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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 bi-weekly 2012 crop report, which presents provincial and regional summaries.
The delivery of the Alberta 2012 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 13 bi-weekly reports, with seven prepared by AFSC and six by ARD. The first crop report is scheduled for release on May 8, 2012 (see schedule below). A final report entitled "Alberta 2012 Crop Season in Review" is expected to be released by ARD in March, 2013. 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 2012 Crop Report Release Schedule
Crop Report
Number | Release Date
(by 4:30 PM) | Prepared by | Contact Person | Telephone Number |
| 1 | Tuesday, MAY 8 | AFSC | James Wright | 403-782-8336 |
| 2 | Wednesday, MAY 23 | AFSC | James Wright | 403-782-8336 |
| 3 | Tuesday, JUN 5 | AFSC | James Wright | 403-782-8336 |
| 4 | Friday, JUN 15 | ARD | Lukas Matejovsky | 780-422-2887 |
| 5 | Friday, JUN 29 | AFSC | James Wright | 403-782-8336 |
| 6 | Friday, JUL 13 | ARD | Lukas Matejovsky | 780-422-2887 |
| 7 | Friday, JUL 27 | AFSC | James Wright | 403-782-8336 |
| 8 | Friday, AUG 10 | ARD | Lukas Matejovsky | 780-422-2887 |
| 9 | Friday, AUG 24 | AFSC | James Wright | 403-782-8336 |
| 10 | Friday, SEP 7 | ARD | Lukas Matejovsky | 780-422-2887 |
| 11 | Friday, SEP 21 | ARD | Lukas Matejovsky | 780-422-2887 |
| 12 | Friday, OCT 5 | AFSC | James Wright | 403-782-8336 |
Crop Season
in Review | March 2013 | ARD | Lukas Matejovsky | 780-422-2887 |
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