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Crop yields in the RM of Touchwood No. 248

In 2025, canola in the RM of Touchwood No. 248 averaged 41.8 bu/ac, 19% above the RM's own 10-year average of 35.1. 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	41.8 bu/ac	35.1	41.8 2025	7 1967
Spring wheat	58.2 bu/ac	47.1	58.2 2025	8 1961
Durum	47.6 bu/ac	45.3	62.3 2013	10.3 1988
Barley	78.9 bu/ac	66.5	79.3 2022	15 1940
Oats	not reported	80.6	110.7 2022	15 1941
Field peas	45 bu/ac	37.1	54.8 1999	13.3 1993
Lentils	1,996 lb/ac	1,484	1,996 2025	250 1992
Flax	10 bu/ac	19.7	26.2 2020	4 1961

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: 41.8 bu/ac, 19% 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 Touchwood No. 248 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	41.8	45.3
2024	30.7	34.1
2023	38.1	35.5
2022	38.5	38.6
2021	27.9	22.8
2020	34.7	39.2
2019	39.2	42.1
2018	32.9	37.5
2017	27.6	34.6
2016	39.4	42.1

Spring wheat

2025: 58.2 bu/ac, 24% above the 10-year average of 47.1. In the last 20 reported years, 4 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Touchwood No. 248 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	58.2	57
2024	54.9	50.3
2023	48.5	45.8
2022	53.9	49.5
2021	38.9	30.8
2020	50.6	50.5
2019	50.8	50.1
2018	38.5	46.1
2017	42.3	45.3
2016	34.5	45.1

Durum

2025: 47.6 bu/ac, 5% above the 10-year average of 45.3. In the last 16 reported years, 4 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Touchwood No. 248 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	47.6	52
2024	45.9	41.1
2023	44.1	27.9
2022	58.1	39.6
2021	34.5	17.2
2020	49.6	47.9
2019	47.5	45
2018	37	37.5
2017	51	38.6
2016	37.8	47.3

Barley

2025: 78.9 bu/ac, 19% above the 10-year average of 66.5. In the last 20 reported years, 7 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Touchwood No. 248 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	78.9	78.9
2024	75.5	67.5
2023	71.6	59.9
2022	79.3	67.5
2021	52.1	33.1
2020	69	70.4
2019	66.5	69.4
2018	52.5	64.5
2017	58.1	61.6
2016	61.4	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

2024: 68 bu/ac, 16% below the 10-year average of 80.6. In the last 19 reported years, 2 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Touchwood No. 248 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2024	68	87.2
2023	69.3	75.9
2022	110.7	91.4
2021	46.5	46.2
2020	87.1	90.3
2019	100.2	89.5
2018	81	80
2017	65.7	81.1
2016	107.6	81.6
2015	69.7	70.3

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: 45 bu/ac, 21% above the 10-year average of 37.1. In the last 20 reported years, 4 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Touchwood No. 248 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	45	46.3
2024	36.4	36.7
2023	40.7	33.5
2022	44.2	36.3
2021	23.6	22.4
2020	42.7	40.2
2019	37.8	39.6
2018	32.4	37.7
2017	29.7	36.8
2016	38	40.3

Left out of the averages, best and worst, as out of line with the RM’s other years: 1992. Shown as published.

Lentils

2025: 1,996 lb/ac, 35% above the 10-year average of 1,484. In the last 14 reported years, 4 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Touchwood No. 248 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, lb/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	1,996	1,893
2024	1,759	1,269
2023	1,817	1,236
2022	1,523	1,216
2021	1,446	872
2020	1,909	1,583
2019	822	1,349
2018	1,045	1,407
2017	1,130	1,397
2016	1,389	1,258

Flax

2025: 10 bu/ac, 49% below the 10-year average of 19.7. In the last 17 reported years, 2 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Touchwood No. 248 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	10	31
2021	15.7	12.1
2020	26.2	25.8
2019	21.8	24.4
2018	24	22
2017	18.2	21.6
2016	21.9	25.7
2015	21.2	23.6
2014	19.6	22
2013	23.4	27.7

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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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