Alberta 2010 Crop Reporting Program

 
 
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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 byContact PersonTelephone Number
1May 11AFSCJames Wright403-782-8336
2May 26ARDChuanliang Su780-422-2887
3June 8AFSCJames Wright403-782-8336
4June 22ARDChuanliang Su780-422-2887
5July 6AFSCJames Wright403-782-8336
6July 20ARDChuanliang Su780-422-2887
7Aug 4AFSCJames Wright403-782-8336
8Aug 17ARDChuanliang Su780-422-2887
9Aug 31AFSCJames Wright403-782-8336
10Sept 14ARDChuanliang Su780-422-2887
11Sept 28AFSCJames Wright403-782-8336
12Oct 13ARDChuanliang Su780-422-2887
Crop Season in ReviewMarch 2011ARDChuanliang Su780-422-2887
 
 
 
 
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This information published to the web on May 5, 2010.
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