Treat crop stealing as real, but keep the missing rules visible
The safest answer today is simple: the official game still says players can steal crops, so the mechanic is real. What the public source does not give you is the exact rule set for timing, range, protection, counters, or whether older STEAL 2.0 wording still matches your current server.
This route exists because exact search intent has now split around crop stealing, while the local site previously folded the mechanic into broader system pages. A dedicated page is more honest than pretending the full rules are known.
If you are testing a valuable crop, compare the risk of leaving it exposed against the value of the observation you still need. Current public sources support caution, not a copied formula.