Ag lending & crop insurance · Prototype

Parcel facts for the quarter sections on a loan or policy file.

Send the legal land descriptions from a file, up to 25 per pack. We return a profiles table with one row per parcel, then each parcel's productivity, crop history, drought history, soil, and energy infrastructure, and flag what stands out, with the source named. The decision stays with your underwriter.

3M+
Quarter sections
1.8M+
Crop history records
3
Provinces (AB, SK, MB)
Evidence pack
Parcel Risk and Productivity Profile
You send

The LLDs on a loan or policy file (up to 25 per pack)

The pack returns
  • Parcel identity
  • Productivity and soil
  • Crop history
  • Drought
  • Energy encumbrances and water
  • Flags
  • Source and data date
You get
JSONCSVGeoJSONPrintable report
The job it removes

Less portal work before the real work.

Loan and policy files list land by legal description. Checking that land (what was grown, how productive the soil is, whether it sits in drought, whether there are wells or lines on it) means separate lookups per parcel. The pack returns that profile for each parcel on the file and flags items worth a second look.

Who it is for

Farm lenders and credit unions

Land characteristics for the parcels offered as collateral, in one consistent format.

Crop insurers

Crop history and drought context for the quarter sections on a policy, to prefill and check what was reported.

Portfolio managers

The same profile for every parcel in a book, so exceptions are easy to see.

What's in the pack

A profile per parcel, with items flagged.

This pack is a prototype. A profiles table with one row per parcel comes first, then each parcel's detail. The fields come from existing Township Canada data.

Parcel identity
DLS · AB · SK · MB
Legal land description, province, municipality, and area in acres, resolved from the Township Canada survey grid.
Productivity and soil
Productivity Score · LSRS · CLI
The Productivity Score with its soil, CLI, and crop-diversity components, capability class where mapped, soil group, drainage and slope, and the municipal LSRS average in Alberta. Saskatchewan and Manitoba scores use a national soil fallback, which the pack flags.
Crop history
AAFC Annual Crop Inventory
The AAFC crop class for each crop year at the quarter's centre point, the dominant category, a diversity index, the land-use class, and the cropland share. Years the inventory could not date are marked Not dated.
Drought
Canadian Drought Monitor
The current drought class at the parcel, and how many monitored months it spent at D1 or worse.
Energy encumbrances and water
Wells · pipelines · tenure · water
Wells by status, orphan inventory matches, pipeline segments and metres, facilities, and Crown dispositions on the parcel, with water within 500 m and wetlands.
Flags
Per parcel
Plain-language notes such as drought frequency, orphan wells, pipelines on the parcel, a soil fallback in the score, or no annual crop class in the mapped years.
Source and data date
Every section
Each section names its dataset and publisher, with the licence, refresh cadence, and an as-of date where the data load records one, so you can cite it or check it.
Real sample

Parcel Risk and Productivity Profile

SE-36-30-24-W4 (160.0 ac, Kneehill County): Productivity Score 63, dominant crop Spring wheat, D1 or worse drought in 41 of 91 monitored months, 1 well and 2,528 m of pipeline on the parcel.

Input: SE-36-30-24-W4 (quarter section) Generated 2026-09-22
Productivity Score
63 / 100 (Moderate)
Capability
LSRS 2 (moisture deficit)
Dominant crop
Spring wheat

4 mapped years

Drought months D1+
41 / 91

worst D3

Wells on parcel
1
Pipeline on parcel
2,528 m

Flags

D2 or worse drought in 30 of 91 monitored months.
3 pipeline segments cross the parcel.

Energy encumbrances and water

ItemValue
Wells on parcel1
Orphan inventory matches0
Pipeline segments3
Pipeline metres on parcel2,528 m
Facilities0
Crown dispositions intersecting2
Water within 500 m of the parcelwater body 367 m; watercourse touching parcel
WetlandsNone mapped

Crop history

Crop yearCrop class
2021Spring wheat
2022Canola / rapeseed
2023Spring wheat
2024Spring wheat

Sources

DatasetPublisherRefreshAs of
Township Canada DLS grid (quarter and LSD polygons)Township CanadaStatic grid 
Municipal boundariesTownship Canada compilationNot documented 
Township Canada Productivity Score v1.0Township CanadaRecomputed per report 
AAFC Annual Crop Inventory (quarter-section rollup)Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaAnnual2021 to 2025 crop years
AAFC Land Use (quarter-section rollup)Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaAnnual2026-06
Canada Land Inventory agriculture capabilityAgriculture and Agri-Food CanadaStatic 
Soil Landscapes of Canada v3.2Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaAnnual 
Canadian Drought Monitor (current month)Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaMonthly2026-08
Canadian Drought Monitor (monthly history)Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaMonthly2019-01 to 2026-08
AGRASID 4.1 with AAFC LSRSAlberta Agriculture and Irrigation; Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaAnnual2026-06
ABMI wetland inventory (quarter-section rollup)Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring InstituteNot documented2026-06
AER ST37 List of WellsAlberta Energy RegulatorMonthly2026-09
AER ST76 Pipeline SystemAlberta Energy RegulatorMonthly2026-09
AER ST102 Facility ListAlberta Energy RegulatorMonthly2026-09
Per-LSD oil and gas activity rollup (AER + Petrinex)Township Canada, derived from AER and PetrinexMonthly2026-09
Petrinex public production reports (trailing 12 months)PetrinexMonthly 
Orphan Well Association inventoryOrphan Well AssociationMonthly2026-09
AER ST101 Business Associate codesAlberta Energy RegulatorQuarterly2026-09
Crown petroleum, natural gas, and mineral tenureAlberta Energy (AMI)Weekly 
Watercourses and water bodies, 1:50,000Township Canada compilationNot documented 
Federal treaty boundariesGovernment of Alberta (GeoSpatial federal_treaty_public)Ad hoc2026-07
Published crop, soil, drought, and energy context. Not a yield, a premium, a credit decision, or a claim decision.
Request this pack for your parcels
What it is not

Evidence for a professional, not the professional's work.

The Parcel Risk and Productivity Profile assembles what the public record shows. The judgment, the site work, and the signature stay with you.

  • Not a credit decision, an underwriting decision, or an insurance decision.
  • No claims validation, yield data, or loss history.
  • No ownership, title, or registered encumbrances. The energy infrastructure on the parcel is reported; registered interests are not.
  • Productivity Scores compare best within a province. Alberta scores use the LSRS soil rating; Saskatchewan and Manitoba scores use a national soil fallback, which the pack flags.
Pilot

Request a sample pack for your parcels.

We run the pack for your parcels and send you the files. No account or checkout needed for the pilot.

  1. 1. Send your parcels

    Legal land descriptions (DLS quarter sections or LSDs in Alberta, Saskatchewan, or Manitoba), or a corridor as a GeoJSON line. A handful is enough for a first pack.

  2. 2. We run the pack

    We build the pack from the same data behind the Township Canada parcel report, with the source and data date on every section.

  3. 3. You get the files

    JSON, CSV, and GeoJSON for your own tools, plus a printable report you can put in the file.

FAQ

Common questions

Does it score credit or insurance risk?
No. It reports land facts from the public record and flags items for review. Any risk rating or decision stays with your team.
Can it check what a producer reported?
It lists the AAFC crop inventory class for each quarter section by crop year, which you can compare with what was reported. It does not validate a claim.
How is the pack delivered?
During the pilot we run the pack for your parcels and send you the files: JSON, CSV, and GeoJSON for your own tools, plus a printable report. There is no self-serve upload yet.
How current is the data?
Alberta regulator well, pipeline, and facility data refresh monthly, and Saskatchewan loads run weekly to monthly. The Canadian Drought Monitor refreshes monthly and the AAFC crop inventory is annual. Every section names its source and refresh cadence, with an as-of date where the data load records one, so you can see which vintage you are looking at.
What does it cost?
The pilot pack has no published price yet. Tell us what you would use it for and we will talk about it. The parcel report bundles and APIs that power it are priced on the pricing page.