Every field in FarmQA carries two boundaries: a master boundary that stays with the field year after year, and a field boundary for each growing season. Knowing which one you're changing tells you whether an edit affects this season only or every season after it.
This article explains how the two relate. It has no steps — the articles linked throughout are where you act on each one.
The master boundary: the field's permanent shape
When you draw or upload a field, FarmQA saves its shape as the field's master boundary. The master boundary is what ties the field's history together. Scouting reports, recommendations, and soil data all attach to it, so each field builds one continuous record across seasons. Keeping the master boundary in one piece is what keeps that record intact.
You see the master boundary on the map when the field has no crop assigned in the selected growing season.
Related: Draw a field boundary, Upload field boundaries.
The field boundary: this season's copy
When you assign a crop to a field in a growing season, FarmQA creates a field boundary for that season — a copy of the master boundary. Edits to the field boundary change that season only. The master boundary stays as it was, so you can reshape or split a field for one year without changing its long-term shape.
Related: Edit a field boundary, Split one field into multiple fields.
What each change touches
| Change | This season's field boundary | Master boundary |
|---|---|---|
| Edit the shape | Changes | Stays the same |
| Split the field | Changes — can't be undone within the season | Stays the same |
| Reuse a previous season's boundary | Changes | Changes only if you choose to update it |
| Set a custom acreage | Acreage changes for this season; shape doesn't | Stays the same |
| Delete the field | Removed | Removed only when you delete it separately |
Related: Carry field boundaries forward to a new season, Set a custom field acreage, Delete a field.
How it fits together
You draw or upload a field once, and that shape becomes its master boundary — the anchor for the field's history. Each growing season, assigning a crop gives you a working copy: the field boundary. You edit, split, and adjust acreage on that copy as the season needs, without disturbing the master. When a season's shape should become the permanent one, you promote it to the master boundary. Deleting a field removes the season's field and, as a separate step, its master boundary.
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