Thing with Silver Spoon, is that people seem to be forgetting that this series used to be a weekly one, compared to how Fullmetal Alchemist was originally published back in the day (a monthly one), I still think to this day that the pressure of doing a weekly series vs a monthly one is perhaps something that Arakawa couldn't fully control on her own, either.
This, with the constant sickness of one of her relatives, and her own health reasons (I mean, one of the hiatus the manga had was around the time she was pregnant)... doing an adaptation of Arslan Senki, and doing constant research for this (her own) series, WELL...
I mean, I wish the series could finally end. I think we have been in the climax (I mean, I remember it was announced that the series wasn't that far from conclusion... and the cast already graduated from high school, IIRC), for quite a few years already. I want to see Hachiken succeed with his business, and all that, but...
(Tbf, CLAMP is a whole can of worms I wish I couldn't open... because I don't think I can compare their cases with Arakawa's)