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This Alberta Official Statistic describes trends in Alberta's farm cash receipts, farm operating expenses, net cash income and realized net income, from 2001 to 2013. Farm cash receipts measure the gross revenue of farms from the sale of products (livestock and crops), and from direct program...

This Alberta Official Statistic contains 2000-2014 crop production data. Crop production statistics are designed to provide accurate and timely estimates of production of major grains and oilseeds in Alberta. Crop production statistics are designed to provide accurate and timely estimates of...

This Alberta Official Statistic presents annual per cent change for Alberta and Canada real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for Primary Agriculture Industries, 2008-2014. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is a measure of the economic production which takes place within a geographical area. The term...

This Alberta Official Statistic describes the number of farms in operation and the average size of farms in Alberta at the time of the Census of Agriculture. The Census of Agriculture is conducted by Statistics Canada every five years. This Alberta Official Statistic covers census years 1986 to...

This Alberta Official Statistic provides information on Alberta total agri-food exports and top five export products from 2000 to 2014. Alberta’s international agri-food exports include exports of primary agricultural commodities (live animals and crops) and processed agricultural and food...

It is forbidden to apply, for agricultural purposes, pesticides containing the herbicide atrazine or the insecticide chlorpyrifos, clothianidin, imidacloprid or thiamethoxam unless an agronomic justification has been obtained in advance (Pesticide Management Code, art. 74.1). The same applies to...

Beginning with the 2011 grow season, the Earth Observation Team of the Science and Technology Branch (STB) at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) started collecting ground truth data via windshield surveys. This observation data is collected in support of the generation of an annual crop...

The SCA Map of Alberta reflects the integration of inherent agroclimatic conditions that exist across Alberta with soil development, use and management practices. The SCA boundaries coincide to a large degree with recognized climate zones in Alberta. These boundaries also generally agree with...

The “Biomass Agriculture Inventory 1-in-10 Probability” dataset is a table that contains the estimated 1-in-10 year low for agricultural residue yield and crop production for each Biomass Report Framework. It provides the tenth percentile values for the years 1985-2016. The table includes straw...

There are several species of moths whose caterpillars are significant pests on agricultural crops. While there are natural predators, some are unwilling hosts for parasites. Some parasitoid wasp species contribute to biological control of these caterpillar pests by laying eggs inside live...