Alberta 2015 Crop Reporting Program

 
 
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 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 timely 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 the surveys, along with information from other sources will be used to compile the weekly 2015 crop report, which presents provincial and regional summaries.

The delivery of the Alberta 2015 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, including 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 25 weekly crop reports, 13 of which will be full reports and 12 abbreviated. These reports are being prepared in partnership with AFSC (see Alberta 2015 Crop Report Release Schedule below). The first crop report is scheduled for release on May 8, 2015. A final report entitled "Alberta 2015 Crop Season in Review" is expected to be released by ARD in March, 2016. For more information, please contact James Wright at 403-782-8336 for the AFSC crop reports, and Lukas Matejovsky at 780-422-2887 for the ARD crop reports.

The assistance of industry and government stakeholders, particularly AFSC, ARD and Alberta Ag-Info Centre is greatly appreciated. Alberta 2015 Crop Report Release Schedule.

Crop Report NumberRelease Date (by 4:30 PM)Prepared byContact PersonTelephone Number
1Friday, MAY 8AFSCJames Wright403-782-8336
1AFriday, MAY 15AFSCJames Wright403-782-8336
2Friday, MAY 22ARDLukas Matejovsky780-422-2887
2AFriday, MAY 29ARDLukas Matejovsky780-422-2887
3Friday JUN 5AFSCJames Wright403-782-8336
3AFriday, JUN 12AFSCJames Wright403-782-8336
4Friday, JUN 19ARDLukas Matejovsky780-422-2887
4AFriday, JUN 26ARDLukas Matejovsky780-422-2887
5Friday, JUL 3 AFSCJames Wright403-782-8336
5AFriday, JUL 10AFSCJames Wright403-782-8336
6Friday, JUL 17ARDLukas Matejovsky780-422-2887
6AFriday, JUL 24ARDLukas Matejovsky780-422-2887
7Friday, JUL 31AFSCJames Wright403-782-8336
7AFriday, AUG 7AFSCJames Wright403-782-8336
8Friday, AUG 14ARDLukas Matejovsky780-422-2887
8AFriday, AUG 21ARDLukas Matejovsky780-422-2887
9Friday, AUG 28AFSCJames Wright403-782-8336
9AFriday, SEP 4AFSCJames Wright403-782-8336
10Friday, SEP 11ARDLukas Matejovsky780-422-2887
10AFriday, SEP 18ARDLukas Matejovsky780-422-2887
11Friday, SEP 25AFSCJames Wright403-782-8336
11AFriday, OCT 2AFSCJames Wright403-782-8336
12Friday, OCT 9ARDLukas Matejovsky780-422-2887
12AFriday, OCT 16ARDLukas Matejovsky780-422-2887
13Friday, OCT 23AFSCJames Wright403-782-8336
Crop Season in ReviewMarch 2016ARDLukas Matejovsky780-422-2887

Note: Full crop report is published every two weeks, while an abbreviated crop report is available during the week prior to the full crop report.
 
 
 
 
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This information published to the web on April 7, 2015.
Last Reviewed/Revised on May 28, 2015.