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Crop yields in the RM of Big Arm No. 251

In 2025, canola in the RM of Big Arm No. 251 averaged 38.8 bu/ac, 15% above the RM's own 10-year average of 33.6. 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	38.8 bu/ac	33.6	43.4 2016	6 1979
Spring wheat	51.6 bu/ac	42.9	54.1 2013	6 1941
Durum	42 bu/ac	40.1	56.3 2013	11.2 2001
Barley	74.3 bu/ac	58	82 2024	9 1961
Oats	79.8 bu/ac	72.5	103.7 2022	10 1941
Field peas	47.6 bu/ac	36.7	47.6 2020	10.2 2014
Lentils	1,761 lb/ac	1,501	1,815 2020	579 2001
Flax	25.5 bu/ac	22.2	33.9 2013	3 1941
Winter wheat	not reported	45.4	65 2017	20 2002
Fall rye	not reported	26.7	40 2013	5 1947
Mustard	not reported	—	1,270 2005	587 2001

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: 38.8 bu/ac, 15% above the 10-year average of 33.6. In the last 20 reported years, 5 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Big Arm No. 251 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	38.8	45.3
2024	34.6	34.1
2023	27.9	35.5
2022	34.2	38.6
2021	12.9	22.8
2020	35.4	39.2
2019	41.4	42.1
2018	33.8	37.5
2017	33.8	34.6
2016	43.4	42.1

Spring wheat

2025: 51.6 bu/ac, 20% above the 10-year average of 42.9. In the last 20 reported years, 4 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Big Arm No. 251 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	51.6	57
2024	52.7	50.3
2023	37.7	45.8
2022	42.6	49.5
2021	22.3	30.8
2020	52.1	50.5
2019	44.6	50.1
2018	41	46.1
2017	41	45.3
2016	43	45.1

Left out of the averages, best and worst, as out of line with the RM’s other years: 1961, 1988. Shown as published.

Durum

2025: 42 bu/ac, 5% above the 10-year average of 40.1. In the last 20 reported years, 3 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Big Arm No. 251 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	42	52
2024	46.9	41.1
2023	31.8	27.9
2022	42	39.6
2021	19.6	17.2
2020	55.8	47.9
2019	40.2	45
2018	38.5	37.5
2017	43.7	38.6
2016	40.6	47.3

Left out of the averages, best and worst, as out of line with the RM’s other years: 1988. Shown as published.

Barley

2025: 74.3 bu/ac, 28% above the 10-year average of 58. In the last 20 reported years, 3 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Big Arm No. 251 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	74.3	78.9
2024	82	67.5
2023	45.9	59.9
2022	56.9	67.5
2021	12.6	33.1
2020	73.7	70.4
2019	61.4	69.4
2018	52.5	64.5
2017	53.2	61.6
2016	67.3	67.7

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

Oats

2025: 79.8 bu/ac, 10% above the 10-year average of 72.5. In the last 18 reported years, 4 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Big Arm No. 251 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	79.8	101.3
2024	80.6	87.2
2022	103.7	91.4
2021	3.5 as published	46.2
2020	73	90.3
2019	73	89.5
2018	66.5	80
2017	58.9	81.1
2016	44.5	81.6
2015	53.1	70.3

Left out of the averages, best and worst, as out of line with the RM’s other years: 2021. Shown as published.

Field peas

2025: 47.6 bu/ac, 30% above the 10-year average of 36.7. In the last 20 reported years, 3 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Big Arm No. 251 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	47.6	46.3
2024	36	36.7
2023	27.4	33.5
2022	34.5	36.3
2021	15	22.4
2020	47.6	40.2
2019	47.5	39.6
2018	33	37.7
2017	33.4	36.8
2016	45.1	40.3

Lentils

2025: 1,761 lb/ac, 17% above the 10-year average of 1,501. In the last 20 reported years, 4 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Big Arm No. 251 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, lb/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	1,761	1,893
2024	1,607	1,269
2023	1,529	1,236
2022	1,668	1,216
2021	873	872
2020	1,815	1,583
2019	1,389	1,349
2018	1,733	1,407
2017	1,474	1,397
2016	1,161	1,258

Flax

2025: 25.5 bu/ac, 15% above the 10-year average of 22.2. In the last 20 reported years, 3 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Big Arm No. 251 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	25.5	31
2024	23.4	22
2023	19.2	20
2022	23.8	25
2021	12.6	12.1
2020	26	25.8
2019	25.3	24.4
2018	19.5	22
2017	21.7	21.6
2016	25	25.7

Left out of the averages, best and worst, as out of line with the RM’s other years: 1947, 1950. Shown as published.

Winter wheat

2017: 65 bu/ac, 43% above the 10-year average of 45.4. In the last 19 reported years, 3 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Big Arm No. 251 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2017	65	43.8
2015	38.3	37.7
2014	28.6	39.8
2013	54.2	45.3
2012	45.3	46.6
2011	51.1	42.2
2010	41	44.6
2009	45	39.2
2008	40.5	40
2007	39.1	37.5

Fall rye

2017: 65 bu/ac (as published; it looks out of line with this RM’s other years). In the last 16 reported years, 6 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Big Arm No. 251 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2017	65 as published	38
2013	40	35
2012	26	40.2
2011	25	32.6
2010	20	32.9
2009	29	30
2008	20	30
2007	15	32.4
2006	20	34.3
2005	38.8	34

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

Mustard

2024: 933 lb/ac. In the last 12 reported years, 1 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Big Arm No. 251 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, lb/ac	All RMs, middle
2024	933	645
2016	861	922
2015	896	845
2013	885	984
2012	888	742
2011	1,104	800
2010	724	826
2009	1,026	955
2008	1,135	875
2007	800	697

Rain and yield, year by year

May to August rain at Environment Canada’s Last Mountain CS 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	152 mm	38.8
2024	278 mm	34.6
2023	207 mm	27.9
2021	146 mm	12.9
2020	130 mm	35.4
2018	151 mm	33.8
2017	95 mm	33.8
2016	251 mm	43.4
2015	147 mm	33.4
2014	271 mm	21.7
2013	219 mm	38.3
2012	216 mm	28.9
2011	198 mm	33.5

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

Last Mountain Valley No. 250 · Arm River No. 252 · Wood Creek No. 281 · Wreford No. 280 · Sarnia No. 221 · McKillop No. 220

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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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