexes } => {
+                            if segment_indexes.len() as u64 > SEGMENT_HEADER_NUMBER_LIMIT {
+                                debug!(
+                                    "segment_indexes length exceed the limit: {} ",
+                                    segment_indexes.len()
+                                );
+
+                                return None;
+                            }
+
                             debug!(
                                 segment_indexes_count = ?segment_indexes.len(),
                                 "Segment headers request received."
diff --git a/crates/subspace-farmer/src/farm.rs b/crates/subspace-farmer/src/farm.rs
index 2db598b33d..43b30b06e5 100644
--- a/crates/subspace-farmer/src/farm.rs
+++ b/crates/subspace-farmer/src/farm.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use crate::node_client;
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use derive_more::{Display, From};
 use futures::Stream;
-use parity_scale_codec::{Decode, Encode, Input, Output};
+use parity_scale_codec::{Decode, Encode, EncodeLike, Input, Output};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::future::Future;
 use std::pin::Pin;
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ pub trait PieceCache: Send + Sync + fmt::Debug {
     /// doesn't happen for the same piece being accessed!
     async fn contents(
         &self,
-    ) -> Box<dyn Stream<Item = (PieceCacheOffset, Option<PieceIndex>)> + Unpin + '_>;
+    ) -> Box<dyn Stream<Item = (PieceCacheOffset, Option<PieceIndex>)> + Unpin + Send + '_>;
 
     /// Store piece in cache at specified offset, replacing existing piece if there is any.
     ///
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ pub trait PieceReader: Send + Sync + fmt::Debug {
 }
 
 /// Opaque handler ID for event handlers, once dropped handler will be removed automatically
-pub trait HandlerId: Send + fmt::Debug {
+pub trait HandlerId: Send + Sync + fmt::Debug {
     /// Consumes [`HandlerId`] and prevents handler from being removed automatically.
     fn detach(&self);
 }
@@ -353,6 +353,39 @@ pub enum FarmId {
     Ulid(Ulid),
 }
 
+impl Encode for FarmId {
+    fn size_hint(&self) -> usize {
+        1_usize
+            + match self {
+                FarmId::Ulid(ulid) => 0_usize.saturating_add(Encode::size_hint(&ulid.0)),
+            }
+    }
+    fn encode_to<O: Output + ?Sized>(&self, output: &mut O) {
+        match self {
+            FarmId::Ulid(ulid) => {
+                output.push_byte(0);
+                Encode::encode_to(&ulid.0, output);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl EncodeLike for FarmId {}
+
+impl Decode for FarmId {
+    fn decode<I: Input>(input: &mut I) -> Result<Self, parity_scale_codec::Error> {
+        match input
+            .read_byte()
+            .map_err(|e| e.chain("Could not decode `FarmId`, failed to read variant byte"))?
+        {
+            0 => u128::decode(input)
+                .map(|ulid| FarmId::Ulid(Ulid(ulid)))
+                .map_err(|e| e.chain("Could not decode `FarmId::Ulid.0`")),
+            _ => Err("Could not decode `FarmId`, variant doesn't exist".into()),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[allow(clippy::new_without_default)]
 impl FarmId {
     /// Creates new ID
@@ -370,9 +403,6 @@ pub trait Farm {
     /// Number of sectors in this farm
     fn total_sectors_count(&self) -> SectorIndex;
 
-    /// Number of sectors successfully plotted so far
-    async fn plotted_sectors_count(&self) -> Result<SectorIndex, FarmError>;
-
     /// Get plotted sectors instance
     fn plotted_sectors(&self) -> Arc<dyn PlottedSectors + 'static>;
 
diff --git a/crates/subspace-farmer/src/piece_cache.rs b/crates/subspace-farmer/src/piece_cache.rs
index c5cb23948d..3f005b8da5 100644
--- a/crates/subspace-farmer/src/piece_cache.rs
+++ b/crates/subspace-farmer/src/piece_cache.rs
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ impl farm::PieceCache for PieceCache {
 
     async fn contents(
         &self,
-    ) -> Box<dyn Stream<Item = (PieceCacheOffset, Option<PieceIndex>)> + Unpin + '_> {
+    ) -> Box<dyn Stream<Item = (PieceCacheOffset, Option<PieceIndex>)> + Unpin + Send + '_> {
         let this = self.clone();
         let (mut sender, receiver) = mpsc::channel(1);
         let read_contents = task::spawn_blocking(move || {
diff --git a/crates/subspace-farmer/src/single_disk_farm.rs b/crates/subspace-farmer/src/single_disk_farm.rs
index e0f338f068..2e4c8c2eb8 100644
--- a/crates/subspace-farmer/src/single_disk_farm.rs
+++ b/crates/subspace-farmer/src/single_disk_farm.rs
@@ -6,9 +6,7 @@ mod plotted_sectors;
 mod plotting;
 pub mod unbuffered_io_file_windows;
 
-use crate::farm::{
-    Farm, FarmError, FarmId, HandlerFn, PieceReader, PlotCache, PlottedSectors, SectorUpdate,
-};
+use crate::farm::{Farm, FarmId, HandlerFn, PieceReader, PlotCache, PlottedSectors, SectorUpdate};
 pub use crate::farm::{FarmingError, FarmingNotification};
 use crate::identity::{Identity, IdentityError};
 use crate::node_client::NodeClient;
@@ -615,10 +613,6 @@ impl Farm for SingleDiskFarm {
         self.total_sectors_count
     }
 
-    async fn plotted_sectors_count(&self) -> Result<SectorIndex, FarmError> {
-        Ok(self.plotted_sectors_count().await)
-    }
-
     fn plotted_sectors(&self) -> Arc<dyn PlottedSectors + 'static> {
         Arc::new(self.plotted_sectors())
     }
@@ -1469,16 +1463,6 @@ impl SingleDiskFarm {
         self.total_sectors_count
     }
 
-    /// Number of sectors successfully plotted so far
-    pub async fn plotted_sectors_count(&self) -> SectorIndex {
-        self.sectors_metadata
-            .read()
-            .await
-            .len()
-            .try_into()
-            .expect("Number of sectors never exceeds `SectorIndex` type; qed")
-    }
-
     /// Read information about sectors plotted so far
     pub fn plotted_sectors(&self) -> SingleDiskPlottedSectors {
         SingleDiskPlottedSectors {
diff --git a/crates/subspace-farmer/src/single_disk_farm/piece_cache.rs b/crates/subspace-farmer/src/single_disk_farm/piece_cache.rs
index da1b681873..1e270e82d1 100644
--- a/crates/subspace-farmer/src/single_disk_farm/piece_cache.rs
+++ b/crates/subspace-farmer/src/single_disk_farm/piece_cache.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ impl farm::PieceCache for DiskPieceCache {
 
     async fn contents(
         &self,
-    ) -> Box<dyn Stream<Item = (PieceCacheOffset, Option<PieceIndex>)> + Unpin + '_> {
+    ) -> Box<dyn Stream<Item = (PieceCacheOffset, Option<PieceIndex>)> + Unpin + Send + '_> {
         if let Some(piece_cache) = &self.maybe_piece_cache {
             farm::PieceCache::contents(piece_cache).await
         } else {