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Crop yields in the RM of Val Marie No. 17

In 2025, canola in the RM of Val Marie No. 17 averaged 16.4 bu/ac, 33% below the RM's own 10-year average of 24.6. 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	16.4 bu/ac	24.6	44.7 2016	10.9 2022
Spring wheat	35.2 bu/ac	26.8	42.5 2013	5 1945
Durum	31 bu/ac	26.1	47.2 2013	8.5 2021
Barley	44.3 bu/ac	36.5	72.6 1993	8 1946
Oats	not reported	55	95 1992	10 1938
Field peas	20.4 bu/ac	19.7	46.3 2004	6.1 2021
Lentils	1,382 lb/ac	1,052	2,061 2016	375 2021
Flax	29.3 bu/ac, as published	—	25 1995	3 1944
Winter wheat	14 bu/ac	—	80 2013	14 2025
Mustard	780 lb/ac	581	1,755 1995	240 2021
Canary seed	not reported	—	1,250 2014	484 2016
Chickpeas	1,604 lb/ac	1,356	2,332 2016	658 2006

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: 16.4 bu/ac, 33% below the 10-year average of 24.6. In the last 15 reported years, 6 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Val Marie No. 17 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	16.4	45.3
2024	24.1	34.1
2022	10.9	38.6
2021	15	22.8
2020	26.2	39.2
2019	37.7	42.1
2018	28	37.5
2017	18.4	34.6
2016	44.7	42.1
2015	33.2	36.5

Spring wheat

2025: 35.2 bu/ac, 31% above the 10-year average of 26.8. In the last 19 reported years, 5 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Val Marie No. 17 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	35.2	57
2024	35.1	50.3
2023	22.8	45.8
2022	14.8	49.5
2021	11	30.8
2020	39.3	50.5
2019	37.4	50.1
2017	11.5	45.3
2016	34.2	45.1
2015	29.6	37.5

Left out of the averages, best and worst, as out of line with the RM’s other years: 1949, 1961. Shown as published.

Durum

2025: 31 bu/ac, 19% above the 10-year average of 26.1. In the last 20 reported years, 6 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Val Marie No. 17 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	31	52
2024	29.2	41.1
2023	15.2	27.9
2022	13.6	39.6
2021	8.5	17.2
2020	34.1	47.9
2019	39.5	45
2018	22.5	37.5
2017	22.6	38.6
2016	44.5	47.3

Left out of the averages, best and worst, as out of line with the RM’s other years: 1985. Shown as published.

Barley

2025: 44.3 bu/ac, 21% above the 10-year average of 36.5. In the last 20 reported years, 4 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Val Marie No. 17 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	44.3	78.9
2024	46.2	67.5
2023	22.8	59.9
2022	14.9	67.5
2021	10.6	33.1
2020	48	70.4
2019	58.3	69.4
2018	41	64.5
2017	12.9	61.6
2016	66.3	67.7

Left out of the averages, best and worst, as out of line with the RM’s other years: 1949, 1961. Shown as published.

Oats

2016: 71.5 bu/ac, 30% above the 10-year average of 55. In the last 18 reported years, 6 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Val Marie No. 17 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2016	71.5	81.6
2015	66.4	70.3
2013	77.5	82.4
2011	43.6	63.8
2010	41.1	62.6
2009	60.1	71.7
2008	36.8	69.1
2007	43	56.7
2006	60	56.7
2005	59.8	67.5

Left out of the averages, best and worst, as out of line with the RM’s other years: 1945, 1946, 1961. Shown as published.

Field peas

2025: 20.4 bu/ac, 4% above the 10-year average of 19.7. In the last 20 reported years, 8 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Val Marie No. 17 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	20.4	46.3
2024	21.1	36.7
2023	14.8	33.5
2022	9	36.3
2021	6.1	22.4
2020	29.2	40.2
2019	29.6	39.6
2018	12.2	37.7
2017	12.2	36.8
2016	42.1	40.3

Lentils

2025: 1,382 lb/ac, 31% above the 10-year average of 1,052. In the last 18 reported years, 7 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Val Marie No. 17 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, lb/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	1,382	1,893
2024	1,077	1,269
2023	610	1,236
2022	657	1,216
2021	375	872
2020	1,532	1,583
2019	1,152	1,349
2018	906	1,407
2017	766	1,397
2016	2,061	1,258

Flax

2025: 29.3 bu/ac (as published; it looks out of line with this RM’s other years).

RM of Val Marie No. 17 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	29.3 as published	31
2016	21.2	25.7
2015	22.9	23.6
2014	27.8 as published	22
2013	38.3 as published	27.7
2012	20	19.7
2006	11	19.6
2005	14.2	22.2
2004	24.2	14.3
2000	20	19.6

Left out of the averages, best and worst, as out of line with the RM’s other years: 1945, 1946, 1959, 1960, 1993, 2013, 2014, 2025. Shown as published.

Winter wheat

2025: 14 bu/ac.

RM of Val Marie No. 17 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	14	40
2014	41.2	39.8
2013	80	45.3
2011	51	42.2
2010	34	44.6
2009	40.4	39.2
2008	31.1	40
2007	32	37.5
2006	28	40
2005	38.6	40

Mustard

2025: 780 lb/ac, 34% above the 10-year average of 581. In the last 20 reported years, 7 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Val Marie No. 17 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, lb/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	780	994
2024	577	645
2023	428	569
2022	369	650
2021	240	395
2020	765	737
2019	756	718
2018	447	692
2017	373	700
2016	1,079	922

Canary seed

2016: 484 lb/ac.

RM of Val Marie No. 17 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, lb/ac	All RMs, middle
2016	484	1,291
2014	1,250	1,036

Chickpeas

2025: 1,604 lb/ac, 18% above the 10-year average of 1,356. In the last 10 reported years, 5 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Val Marie No. 17 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, lb/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	1,604	2,251
2024	1,084	1,214
2023	1,085	1,298
2019	1,131	1,469
2018	899	1,501
2017	137 as published	1,200
2016	2,332	1,292
2015	1,619	1,739
2014	2,220	1,425
2013	2,889 as published	2,061

Left out of the averages, best and worst, as out of line with the RM’s other years: 2013, 2017. Shown as published.

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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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