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Crop yields in the RM of Bratt's Lake No. 129

In 2025, canola in the RM of Bratt's Lake No. 129 averaged 51 bu/ac, 23% above the RM's own 10-year average of 41.5. Below: every crop the RM reports, year by year, as the Government of Saskatchewan publishes them.

Every crop, the last harvest

Crop	2025	10-year average	Best year	Worst year
Canola	51 bu/ac	41.5	51 2025	10 1988
Spring wheat	72.5 bu/ac, as published	41.5	48.1 2023	6 1954
Durum	72.7 bu/ac	53.1	72.7 2025	17 1980
Barley	not reported	61.2	86.9 2020	12 1945
Oats	not reported	56.7	85 1986	12 1945
Field peas	54.1 bu/ac	37.7	60.4 2013	15.2 2011
Lentils	2,632 lb/ac	1,611	2,632 2025	488 2011
Flax	37.3 bu/ac	26.1	37.3 2025	5 1949
Winter wheat	not reported	47.7	60 1999	32.5 2006
Fall rye	not reported	—	37 2012	10 1985
Canary seed	1,975 lb/ac	1,513	2,116 2016	599 2011
Chickpeas	3,000 lb/ac	—	3,194 2018	1,540 2007

Bushels an acre (bu/ac), or pounds an acre (lb/ac) for lentils, mustard, canary seed and chickpeas, as published. The 10-year average is of the RM’s last ten reported years.

Canola

2025: 51 bu/ac, 23% above the 10-year average of 41.5. In the last 20 reported years, 4 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Bratt's Lake No. 129 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	51	45.3
2024	41.9	34.1
2023	42.6	35.5
2022	50.6	38.6
2021	28.4	22.8
2020	39.3	39.2
2019	42.5	42.1
2018	43.5	37.5
2017	30.7	34.6
2016	44.5	42.1

Spring wheat

2025: 72.5 bu/ac (as published; it looks out of line with this RM’s other years). In the last 18 reported years, 3 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Bratt's Lake No. 129 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	72.5 as published	57
2023	48.1	45.8
2022	38.1	49.5
2021	32	30.8
2020	43.9	50.5
2019	42.6	50.1
2018	47.6	46.1
2017	38.6	45.3
2016	41.1	45.1
2015	20.2	37.5

Left out of the averages, best and worst, as out of line with the RM’s other years: 2025. Shown as published.

Durum

2025: 72.7 bu/ac, 37% above the 10-year average of 53.1. In the last 20 reported years, 5 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Bratt's Lake No. 129 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	72.7	52
2024	59.5	41.1
2023	54.8	27.9
2022	56	39.6
2021	33.9	17.2
2020	53.3	47.9
2019	46.7	45
2018	50.2	37.5
2017	44	38.6
2016	59.4	47.3

Barley

2023: 76.5 bu/ac, 25% above the 10-year average of 61.2. In the last 18 reported years, 4 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Bratt's Lake No. 129 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2023	76.5	59.9
2020	86.9	70.4
2019	56.5	69.4
2018	62	64.5
2017	51.3	61.6
2016	50.6	67.7
2015	44	57.3
2014	61.9	50.6
2013	74.5	67.1
2012	48.9	43

Oats

2019: 60 bu/ac, 6% above the 10-year average of 56.7. In the last 16 reported years, 3 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Bratt's Lake No. 129 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2019	60	89.5
2015	43.7	70.3
2014	69.2	73.7
2013	68.9	82.4
2012	70.9	64.8
2011	27.6	63.8
2009	65	71.7
2008	57.5	69.1
2007	63.7	56.7
2006	65.9	56.7

Field peas

2025: 54.1 bu/ac, 44% above the 10-year average of 37.7. In the last 19 reported years, 4 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Bratt's Lake No. 129 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	54.1	46.3
2024	41.9	36.7
2023	44.9	33.5
2022	33.3	36.3
2020	40	40.2
2019	29.5	39.6
2018	31	37.7
2017	27.6	36.8
2016	36.7	40.3
2015	24.6	33.1

Lentils

2025: 2,632 lb/ac, 63% above the 10-year average of 1,611. In the last 20 reported years, 2 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Bratt's Lake No. 129 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, lb/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	2,632	1,893
2024	1,640	1,269
2023	2,014	1,236
2022	1,253	1,216
2021	1,236	872
2020	1,916	1,583
2019	1,454	1,349
2018	1,311	1,407
2017	1,200	1,397
2016	1,448	1,258

Flax

2025: 37.3 bu/ac, 43% above the 10-year average of 26.1. In the last 20 reported years, 7 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Bratt's Lake No. 129 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	37.3	31
2024	24.9	22
2023	26.9	20
2022	29.3	25
2021	17.4	12.1
2020	33.1	25.8
2019	25.2	24.4
2018	20.9	22
2017	17.8	21.6
2016	28.4	25.7

Winter wheat

2016: 43.3 bu/ac, 9% below the 10-year average of 47.7.

RM of Bratt's Lake No. 129 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2016	43.3	56.1
2014	49.5	39.8
2012	45.6	46.6
2011	40	42.2
2010	60	44.6
2006	32.5	40
2005	53.5	40
1999	60	37.5

Fall rye

2017: 35 bu/ac.

RM of Bratt's Lake No. 129 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2017	35	38
2012	37	40.2
1992	30	25.5
1991	35	28.3
1990	30	27
1989	30	25
1985	10	20
1984	25	24
1983	30	29
1971	22	20

Canary seed

2025: 1,975 lb/ac, 31% above the 10-year average of 1,513. In the last 20 reported years, 3 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Bratt's Lake No. 129 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, lb/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	1,975	1,759
2024	1,654	1,446
2023	1,544	987
2022	1,351	1,500
2021	1,136	749
2020	1,719	1,453
2019	1,348	1,379
2018	1,212	1,307
2017	1,070	1,196
2016	2,116	1,291

Chickpeas

2025: 3,000 lb/ac.

RM of Bratt's Lake No. 129 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, lb/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	3,000	2,251
2019	1,949	1,469
2018	3,194	1,501
2007	1,540	1,029
2006	1,950	1,001

Rain and yield, year by year

May to August rain at Environment Canada’s Regina RCS station, the nearest GrainPosition keeps for this RM, beside the RM’s canola yield. Only years with a reading on nine days in ten.

Year	May–Aug rain	Canola, bu/ac
2025	147 mm	51
2024	199 mm	41.9
2023	170 mm	42.6
2022	185 mm	50.6
2021	257 mm	28.4
2020	150 mm	39.3
2019	234 mm	42.5
2018	107 mm	43.5
2017	66 mm	30.7
2016	264 mm	44.5
2015	214 mm	29.9
2014	400 mm	36.3
2013	150 mm	44.4
2012	207 mm	31
2011	301 mm	14.7

One station isn’t the whole RM, and rain is one of many things behind a yield. This season’s rain by town.

RMs around it

Redburn No. 130 · Caledonia No. 99 · Lajord No. 128 · Sherwood No. 159 · Elmsthorpe No. 100 · Scott No. 98

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Sources

Yields: Government of Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan’s Dashboard (RM crop yields), from the Ministry of Agriculture’s Crop Report and Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation data, published only where confidentiality allows. The Government of Saskatchewan makes no claims as to the data’s accuracy or completeness. Rain: Environment and Climate Change Canada. RM names and places: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Natural Resources Canada (Open Government Licence – Canada). History, not a forecast; GrainPosition doesn’t tell anyone what to grow or when to sell.

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