🚨We updated the catalog of Crop Inventory maps open.canada.ca/data/en/data... 1. Refined Extents - All maps now compatible 2. Colour Table - RGB values are consistent over time 3. COG files - All files are now Cloud Optimized GeoTIFFs There are NO CHANGES to the map values themselves.

If you want to understand why Colonel Sanders is in the second row behind the plate at the Jays game. Its to try to get at Yamamoto and Ohtani via the Curse of the Colonel. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_o...

@ianmendes.bsky.social Tried to watch the start of the 2nd while picking up my kid. - Rogers Xfinity Stream App - using Data - Location West Hunt Club area Fail 👎🫣

South of Dresden spotted this sunflower field. Why is nobody here taking selfies?!? #cropmap25 #ontag

Truckloads of tomatoes awaiting for me to turn them in to salsa 😁. Near Chatham #cropmap25 #ontag #cdnag

An old veteran just waiting to be called back in to action 🥰 #MasseyFerguson #MF550

Spotted a nice little field of buckwheat (don’t see that much anymore) & a field of winter canola (increasingly seeing that) near Ridgetown. #cropmap25 #ontag #cdnag

Tomato harvest partially completed near Muirkirk. #cropmap25 #ontag #cdnag

Just down the road, eye spy winter canola. #cropmap25 #ontag #cdnag

What was winter wheat in June is now clover in the fall. Near a foggy Bryanston #cropmap25 #ontag #cdnag

Back in southern Ontario for a 3-day trip to gather examples of double cropping. After our trips here in June/July we are revisiting fields that had winter crop varieties & seeing what is there now. Today we were driving in the Woodstock/Brantford/ Kitchener area. #cropmap25 #ontag #cdnag

For the last 2 months, AAFC teams have been collecting observations in Canada to use in #cropmap25. This week we finish with a trip to northwest Ontario. Our team will visit Thunder Bay, Rainy River, Dryden & all points in between, recording what's growing in this part of #ontag.

Turning the last bit of topsoil. Near Eatonville. #ontag

Look who, like me, decided to take a break from the farm fields and spend the day at the beach… #SpottedCucumberBeetle

What does one do after they have driven over 10,000km in the last month for work? Why pack up the trailer and drive another 700+ km to camp along the shores of Lake Erie of course! 🙄🤣

Better later than never. The long delayed 2024 Annual Crop Inventory of Canada is now fully complete. Download your favourite province (or Yukon territory), today! agriculture.canada.ca/atlas/data_d...

Back in the office this week & I had some #cropmap24 work to push though. We have finally released our 2024 ACI maps for Alberta & Saskatchewan. (BC coming out tomorrow) They can be downloaded here: agriculture.canada.ca/atlas/data_d...

5 days, 3400 pts & 3700 km driven. #cropmap25 data collection for this area of Canada is done. 🥳 Now sitting in the Kamloops getting ready to fly home.

The path less travelled really paid off today. Came across 30-40 horses. No visible markings on them so perhaps they are wild/feral? The group in the middle is protecting a young foal. It took a while to get around them. #cropmap25

These back roads can be full of surprises. I came around the bend & accidentally started a cattle drive! 😜 We eventually squeezed by without incident. #cropmap25 #BCag #westcdnag #cdnag

Found an interesting field we could not ID. Any thoughts out there of what this plant is? Here’s a few pics at differing scales. #cropmap25 #BCag #westcdnag #cdnag

On narrow gravel roads overlooking the Fraser River. Dr. Emily documents what is native grassland and what is rangeland. Her research will help the Annual Crop Inventory better distinguish these differences in the future. #teamup #cropmap25 #BCag #westcdnag #cdnag

On Dog Creek road, large swaths of ranch land are found. Pastures for miles and miles. #cropmap25 #BCag #westcdnag #cdnag

South of Quesnel, alfalfa is getting a drink. #cropmap25 #BCag #westcdnag #cdnag

Moving south along the Fraser valley the Ag becomes more diverse focusing pivot irrigation to increase their productivity. (Barley, corn, wheat and alfalfa) #cropmap25 #BCag #westcdnag #cdnag

The final day of #cropmap25 in #BCag has us travel south working our way to Kamloops. On our way we will also be collecting native grassland info in the Fraser River valley to help support Dr. Emily's research. #winwin #westcdnag #cdnag

Traveling through forest service roads south of Vanderhoof. Active areas of logging are intermixed with swaths of agriculture. #cropmap25 #BCag #westcdnag #cdnag

Forested pastures & forages dominate the Ag landscape in Grassy Plains & Ootsa Lake. Conditions appear dryer here than elsewhere; pivot irrigation was deployed to help on one field. #cropmap25 #BCag #westcdnag #cdnag

Crossing François Lake on our way to more agriculture. #cropmap25

The 4th day of #cropmap25 in northern BC has us doubling back east along Hwy 16. This time our main detours will be to cross François Lake via ferry and visit Grassy Plains & Ootsa Lake. Plus we'll drive through fields south of Vanderhoof. #cropmap25 #BCag #westcdnag #cdnag

Finishing the day near Witset, when I spotted this white horse in a field. I think I will title this photo either: - One is the loneliest number Or - Hey that horse looks like Donkey when he gets turned in to stallion in the movie Shrek. 😁 #cropmap25

Oats, hay and mountains under a partially cloudy sky. East of Telkwa. #cropmap15 #BCag #westcdnag #cdnag

I’m not trespassing, but I *am* checking out your spring wheat. 👌 Near Fort Fraser, BC #cropmap25 #BCag #westcdnag #cdnag

Interesting field east of Vanderhoof. A yellow flowering alfalfa. I’ve only seen this in the Yukon and the variety there is Anik. I wonder if that’s the same. #cropmap25 #BCag #westcdnag

We head west on Day 3 of #cropmap25 collecting in #BCag. Today the Highway of Tears guides us to pockets of Ag land until we reach Smithers.

Passing through the Murray Range of the Northern Rockies we stopped for a stretch break at Azouzetta Lake. Afterwards we ended our day with this mix barley & oat field outside of Nukko Lake. #cropmap25 #BCag #westcdnag #cdnag

Emily discovering what the birds and the bees really referred to, thanks to a tortoise carving in Chetwynd, BC 😜 #cropmap25

Tucked away southeast of Chetwynd is Lone Prairie, an area of farm land surrounded by hills. Very peaceful back here. #cropmap25 #BCag #westcdnag #cdnag

That’s the way bison, enjoy your pastures. I’ll be seeing you on the grill later! 😈 😜 Near Hudson’s Hope. #cropmap25 #BCag #westcdnag #cdnag

A new hydroelectric dam has changed this area since I was last here a couple of years ago. What was a river is now a lake. #cropmap25 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Site_C_...

Horses watching me, watching them. And Emily learning about restoration efforts in the area. Near Attachie. #cropmap25 #BCag #westcdnag #cdnag

Morning oats to start our day, and help keep us regular! 😆 Near Fort St John #cropmap25 #westcdnag #BCag #cdnag

Day 2 of #cropmap25 sees us leave the Peace River region and cross in to BC's central interior where we will work our way south to Prince George. #BCag #westcdnag #cdnag

🎶 O beautiful for spacious skies For amber waves of…pennycress. This is the only trip where we ever see this grown. 👀 #BritishColumbiaTheBeautiful #cropmap25 #westcdnag #cdnag

This operation near Kilkerran, BC made me smile. That is one bad-ass looking sprayer with those wheel shields. The Wide Load sign is the cherry on top 👍 #cropmap25 #westcdnag #Cdnag

Spotted some more outside of Fort St John. #cropmap25 #westcdnag #cdnag

Dawson Creek has a nice old elevator in the Center of town, and some peas growing just outside of the city. #cropmap25 #westcdnag #cdnag

Making room for more agriculture. #cropmap25 #westcdnag

Stopped to look at the canola while Emily made a friend. In Valleyview AB. #cropmap25 #westcdnag #cdnag

Choo-Choo! Picturesque Alberta, near Mayerthorpe. #cropmap25