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Crop reports
Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development (ARD) has delivered the Alberta Crop Reporting Program to clients since 1940.
The objective of the crop report is to capture information relating to crop production in Alberta during the current crop season. This is achieved through the use of surveys, which collect data on moisture and crop conditions, progress of seeding and harvesting, insect and disease situation, yield potential and crop quality, etc. Data collected through surveys, along with information from other sources, will be used to compile the Alberta 2010 crop report, which presents provincial and regional summaries.
The delivery of the Alberta 2010 Crop Reporting Program is done in partnership with Agriculture Financial Services Corporation (AFSC), and members of the Association of Alberta Agricultural Fieldmen (AAAF).
The crop report is used by industry and other stakeholders for various purposes, such as drought monitoring and forecasting of production insurance payments. It is also used to validate some of the Alberta crop estimates generated by Statistics Canada.
This year, the crop reporting series will consist of 12 bi-weekly reports, with six prepared by AFSC and six by ARD. The first crop report is scheduled for release on May 11, 2010 (see schedule below). A final report entitled “Alberta 2010 Crop Season in Review” is expected to be released by ARD in March, 2011. For more information, please contact James Wright at 403-782-8336 for the AFSC crop reports, and Chuanliang Su at 780-422-2887 for the ARD crop reports.
The assistance of industry and government stakeholders, particularly AFSC, AAAF and Alberta Ag-Info Centre, is greatly appreciated.
Alberta 2010 Crop Report Release Schedule
Crop Report Number | Release Date
(by 4:30 PM) | Prepared by | Contact Person | Telephone Number |
1 | May 11 | AFSC | James Wright | 403-782-8336 |
2 | May 26 | ARD | Chuanliang Su | 780-422-2887 |
3 | June 8 | AFSC | James Wright | 403-782-8336 |
4 | June 22 | ARD | Chuanliang Su | 780-422-2887 |
5 | July 6 | AFSC | James Wright | 403-782-8336 |
6 | July 20 | ARD | Chuanliang Su | 780-422-2887 |
7 | Aug 4 | AFSC | James Wright | 403-782-8336 |
8 | Aug 17 | ARD | Chuanliang Su | 780-422-2887 |
9 | Aug 31 | AFSC | James Wright | 403-782-8336 |
10 | Sept 14 | ARD | Chuanliang Su | 780-422-2887 |
11 | Sept 28 | AFSC | James Wright | 403-782-8336 |
12 | Oct 13 | ARD | Chuanliang Su | 780-422-2887 |
Crop Season in Review | March 2011 | ARD | Chuanliang Su | 780-422-2887 |
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