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Crop yields in the RM of McLeod No. 185

In 2025, canola in the RM of McLeod No. 185 averaged 45.5 bu/ac, 14% above the RM's own 10-year average of 39.9. 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	45.5 bu/ac	39.9	47 2019	9 1979
Spring wheat	57 bu/ac	51	58.8 2019	9 1954
Durum	85.3 bu/ac, as published	—	49 2013	15 1979
Barley	84.2 bu/ac	70.5	84.2 2025	13 1939
Oats	99 bu/ac	85.9	108.8 2022	13 1939
Field peas	43.2 bu/ac	39.2	49.2 2019	15 1992
Lentils	2,146 lb/ac	2,052	2,703 2022	600 2003
Flax	26.3 bu/ac	26.2	33.7 2022	6 1939
Winter wheat	not reported	47.1	62.2 2016	22.9 2014
Mustard	not reported	835	1,400 2000	464 2011
Canary seed	1,850 lb/ac	1,530	2,123 2022	590 2010

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: 45.5 bu/ac, 14% above the 10-year average of 39.9. In the last 20 reported years, 5 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of McLeod No. 185 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	45.5	45.3
2024	39.1	34.1
2023	43.8	35.5
2022	44.4	38.6
2021	35.8	22.8
2020	37.1	39.2
2019	47	42.1
2018	36.8	37.5
2017	33.3	34.6
2016	36	42.1

Spring wheat

2025: 57 bu/ac, 12% above the 10-year average of 51. In the last 20 reported years, 6 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of McLeod No. 185 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	57	57
2024	58.1	50.3
2023	54.5	45.8
2022	56.1	49.5
2021	43.8	30.8
2020	47.2	50.5
2019	58.8	50.1
2018	47.1	46.1
2017	43.7	45.3
2016	44	45.1

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

Durum

2025: 85.3 bu/ac (as published; it looks out of line with this RM’s other years). In the last 10 reported years, 1 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of McLeod No. 185 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	85.3 as published	52
2015	36.2	34.8
2014	36.5	37.7
2013	49	47.1
2012	31.3	35
2011	37.3	37.3
2010	38.7	34
2009	45.7	35.3
2008	45.1	32.3
2007	40.4	27.5

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

Barley

2025: 84.2 bu/ac, 19% above the 10-year average of 70.5. In the last 20 reported years, 4 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of McLeod No. 185 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	84.2	78.9
2024	80	67.5
2023	74.3	59.9
2022	80	67.5
2021	57.1	33.1
2020	65.1	70.4
2019	75.5	69.4
2018	60.1	64.5
2017	58.9	61.6
2016	69.6	67.7

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

Oats

2025: 99 bu/ac, 15% above the 10-year average of 85.9. In the last 20 reported years, 4 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of McLeod No. 185 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	99	101.3
2024	90.5	87.2
2023	90.9	75.9
2022	108.8	91.4
2021	57.3	46.2
2020	69.6	90.3
2019	97.1	89.5
2018	81.1	80
2017	81.1	81.1
2016	83.6	81.6

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

Field peas

2025: 43.2 bu/ac, 10% above the 10-year average of 39.2. In the last 20 reported years, 4 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of McLeod No. 185 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	43.2	46.3
2024	41.6	36.7
2023	36	33.5
2022	43.2	36.3
2021	31.3	22.4
2020	38.2	40.2
2019	49.2	39.6
2018	33.6	37.7
2017	36.3	36.8
2016	39.2	40.3

Lentils

2025: 2,146 lb/ac, 5% above the 10-year average of 2,052. In the last 15 reported years, 6 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of McLeod No. 185 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, lb/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	2,146	1,893
2024	1,768	1,269
2023	2,388	1,236
2022	2,703	1,216
2021	1,678	872
2020	1,865	1,583
2019	2,346	1,349
2018	1,971	1,407
2017	1,602	1,397
2011	647	1,330

Flax

2025: 26.3 bu/ac, the same as the 10-year average of 26.2. In the last 19 reported years, 3 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of McLeod No. 185 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	26.3	31
2023	27.3	20
2022	33.7	25
2021	26.6	12.1
2020	19.6	25.8
2019	27	24.4
2018	21.9	22
2017	21.9	21.6
2016	31.3	25.7
2015	26	23.6

Winter wheat

2017: 42.7 bu/ac, 9% below the 10-year average of 47.1. In the last 20 reported years, 3 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of McLeod No. 185 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2017	42.7	43.8
2016	62.2	56.1
2015	52.3	37.7
2014	22.9	39.8
2013	57.3	45.3
2012	41.1	46.6
2011	52.4	42.2
2010	47.2	44.6
2009	44.4	39.2
2008	48.6	40

Mustard

2016: 708 lb/ac, 15% below the 10-year average of 835. In the last 19 reported years, 6 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of McLeod No. 185 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, lb/ac	All RMs, middle
2016	708	922
2015	528	845
2014	650	760
2013	940	984
2011	464	800
2010	763	826
2009	1,269	955
2008	1,196	875
2007	1,000	697
2006	1,100	800

Canary seed

2025: 1,850 lb/ac, 21% above the 10-year average of 1,530. In the last 13 reported years, 5 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of McLeod No. 185 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, lb/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	1,850	1,759
2023	1,389	987
2022	2,123	1,500
2021	1,464	749
2020	1,451	1,453
2017	905	1,196
2015	1,499	1,001
2013	2,000	1,345
2012	1,042	1,023
2011	725	1,000

Rain and yield, year by year

May to August rain at Environment Canada’s Indian Head 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
2025	108 mm	45.5
2024	248 mm	39.1
2023	119 mm	43.8
2022	286 mm	44.4
2021	295 mm	35.8
2020	113 mm	37.1
2019	213 mm	47
2018	148 mm	36.8
2017	117 mm	33.3
2016	255 mm	36
2015	207 mm	36.8
2014	385 mm	22.5
2013	181 mm	38
2012	299 mm	21.6
2011	307 mm	23.6

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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