Annual Crop Inventory
Understanding the state and trends in agriculture production is essential to combat both short-term and long-term threats to stable and reliable access to food for all, and to ensure a profitable agricultural sector. Starting in 2009, the Earth Observation Team of the Science and Technology Branch (STB) at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) began the process of generating annual crop type digital maps. Focusing on the Prairie Provinces in 2009 and 2010, a Decision Tree (DT) based methodology was applied using optical (Landsat-5, AWiFS, DMC) and radar (Radarsat-2) based satellite images. Beginning with the 2011 growing season, this activity has been extended to other provinces in support of a national crop inventory. To date this approach can consistently deliver a crop inventory that meets the overall target accuracy of at least 85% at a final spatial resolution of 30m (56m in 2009 and 2010).
- Publisher
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
- Resources
- 40
- Updated
- 2026-08-21
Resources
- Crop classifications CSV
- AAFC Crop Inventory (English) HTML
- AAFC Crop Inventory (French) HTML
- Annual Crop Inventory 2009 ESRI REST
- Annual Crop Inventory 2009 ESRI REST
- Annual Crop Inventory 2010 ESRI REST
- Annual Crop Inventory 2010 ESRI REST
- Annual Crop Inventory 2011 ESRI REST
- Annual Crop Inventory 2011 ESRI REST
- Annual Crop Inventory 2012 ESRI REST
- Annual Crop Inventory 2012 ESRI REST
- Annual Crop Inventory 2013 ESRI REST