The Alberta government has delivered the Alberta Crop Reporting Program to clients since 1940. The Alberta Crop Report captures timely information relating to crop production in Alberta during the current crop season. This is done through surveys which collect data on factors including:
- moisture and crop conditions
- progress of seeding and harvesting
- insect and disease situation
- yield potential
- crop quality
This program is done in partnership with Agriculture Financial Services Corporation (AFSC) and the Alberta Agricultural Fieldmen. The survey data, along with information from other sources, is used to compile the weekly crop report with provincial and regional summaries. Both AFSC and Agriculture and Irrigation will be taking turns writing the weekly crop reports.
The crop report is used by the ministry, industry and other stakeholders for various purposes, including drought monitoring and forecasting of production insurance payments.
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