[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"learn-\u002Flearn\u002Fdata-sources\u002Faafc-land-use":3,"learn-related-data-sources\u002Faafc-land-use":149},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"category":128,"createdAt":128,"cta":129,"description":132,"extension":133,"icon":134,"industry":128,"keywords":135,"meta":140,"navigation":141,"path":142,"province":128,"relatedPages":143,"section":145,"seo":146,"stem":147,"systems":128,"updatedAt":128,"__hash__":148},"learn\u002Flearn\u002Fdata-sources\u002Faafc-land-use.md","AAFC Land Use v5: Dominant Land-Use Class per Quarter Section",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":119},"minimark",[9,14,23,27,38,42,57,63,67,80,94,98],[10,11,13],"h2",{"id":12},"what-it-is","What it is",[15,16,17,18,22],"p",{},"The ",[19,20,21],"strong",{},"AAFC National Land Use"," product (version 5) classifies the Canadian landscape into broad land-use classes - cropland, grassland, forest, wetland, settlement, and more - at 30-metre resolution. Township Canada samples the dominant class per quarter section and maps it to an IPCC reporting group.",[10,24,26],{"id":25},"what-it-carries","What it carries",[15,28,29,30,33,34,37],{},"Each quarter section carries its ",[19,31,32],{},"dominant land-use class",", the AAFC class label, the ",[19,35,36],{},"IPCC group",", and the percentage breakdown of classes within the quarter. This is what distinguishes a fully cropped quarter from one that is half grassland or carries a settlement footprint.",[10,39,41],{"id":40},"coverage-and-refresh","Coverage and refresh",[15,43,44,45,48,49,52,53,56],{},"We carry a land-use class on ",[19,46,47],{},"more than 1.8 million quarter sections",", spanning ",[19,50,51],{},"37 distinct classes",". 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Township Canada samples it per quarter section and builds a ",[19,164,165],{},"five-year rotation"," from the most recent classifications.",[10,168,26],{"id":25},[15,170,171,172,175,176,179,180,183],{},"For each quarter section we derive the ",[19,173,174],{},"dominant crop",", the ",[19,177,178],{},"rotation pattern"," across the last five years, and a ",[19,181,182],{},"Shannon crop-diversity index"," that rewards a varied rotation over a persistent monoculture. The same colour table AAFC publishes is used on our map, so the visual matches what producers already know from the AAFC viewer.",[10,185,41],{"id":40},[15,187,188,189,192,193,196],{},"We carry crop history on ",[19,190,191],{},"more than 1.7 million Prairie quarter sections"," across Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, refreshed ",[19,194,195],{},"annually in January"," for the prior season.",[58,198,199],{},[15,200,201],{},"Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.\nSource: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada - Annual Crop Inventory.",[10,203,66],{"id":65},[15,205,206,207,210,211,213,214,216],{},"The ACI powers the ",[19,208,209],{},"AAFC Crops"," map layer (Agriculture Bundle) and the crop-history strip on the ",[19,212,72],{}," of the parcel report. 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It is also the source of the ",[19,281,282],{},"Land Suitability Rating System (LSRS)"," productivity score, the federal-provincial standard for rating dryland spring-cereal cropland on a ",[19,285,286],{},"0-100"," scale. In Alberta, Township Canada reads the LSRS score directly from AGRASID.",[10,289,26],{"id":25},[15,291,292,293,296,297,300,301,304],{},"AGRASID contributes the soil ",[19,294,295],{},"subgroup, drainage, parent material, slope, and salinity"," for each polygon. LSRS contributes the ",[19,298,299],{},"productivity score"," and the single ",[19,302,303],{},"limiter"," capping it - climate, moisture, soil, water, continuous cropping, or pattern. The score is reported per quarter section with its limiter.",[10,306,41],{"id":40},[15,308,309,310,313,314,317,318,322],{},"We carry an LSRS productivity score on ",[19,311,312],{},"more than 380,000 Alberta quarter sections",", refreshed ",[19,315,316],{},"annually each June",". 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Because it is decades old, we treat it as one input among four, not the last word - field-level appraisal still requires on-the-ground verification.",[58,440,441],{},[15,442,443],{},"Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.\nSource: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada - Canada Land Inventory.",[10,445,66],{"id":65},[15,447,448,449,452,453,455,456,458],{},"CLI is the ",[19,450,451],{},"capability component (30% weight)"," of the composite ",[75,454,78],{"href":77},". 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