[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"learn-\u002Flearn\u002Fdata-sources\u002Fagrasid-lsrs":3,"learn-related-data-sources\u002Fagrasid-lsrs":173},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"category":152,"createdAt":152,"cta":153,"description":156,"extension":157,"icon":158,"industry":152,"keywords":159,"meta":164,"navigation":165,"path":166,"province":152,"relatedPages":167,"section":169,"seo":170,"stem":171,"systems":152,"updatedAt":152,"__hash__":172},"learn\u002Flearn\u002Fdata-sources\u002Fagrasid-lsrs.md","AGRASID 4.1 and LSRS: Alberta Soil and the Productivity Score",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":143},"minimark",[9,14,30,34,49,53,70,76,80,96,110,120,124],[10,11,13],"h2",{"id":12},"what-it-is","What it is",[15,16,17,21,22,25,26,29],"p",{},[18,19,20],"strong",{},"AGRASID 4.1"," (the Agricultural Region of Alberta Soil Inventory Database) is the province's authoritative soil-polygon dataset. It is also the source of the ",[18,23,24],{},"Land Suitability Rating System (LSRS)"," productivity score, the federal-provincial standard for rating dryland spring-cereal cropland on a ",[18,27,28],{},"0-100"," scale. In Alberta, Township Canada reads the LSRS score directly from AGRASID.",[10,31,33],{"id":32},"what-it-carries","What it carries",[15,35,36,37,40,41,44,45,48],{},"AGRASID contributes the soil ",[18,38,39],{},"subgroup, drainage, parent material, slope, and salinity"," for each polygon. LSRS contributes the ",[18,42,43],{},"productivity score"," and the single ",[18,46,47],{},"limiter"," capping it - climate, moisture, soil, water, continuous cropping, or pattern. The score is reported per quarter section with its limiter.",[10,50,52],{"id":51},"coverage-and-refresh","Coverage and refresh",[15,54,55,56,59,60,63,64,69],{},"We carry an LSRS productivity score on ",[18,57,58],{},"more than 380,000 Alberta quarter sections",", refreshed ",[18,61,62],{},"annually each June",". Outside Alberta, the ",[65,66,68],"a",{"href":67},"\u002Flearn\u002Fdata-sources\u002Fsoil-landscapes-canada","Soil Landscapes of Canada"," fallback supplies the soil context.",[71,72,73],"blockquote",{},[15,74,75],{},"Source: AGRASID 4.1 (Alberta Agriculture and Irrigation) under Open Government Licence - Alberta.",[10,77,79],{"id":78},"how-township-canada-shows-it","How Township Canada shows it",[15,81,82,83,86,87,90,91,95],{},"AGRASID and LSRS power the ",[18,84,85],{},"Ag Summary"," map layer (Agriculture Bundle), themed by productivity class, and the soil and productivity cards on the ",[18,88,89],{},"Agriculture tab"," of the parcel report. The LSRS score is the soil component (50% weight) of the composite ",[65,92,94],{"href":93},"\u002Flearn\u002Fag\u002Fscore-methodology","Productivity Score",".",[97,98,99],"note",{},[15,100,101,104,105,109],{},[18,102,103],{},"Screenshot to add"," (",[106,107,108],"code",{},"\u002Fimages\u002Flearn\u002Fdata-sources\u002Fagrasid-lsrs\u002Flsrs-map.png","): the Ag Summary layer themed by LSRS class, ramped from class 1 (excellent) to class 7, over an Alberta township.",[97,111,112],{},[15,113,114,104,116,119],{},[18,115,103],{},[106,117,118],{},"\u002Fimages\u002Flearn\u002Fdata-sources\u002Fagrasid-lsrs\u002Freport-soil-card.png","): the Agriculture tab showing the productivity score, soil subgroup, drainage, and the limiter.",[10,121,123],{"id":122},"related","Related",[125,126,127,134,138],"ul",{},[128,129,130],"li",{},[65,131,133],{"href":132},"\u002Flearn\u002Fhow-to\u002Flsrs-soil-productivity-score","The LSRS productivity score explained",[128,135,136],{},[65,137,68],{"href":67},[128,139,140],{},[65,141,142],{"href":93},"Productivity Score methodology",{"title":144,"searchDepth":145,"depth":145,"links":146},"",2,[147,148,149,150,151],{"id":12,"depth":145,"text":13},{"id":32,"depth":145,"text":33},{"id":51,"depth":145,"text":52},{"id":78,"depth":145,"text":79},{"id":122,"depth":145,"text":123},null,{"label":154,"href":155},"Pull an Alberta parcel report","\u002Fapp\u002Fsearch","AGRASID 4.1 is Alberta's soil information database and the source of the LSRS productivity score. Township Canada carries soil detail and the 0-100 score per quarter section.","md","i-lucide-layers",[160,161,162,163],"AGRASID","LSRS","soil productivity","land suitability rating system",{},true,"\u002Flearn\u002Fdata-sources\u002Fagrasid-lsrs",[67,168,132],"\u002Flearn\u002Fdata-sources\u002Faafc-crop-inventory","data-sources",{"title":5,"description":156},"learn\u002Fdata-sources\u002Fagrasid-lsrs","Cl4jQHG7-tjIjXXxoTc7tGKs8OKwymnHmqX_NSO7Exg",[174,292,404],{"id":175,"title":176,"body":177,"category":152,"createdAt":152,"cta":279,"description":281,"extension":157,"icon":282,"industry":152,"keywords":283,"meta":287,"navigation":165,"path":168,"province":152,"relatedPages":288,"section":169,"seo":289,"stem":290,"systems":152,"updatedAt":152,"__hash__":291},"learn\u002Flearn\u002Fdata-sources\u002Faafc-crop-inventory.md","AAFC Annual Crop Inventory: Five-Year Crop History",{"type":7,"value":178,"toc":272},[179,181,192,194,209,211,222,227,229,241,251,253],[10,180,13],{"id":12},[15,182,183,184,187,188,191],{},"The ",[18,185,186],{},"AAFC Annual Crop Inventory (ACI)"," is Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's satellite-derived crop classification, published every year as a 30-metre raster covering the prior growing season. Township Canada samples it per quarter section and builds a ",[18,189,190],{},"five-year rotation"," from the most recent classifications.",[10,193,33],{"id":32},[15,195,196,197,200,201,204,205,208],{},"For each quarter section we derive the ",[18,198,199],{},"dominant crop",", the ",[18,202,203],{},"rotation pattern"," across the last five years, and a ",[18,206,207],{},"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.",[10,210,52],{"id":51},[15,212,213,214,217,218,221],{},"We carry crop history on ",[18,215,216],{},"more than 1.7 million Prairie quarter sections"," across Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, refreshed ",[18,219,220],{},"annually in January"," for the prior season.",[71,223,224],{},[15,225,226],{},"Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.\nSource: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada - Annual Crop Inventory.",[10,228,79],{"id":78},[15,230,231,232,235,236,238,239,95],{},"The ACI powers the ",[18,233,234],{},"AAFC Crops"," map layer (Agriculture Bundle) and the crop-history strip on the ",[18,237,89],{}," of the parcel report. The diversity index is also one of the four inputs to the ",[65,240,94],{"href":93},[97,242,243],{},[15,244,245,104,247,250],{},[18,246,103],{},[106,248,249],{},"\u002Fimages\u002Flearn\u002Fdata-sources\u002Faafc-crop-inventory\u002Fcrop-history-card.png","): the Agriculture tab crop-history strip showing a five-year rotation (for example peas, spring wheat, lentils) with the dominant crop and diversity index.",[10,252,123],{"id":122},[125,254,255,261,267],{},[128,256,257],{},[65,258,260],{"href":259},"\u002Flearn\u002Fhow-to\u002Faafc-crop-history-quarter-section","AAFC crop history per quarter section",[128,262,263],{},[65,264,266],{"href":265},"\u002Flearn\u002Fdata-sources\u002Faafc-land-use","AAFC Land Use v5",[128,268,269],{},[65,270,271],{"href":166},"AGRASID 4.1 and LSRS",{"title":144,"searchDepth":145,"depth":145,"links":273},[274,275,276,277,278],{"id":12,"depth":145,"text":13},{"id":32,"depth":145,"text":33},{"id":51,"depth":145,"text":52},{"id":78,"depth":145,"text":79},{"id":122,"depth":145,"text":123},{"label":280,"href":155},"See crop history on a parcel report","The AAFC Annual Crop Inventory is the satellite-derived crop map of Canada. Township Canada turns it into a five-year rotation, dominant crop, and diversity index per quarter section.","i-lucide-wheat",[284,285,286,199],"AAFC crop inventory","crop rotation","crop diversity",{},[265,166,259],{"title":176,"description":281},"learn\u002Fdata-sources\u002Faafc-crop-inventory","6ipUFARNBLUbJiqgBo0jLpdnW-18TRUeDv5aVhUzF_g",{"id":293,"title":294,"body":295,"category":152,"createdAt":152,"cta":390,"description":392,"extension":157,"icon":393,"industry":152,"keywords":394,"meta":399,"navigation":165,"path":67,"province":152,"relatedPages":400,"section":169,"seo":401,"stem":402,"systems":152,"updatedAt":152,"__hash__":403},"learn\u002Flearn\u002Fdata-sources\u002Fsoil-landscapes-canada.md","Soil Landscapes of Canada: the National Soil Fallback",{"type":7,"value":296,"toc":383},[297,299,316,318,328,330,340,345,347,353,363,365],[10,298,13],{"id":12},[15,300,301,304,305,308,309,311,312,315],{},[18,302,303],{},"Soil Landscapes of Canada (SLC) v3.2"," is Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's national soil dataset, describing soil ",[18,306,307],{},"order and great group"," at roughly 1:1 million scale. Inside Alberta we use the finer ",[65,310,160],{"href":166},"; ",[18,313,314],{},"outside Alberta, SLC is the fallback"," that keeps soil context with you in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and British Columbia.",[10,317,33],{"id":32},[15,319,320,321,323,324,327],{},"SLC contributes the soil ",[18,322,307],{}," for a quarter section, from which we derive an estimated productivity range where a measured LSRS score is not available. Because SLC is coarse, many quarter sections sit on a single polygon and receive an averaged value - so we ",[18,325,326],{},"label the fallback explicitly"," in the UI rather than presenting it as a measured score.",[10,329,52],{"id":51},[15,331,332,333,336,337,95],{},"SLC provides soil context across the Prairies and BC outside Alberta, covering ",[18,334,335],{},"hundreds of thousands of quarter sections"," where AGRASID does not reach, refreshed ",[18,338,339],{},"annually in March",[71,341,342],{},[15,343,344],{},"Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.\nSource: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada - Soil Landscapes of Canada v3.2.",[10,346,79],{"id":78},[15,348,349,350,352],{},"SLC fills the soil card on the ",[18,351,89],{}," of the parcel report outside Alberta, always labelled as the SLC fallback. Province-specific soil indices (SAMA in Saskatchewan, MASC in Manitoba) are on the roadmap to replace this coarse estimate.",[97,354,355],{},[15,356,357,104,359,362],{},[18,358,103],{},[106,360,361],{},"\u002Fimages\u002Flearn\u002Fdata-sources\u002Fsoil-landscapes-canada\u002Fslc-fallback-card.png","): the Agriculture tab soil card on a Saskatchewan parcel, showing the SLC soil order with the explicit \"fallback\" label.",[10,364,123],{"id":122},[125,366,367,373,377],{},[128,368,369],{},[65,370,372],{"href":371},"\u002Flearn\u002Fhow-to\u002Fsoil-landscapes-canada-vs-lsrs","Soil Landscapes of Canada vs LSRS",[128,374,375],{},[65,376,271],{"href":166},[128,378,379],{},[65,380,382],{"href":381},"\u002Flearn\u002Fdata-sources\u002Fcli-land-capability","CLI Land Capability",{"title":144,"searchDepth":145,"depth":145,"links":384},[385,386,387,388,389],{"id":12,"depth":145,"text":13},{"id":32,"depth":145,"text":33},{"id":51,"depth":145,"text":52},{"id":78,"depth":145,"text":79},{"id":122,"depth":145,"text":123},{"label":391,"href":155},"See soil context on a parcel report","Soil Landscapes of Canada v3.2 is the national soil-order dataset. Township Canada uses it for soil context outside Alberta, where AGRASID does not reach.","i-lucide-globe",[395,396,397,398],"soil landscapes of canada","SLC","soil order","great group",{},[166,381,371],{"title":294,"description":392},"learn\u002Fdata-sources\u002Fsoil-landscapes-canada","udg4rXCOCVe1_Ll4KkBVelUefXRyF28hGwCIqBNJXWY",{"id":405,"title":406,"body":407,"category":152,"createdAt":152,"cta":678,"description":680,"extension":157,"icon":152,"industry":681,"keywords":682,"meta":688,"navigation":165,"path":132,"province":689,"relatedPages":152,"section":690,"seo":691,"stem":692,"systems":693,"updatedAt":152,"__hash__":695},"learn\u002Flearn\u002Fhow-to\u002Flsrs-soil-productivity-score.md","LSRS Soil Productivity Score: How to Find It for Any Alberta Quarter Section",{"type":7,"value":408,"toc":671},[409,414,423,427,430,450,453,553,560,564,567,577,583,589,593,596,616,620,640,643,645],[410,411,413],"h1",{"id":412},"lsrs-soil-productivity-score","LSRS Soil Productivity Score",[15,415,416,417,95],{},"Every cultivated quarter section in Alberta has a Land Suitability Rating System (LSRS) class - a 1-to-7 rating of how well that ground supports spring-seeded small grains. Township Canada translates the class to a 0-100 productivity score and surfaces it directly on the parcel report at ",[65,418,420],{"href":419},"\u002Fapp\u002Freport\u002FSE-14-29-21-W2\u002Fpdf",[106,421,422],{},"\u002Fapp\u002Freport\u002F[lld]\u002Fpdf",[10,424,426],{"id":425},"what-lsrs-measures","What LSRS measures",[15,428,429],{},"LSRS combines three suitability dimensions into a single class per polygon:",[125,431,432,438,444],{},[128,433,434,437],{},[18,435,436],{},"Climate"," - growing-degree-days, frost-free period, precipitation",[128,439,440,443],{},[18,441,442],{},"Soil"," - drainage, salinity, texture, organic matter",[128,445,446,449],{},[18,447,448],{},"Landscape"," - slope, stoniness",[15,451,452],{},"The output is a class from 1 (excellent - minimal limitations) to 7 (unsuitable for spring cereals). Township Canada uses an AGRASID 4.1 source for Alberta and translates the 1-7 class to a 0-100 score for easier interpretation:",[454,455,456,472],"table",{},[457,458,459],"thead",{},[460,461,462,466,469],"tr",{},[463,464,465],"th",{},"Class",[463,467,468],{},"Score range",[463,470,471],{},"Label",[473,474,475,487,498,509,520,531,542],"tbody",{},[460,476,477,481,484],{},[478,479,480],"td",{},"1",[478,482,483],{},"90-100",[478,485,486],{},"Excellent",[460,488,489,492,495],{},[478,490,491],{},"2",[478,493,494],{},"75-89",[478,496,497],{},"Very good",[460,499,500,503,506],{},[478,501,502],{},"3",[478,504,505],{},"60-74",[478,507,508],{},"Good",[460,510,511,514,517],{},[478,512,513],{},"4",[478,515,516],{},"45-59",[478,518,519],{},"Moderate",[460,521,522,525,528],{},[478,523,524],{},"5",[478,526,527],{},"30-44",[478,529,530],{},"Marginal",[460,532,533,536,539],{},[478,534,535],{},"6",[478,537,538],{},"15-29",[478,540,541],{},"Severe limitations",[460,543,544,547,550],{},[478,545,546],{},"7",[478,548,549],{},"0-14",[478,551,552],{},"Unsuitable",[15,554,555,556,559],{},"The exact translation lives in the ",[106,557,558],{},"app.lsrs_class_to_score()"," helper on the database.",[10,561,563],{"id":562},"how-to-find-the-lsrs-for-a-specific-quarter-section","How to find the LSRS for a specific quarter section",[15,565,566],{},"Three paths, depending on the workflow:",[15,568,569,572,573,576],{},[18,570,571],{},"Parcel report."," Visit ",[106,574,575],{},"\u002Fapp\u002Freport\u002F\u003Cyour-quarter>\u002Fpdf"," and the LSRS card shows the class, score, and label. Anonymous and Starter users get a limited number of reports; Agriculture Bundle subscribers get expanded report access.",[15,578,579,582],{},[18,580,581],{},"Map overlay (Agriculture Bundle)."," Toggle the LSRS layer in the data catalog and the entire grid colours by productivity class - useful for comparing parcels side-by-side or scanning a township.",[15,584,585,588],{},[18,586,587],{},"API (any plan with API access)."," Programmatic lookup against the LSRS join table for batch use cases.",[10,590,592],{"id":591},"what-the-score-is-not","What the score is not",[15,594,595],{},"A few common misreadings worth flagging:",[125,597,598,604,610],{},[128,599,600,603],{},[18,601,602],{},"It's not yield."," A class-1 parcel still has bad years; a class-4 parcel can outperform if managed well. The score reflects long-run suitability, not the current year.",[128,605,606,609],{},[18,607,608],{},"It's not market value."," Recent FCC farmland values track productivity loosely but other factors (proximity to grain delivery points, water access, road frontage) move price.",[128,611,612,615],{},[18,613,614],{},"It's not crop-specific."," The version Township Canada ships is for spring-seeded small grains. AAFC publishes pasture-specific LSRS too - that's not currently in the catalog.",[10,617,619],{"id":618},"coverage-and-whats-next","Coverage and what's next",[125,621,622,628,634],{},[128,623,624,627],{},[18,625,626],{},"Alberta:"," shipped via AGRASID 4.1. Every cultivated quarter has a class.",[128,629,630,633],{},[18,631,632],{},"Saskatchewan:"," in flight. The plan is to compute LSRS from AGRASID + SKSIS + climate + DEM rather than wait for a national bulk dataset (national AAFC LSRS doesn't exist for SK).",[128,635,636,639],{},[18,637,638],{},"Manitoba, BC, Ontario:"," not on the immediate roadmap; pasture LSRS likely first.",[15,641,642],{},"See the LSRS layer reference for the data pipeline detail.",[10,644,123],{"id":122},[125,646,647,654,659,665],{},[128,648,649],{},[65,650,651,652],{"href":419},"Parcel report at ",[106,653,422],{},[128,655,656],{},[65,657,658],{"href":259},"5-year AAFC crop history",[128,660,661],{},[65,662,664],{"href":663},"\u002Fblog\u002Fsaskatchewan-quarter-section-guide-grain-farmers-scic-filers","Saskatchewan Quarter Section Guide for Grain Farmers",[128,666,667],{},[65,668,670],{"href":669},"\u002Ffor\u002Finvestors","Township Canada for Farmland Investors",{"title":144,"searchDepth":145,"depth":145,"links":672},[673,674,675,676,677],{"id":425,"depth":145,"text":426},{"id":562,"depth":145,"text":563},{"id":591,"depth":145,"text":592},{"id":618,"depth":145,"text":619},{"id":122,"depth":145,"text":123},{"label":679,"href":419},"Pull a parcel report","The Land Suitability Rating System (LSRS) gives every Alberta quarter section a 0-100 productivity score. 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