This product provides information on Alberta Pedigreed Acres, for a ten-year period. Total Acres for Wheat, Oats, Barley, Other Cereals, Flax, Oilseeds and special Crops are included.

,Data of the biomass production and forage quality (nutritive value) of 13 different tepary bean genotypes managed at four different cutting heights and three different cutting dates. The data was collected during 2020 and 2021 to compare cutting management of tepary bean with forage soybean. The study occurred at the Oklahoma and Central Plains Agricultural Research Center, El Reno, OK (35◦ 34’ N; 98◦ 2’ W, 414 m a.s.l.). Total rainfall was 340 mm in 2019 and 271 mm in 2020. No supplemental irrigation was applied. Weedy grasses were controlled with Clethodim 2EC throughout the growing season at a rate of 231.5 g a.i. ha-1). The study began June 10th 2020 and lasted 90 days. The study was replicated June 10th 2021 and lasted 90 days. Biomass was harvested from 0.5 m row lengths at 30-, 45-, or 90-day (end of season) intervals and at heights of 5, 10, or 15 cm above ground level to determine biomass production and regrowth ability. The 90-day interval was cut at 5 cm only and served as a control. Subsampling occurred 3 times for the 30 day, 2 times for the 45 day, and once for the 90 day. The 3–30-day samplings were summed to compare to the 90-day cutting. Likewise, the 2–45-day samplings were summed to compare to the 90-day cutting. Fresh weight of biomass was determined for clipped biomass, samples were dried at 60 ◦C for 72 hr, re-weighed to define dry matter, and subsequently ground to a 2.0 mm particle size for laboratory analysis using a Thomas Scientific Wiley Mill (Swedesboro, NJ, USA). The ground particles were thoroughly mixed and ~50g were scanned with a benchtop NIR (Unity Scientific Spectra Star XT with UCal calibration software, Westborough, MA, USA), and measures of forage quality [acid detergent fiber (ADF), in vitro True Digestibility (IVTD), neutral detergent fiber (NDF), total nitrogen content (N), total digestible nutrients (TDN), and a TDN:CP ratio] were evaluated. The benchtop NIR was validated with wet chemistry each year using approximately 10% of the samples. Occasionally, due to reduced plant growth, replications were combined to determine the forage quality of a genotype. Collected biomass (gm-2) was converted to Mgha-1). Data were analyzed with the Proc GLIMMIX procedure in SAS Studio 3.8. Genotype, cutting management (cutting height and cutting interval), and their interactions were considered fixed effects while the intercept of the linear predictor was considered a random effect with year as the subject (level). During the 90-day period from June to September, some genotypes of tepary bean provided greater amounts of biomass and forage quality than Laredo (forage soybean). The optimal management regime for tepary bean for forage was noted for one end of season (90-day) harvest as this was the best combination of biomass accumulation and forage nutritive value (forage quality). Breeding efforts to improve the forage characteristics and agronomic performance of tepary bean are required. Studies to determine the optimal planting rate/density are needed to refine and expand the use of tepary bean as an alternative forage.,

This product provides information on Alberta Principal Field Crops - Area, Yield and Production,over a five year period. Number of Seeded Acres, Harvested Acres, Yield per Acre, and tonnes of Production by type of Alberta Principal Field Crops; with a 2005-2014 10-year Average Production of Alberta Wheat, Barley and Canola, and the Alberta 2014 Production as a Percent (%) of Canada Total are included.

,The Cover Crop Chart (v. 2.0) is designed to assist producers with decisions on the use of cover crops in crop and forage production systems. The chart, patterned after the periodic table of elements, includes information on 58 crop species that may be planted individually or in cocktail mixtures. Information on growth cycle, relative water use, plant architecture, seeding depth, forage quality, pollination characteristics, and nutrient cycling are included for most crop species.,The Cover Crop Chart is easy to use, requiring only Adobe Acrobat software. Using the chart as a guide, users can select individual crop species by clicking on the name which will direct them to additional information about the selected crop. Icons within each crop page return the user to the chart, thereby easily allowing comparisons of different crops.,The Cover Crop Chart represents a compendium of information from multiple sources throughout the U.S. and Canada, and is not based on research conducted at the USDA-ARS Northern Great Plains Research Laboratory (NGPRL). Primary sources of information included the Midwest Cover Crops Council, USDA - Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education (SARE), USDA - Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) PLANTS Database, relevant peer-reviewed journal articles, and the 3rd edition of *Managing Cover Crops Profitably* (Andy Clark, Editor).,Information on specific crops is occasionally generalized and/or approximate to accommodate wide variation in geographic/agronomic conditions, and therefore may not reflect performance in on-farm conditions. Accordingly, USDA - Agricultural Research Service (ARS) makes no guarantee to the performance of specific crops based on information provided within the Cover Crop Chart.,The Cover Crop Chart is produced and distributed by the staff of the USDA-ARS NGPRL, Mandan, ND. Mark Liebig and Holly Johnson contributed to the design and content of the chart with input from NGPRL staff and producers and technicians from the Area IV Soil Conservation Districts of North Dakota and NRCS staff at the Bismarck and Dickinson Field/Area Offices.,

,Multi-environment trial data of hairy vetch (Vicia villosa Roth.), including 50 environments in the United States and 35 lines screened for traits of interest to cover cropping. Environments are labeled as the unique combination of harvest year (‘19’ for the trials planted in the fall of 2018 and harvested in the spring of 2019, ‘20’ for those planted in the fall 2019 and harvested in the spring of 2020, ‘21’ for the trials planted in the fall of 2020 and harvested in the spring of 2021, and ‘22’ for the trials planted in the fall of 2021 and harvested in the spring of 2022) and the two digit abbreviation of the US state where the trial was located: Lockeford, CA (CA); Americus, GA (GA); Beltsville, MD (MD); St. Paul, MN (MN); Columbia, MO (MO); Caswell, Goldsboro, Kinston, Rocky Mount, or Salisbury, NC (NC); Mandan, ND (ND); Lincoln, NE (NE); Fallon, NV (NV); Varna, NY (NY); Ardmore, OK (OK); Corvallis, OR (OR); Knox City, TX (TX); Prairie du Sac, WI (WI); and Pullman, WA (WA). Environment details including latitude, longitude, soil type, soil taxonomy, planting date, and data collection dates are included in metadata.,Lines were not consistently tested in all years. Some lines were dropped from low seed supply or poor performance in the trial. Other lines were added as they became available commercially or through breeding programs. Each line was grown in a single 4.57 m row, flanked by one or more rows of triticale (×Triticosecale Wittm. ex A. Camus [Secale × Triticum]). Triticale was used to simulate how growers typically plant hairy vetch in mixture with a winter annual grass. Distance between legume and triticale row varied between 19 and 76 cm, depending on environment (see details in [forthcoming Ag Data Commons ALT database citation]). Plots were planted with 0.66 g of vetch pure live non-hard seed per m, which was increased to 1.1 in 2020-2022 to improve stand uniformity and reduce variability in establishment. Planting depth varied between 1.3 and 3.8 cm. Entries were blocked four times in a randomized complete block design.,Field data were collected using Field Book (Rife and Poland, 2014). Emergence was rated as a visual percent of plants emerged per plot one and two months after harvest. Emergence two months after harvest was used for analysis, unless snow or other factors prevented the collection of the rating two months after harvest, in which case emergence one month after harvest was used. Vigor was evaluated visually in the fall (one and two months after planting) and spring (once plants started actively growing after winter and at least two weeks prior to harvest) on a scale from ‘1’ to ‘9’, with ‘1’ representing the plot with lowest vigor in the trial, and ‘9’ representing the highest vigor in the trial. Spring stand was rated as a percent of the total plot with live plants after harsh winter conditions were over. Maturity was rated following a modified scale of Kalu and Fick (1981) at every harvest date.,Biomass from each plot was harvested one to two times in the spring of 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022, dried at 55ºC, then weighed. If two harvests took place, six to nine feet of each fifteen-foot plot was cut for each harvest. Biomass harvests were labeled “early” if the cover crop harvest timing happened around the typical planting time of earlier cash crops of a region (e.g. corn (Zea mays L) in the Southeast, conventional corn in the Midwest) and “late” if the harvest timing corresponded to planting time of later cash crops in a region (e.g. cotton in the Southeast, organic corn in the Midwest).,

This product provides information on Alberta Major Crops - Yield, over a fifty-year period. Number of Bushels per Acre Yield for All Wheat, Oats, Barley, Flaxseed, Canola, and All Rye are included.