Finally just north of Courtenay/Comox on my left was a large grass field ready for another drink. While on my right the barley looked almost ready to harvest. #cropmap26 #BCag #CdnAg

There’s lots of corn growing to support the dairy industry on Vancouver Island. Most of it looks very good including this field south of Oyster River that must be pushing 9ft (2.7m) in height. #cropmap26 #BCag #CdnAg

After a 3hr delay waiting for a new car, we passed this large blueberry & raspberry operation in Qualicum Beach. Our spring satellite image didn’t show the hoop houses. So they were erected at a later date. I wonder how long (& how many people) that would take.🧐 #cropmap26 #BCag #CdnAg

How the day went & how it’s ending😅 Tip 1: ensure your rental has ALL the tools to change a flat Tip 2: Budget rental at YVR is under a different corporate structure to local spots. Therefore you can’t easily get a replacement car direct from the nearest location🙄

Dairy barn near Duncan 🐄🥛 #cropmap26 #BCag #CdnAg

Day 2 of #cropmap26 has us head north from Victoria driving the eastern coast up towards Campbell River*. We’ll double back down to Nanaimo for the night. *Best name for a river in Canada #NoBias 😅

Off the ferry & on Vancouver Island we ran in to some young purple cabbage near North Saanich. #cropmap26 #BCag #CdnAg

On Westham Island some of the farms had signs saying what was in the field. No complaints from me! 😁 #beetroot #cropmap26 #BCag #CdnAg

As the black silage wagon nears being full; the yellow one (on their right) is ready to roll in. #teamwork #cropmap26 #BCag#CdnAg

Trying to figure out where the next piece of the jigsaw puzzle goes…😁 Constructing a new greenhouse in Delta, BC #cropmap26 #BCag #CdnAg

Just hanging out, keeping an eye on those juicy highbush blueberries #cropmap26 #BCag #CdnAg

Potato fields in Richmond. Growing for the local roadside market. #cropmap26 #BCag #CdnAg

On the road again for #cropmap26. In BC this week, today we are looking at fields in the Surrey, Richmond & Delta areas before taking an afternoon ferry over to Vancouver Island, then working around Victoria. #BCag #CdnAg

Nice to see some BC berries here in Ontario. It’s appropriate since I fly out there tomorrow for my next #cropmap26 tour. I’ll see Meadow Berry Farms personally on Thursday!

Shout out to my #cropmap26 partner this week, Karina! Currently at the University of Guelph working towards her Masters in Physics, she is part of an AAFC group looking at quantum computing. However as is my understanding, there exists a reality where you already knew this…😛

I can’t leave #PEI & not have one post about potatoes. Here’s a look at a few fields we encountered. There is a wide range of development happening. Some are just getting planted now while others are already flowering. #cropmap26 #CdnAg

We have several fields of oats & peas for silage for dairy cows.

Rows of soybeans emerging from their ground cover. Hard to tell from this distance what exactly the cover crop is/was. Winter rye or ryegrass perhaps? 🤷‍♂️ #PEI #cropmap26 #CdnAg

A field of peas near Grand River. Probably destined for animal feed given the nearby farms. #Nutritious #PEI #cropmap26 #CdnAg

Feeding time near Tignish. #PEI #cropmap26 #CdnAg

Expanding the operation. 🌲🪓 #PEI #cropmap26 #CdnAg

The old veteran standing at the ready… #White5542 #PEI #cropmap26 #CdnAg

Surprised to find some veggie fields in the middle of Summerside #PEI #cropmap26 #CdnAg

#cropmap26 is westward bound as we travel to PEI's west coast on our final day.

Must have been a sale on grain bins on Amazon…😁 #SeeingMultiples #PEI #cropmap26 #CdnAg

That’s a fancy mobile car wash…💦 😛 #cropmap26 #PEI #CdnAg

Up the hill we go for the wheat and the view #PEI #cropmap26 #CdnAg

Near Crapaud found a few fields of brown mustard. It’s used in rotation out hereas a biofumigant to naturally suppress nematodes pressures. #PEI #cropmap26 #CdnAg

Day 2 of #cropmap26 in PEI has us focusing on the central region of the province between Charlottetown and Summerside.

Apple orchards near Hazelbrook #PEI #cropmap26 #CdnAg

A couple of examples of lowbush blueberries that we’ve passed along the road today. #cropmap26 #PEI #CdnAg

Phacelia tanacetifolia near North Lake, PEI. Good cover crop, good for pollinators. #winwin #cropmap26 #CdnAg

A field of Buckwheat. An effective bio-control for wireworms when potatoes are in your plans. #Cropmap26 #CdnAg

Day 1 of #cropmap26 in PEI has us visiting the east side of the province (Kings County). Here we should find a mix of a variety of crop types, including fruits like lowbush blueberries. #CdnAg

How the day started ➡️ YOW How the day ended ➡️ YYG I'm in PEI this week for my first ever visit. Let the #cropmap26 data collection begin! #CdnAg #Potatoland

#cropmap25 is finally complete. We released BC, Yukon, and Ontario by the end of June and updated our metadata file to finish this one off. A new landcover methodology. Expanded coverage. And it's all yours, for free! open.canada.ca/data/en/data...

Happy pre Canada Day from on top of the bluffs in Goderich, Ontario!

Our #cropmap25 of Alberta was made available late last week. Here's a quick view of it. #CdnAg #WestCdnAg

The #cropmap25 for Saskatchewan is now available to download. open.canada.ca/data/en/data...

Well #cropmap25 is certainly slow going 🙄 This week we finally released our maps of Quebec & Manitoba with their associated confidence rasters. #Cdnag #WestCdnAg open.canada.ca/data/en/data... Our team of 3 continues to work hard to get the rest of Canada done asap. 🤞

UPDATE: The provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island & Newfoundland are done & available to download. #cropmap25 #CdnAg #Landcover #RemoteSensing open.canada.ca/data/en/data...

We’ve been working hard behind the scenes to improve the 2025 Crop Inventory map for you, which is partially why we are running late on the distribution of it this year. Here’s a sneak peak at what changes/improvements to expect. #cropmap25 #CdnAg

An always interesting channel to watch, but this episode from @techconnectify.bsky.social is in-depth, thought provoking and impassioned. Worth a view.

Cold days in Ottawa + an old historic building = pretty views of the research farm from my office window. 🌬️❄️🪟

Not often the precip from these Lake Effect snowstorms is not snowflakes. #Goderich #LakeHuron #graupel #onstorm

🚨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.

@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