What is the difference between a field and a field boundary?

Overview

On your farm, your field names and operating boundaries may be identical.  In other cases, a field might contain several operating boundaries.  In Traction Enterprise, planning, operating, and reporting are oriented to boundaries.

Answer

• A field is the largest contiguous operational unit.  This large area of land may not be farmed in the same way.
• A boundary or field boundary is an area within each field where you are growing one crop and doing the same activities on that entire boundary.  A boundary can be the same size as the entire field or you may have several boundaries under one field.

These examples should help to illustrate the differences.

One Field with two Operating Boundaries and possibly different crops on each Boundary:

One Field with one Operating Boundary, which is identical to Field borders:

Pivot circle Field with three internal Operating Boundaries, which are available for different crops:

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Getting Started: How to setup Fields
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