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Crop yields in the RM of Swift Current No. 137

In 2025, canola in the RM of Swift Current No. 137 averaged 44.1 bu/ac, 37% above the RM's own 10-year average of 32.3. 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	44.1 bu/ac	32.3	53.3 2016	9.7 2007
Spring wheat	36 bu/ac	35.1	50 2019	6 1938
Durum	34.7 bu/ac	35.9	56.5 2016	7.9 1985
Barley	59.7 bu/ac	51.9	77.4 2019	9 1961
Oats	not reported	—	98.9 2011	11 1945
Field peas	25.1 bu/ac	31	51 2016	11.4 2001
Lentils	1,635 lb/ac	1,288	2,136 2013	574 2001
Flax	39.7 bu/ac, as published	—	26.3 2019	3 1947
Fall rye	9.7 bu/ac	—	39.9 2004	7 1943
Mustard	1,016 lb/ac	782	1,464 2004	412 2003
Chickpeas	2,473 lb/ac	1,700	2,473 2025	1,083 2024

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: 44.1 bu/ac, 37% above the 10-year average of 32.3. In the last 19 reported years, 5 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Swift Current No. 137 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	44.1	45.3
2024	17.7	34.1
2023	19.7	35.5
2022	30.5	38.6
2021	15.9	22.8
2020	40.3	39.2
2019	44	42.1
2018	27	37.5
2017	30.3	34.6
2016	53.3	42.1

Spring wheat

2025: 36 bu/ac, 3% above the 10-year average of 35.1. In the last 20 reported years, 4 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Swift Current No. 137 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	36	57
2024	24.7	50.3
2023	21.6	45.8
2022	41.8	49.5
2021	17.3	30.8
2020	48.8	50.5
2019	50	50.1
2018	36	46.1
2017	34	45.3
2016	40.9	45.1

Left out of the averages, best and worst, as out of line with the RM’s other years: 1941, 1949. Shown as published.

Durum

2025: 34.7 bu/ac, 3% below the 10-year average of 35.9. In the last 20 reported years, 4 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Swift Current No. 137 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	34.7	52
2024	25.5	41.1
2023	20.2	27.9
2022	36.2	39.6
2021	12.8	17.2
2020	48	47.9
2019	52.7	45
2018	36.4	37.5
2017	36.4	38.6
2016	56.5	47.3

Barley

2025: 59.7 bu/ac, 15% above the 10-year average of 51.9. In the last 20 reported years, 5 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Swift Current No. 137 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	59.7	78.9
2024	35.5	67.5
2023	31.6	59.9
2022	58.7	67.5
2021	15.9	33.1
2020	70.8	70.4
2019	77.4	69.4
2018	42.8	64.5
2017	57.2	61.6
2016	69.8	67.7

Left out of the averages, best and worst, as out of line with the RM’s other years: 1941, 1949. Shown as published.

Oats

2022: 13.7 bu/ac.

RM of Swift Current No. 137 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2022	13.7	91.4
2014	50.2	73.7
2013	118 as published	82.4
2011	98.9	63.8
2010	55	62.6
2005	75.6	67.5
2004	66.7	60.7
2003	26	41.5
2002	45.9	40
2000	58.1	60.6

Left out of the averages, best and worst, as out of line with the RM’s other years: 1941, 1949, 2013. Shown as published.

Field peas

2025: 25.1 bu/ac, 19% below the 10-year average of 31. In the last 20 reported years, 3 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Swift Current No. 137 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	25.1	46.3
2024	27.2	36.7
2023	18.1	33.5
2022	31.5	36.3
2021	14	22.4
2020	45.6	40.2
2019	44.4	39.6
2018	25.3	37.7
2017	28	36.8
2016	51	40.3

Lentils

2025: 1,635 lb/ac, 27% above the 10-year average of 1,288. In the last 20 reported years, 4 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Swift Current No. 137 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, lb/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	1,635	1,893
2024	934	1,269
2023	840	1,236
2022	1,257	1,216
2021	866	872
2020	1,539	1,583
2019	1,647	1,349
2018	1,365	1,407
2017	1,457	1,397
2016	1,339	1,258

Flax

2025: 39.7 bu/ac (as published; it looks out of line with this RM’s other years).

RM of Swift Current No. 137 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	39.7 as published	31
2024	14.5	22
2023	13	20
2022	15.3	25
2019	26.3	24.4
2015	30.4 as published	23.6
2014	25.2	22
2013	35.6 as published	27.7
2012	19.5	19.7
2011	24.4	22.3

Left out of the averages, best and worst, as out of line with the RM’s other years: 1945, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2025. Shown as published.

Fall rye

2025: 9.7 bu/ac.

RM of Swift Current No. 137 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	9.7	46.5
2004	39.9	33.6
2003	20	30
2000	25.9	30
1999	32.5	33.4
1998	20.1	25
1997	25	25
1996	17.5	25.8
1995	25	25
1994	30	30

Left out of the averages, best and worst, as out of line with the RM’s other years: 1949. Shown as published.

Mustard

2025: 1,016 lb/ac, 30% above the 10-year average of 782. In the last 11 reported years, 4 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Swift Current No. 137 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, lb/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	1,016	994
2024	562	645
2023	556	569
2022	836	650
2018	619	692
2017	884	700
2016	998	922
2015	1,198	845
2014	819	760
2012	548	742

Chickpeas

2025: 2,473 lb/ac, 45% above the 10-year average of 1,700.

RM of Swift Current No. 137 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, lb/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	2,473	2,251
2024	1,083	1,214
2023	1,277	1,298
2022	1,486	1,322
2020	1,823	1,609
2019	2,015	1,469
2018	1,746	1,501
2010	293 as published	1,197

Left out of the averages, best and worst, as out of line with the RM’s other years: 2010. Shown as published.

Rain and yield, year by year

May to August rain at Environment Canada’s Swift Current CDA 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
2023	179 mm	19.7
2022	165 mm	30.5
2021	147 mm	15.9
2020	157 mm	40.3
2019	205 mm	44
2018	95 mm	27
2017	80 mm	30.3
2016	375 mm	53.3
2015	164 mm	39.4
2014	270 mm	40.4
2013	184 mm	40.4
2012	245 mm	29
2011	290 mm	36.6

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

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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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