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Crop yields in the RM of King George No. 256

In 2025, canola in the RM of King George No. 256 averaged 45.2 bu/ac, 62% above the RM's own 10-year average of 27.9. 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	45.2 bu/ac	27.9	45.2 2025	5 1985
Spring wheat	48.7 bu/ac	35.1	48.7 2025	5.9 1988
Durum	46.4 bu/ac	33.9	52.4 2020	6.4 1988
Barley	72.4 bu/ac	41.8	72.4 2025	10 1940
Oats	not reported	49.7	73 1966	12 1988
Field peas	38.4 bu/ac	28.9	43.6 2013	11.1 2003
Lentils	1,629 lb/ac	1,008	1,675 2013	486 1992
Flax	39.3 bu/ac, as published	18	30 2017	3 1941
Fall rye	not reported	—	41.3 2016	4 1958
Mustard	not reported	593	1,366 2010	274 2011
Chickpeas	not reported	—	1,180 2024	1,177 2007

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: 45.2 bu/ac, 62% above the 10-year average of 27.9. In the last 20 reported years, 6 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of King George No. 256 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	45.2	45.3
2024	25	34.1
2023	11.5	35.5
2022	13	38.6
2021	11.3	22.8
2020	35.1	39.2
2019	41.1	42.1
2018	31	37.5
2017	27	34.6
2016	39.2	42.1

Spring wheat

2025: 48.7 bu/ac, 39% above the 10-year average of 35.1. In the last 20 reported years, 5 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of King George No. 256 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	48.7	57
2024	38.5	50.3
2023	17.2	45.8
2022	24.9	49.5
2021	18.3	30.8
2020	46.9	50.5
2019	42.5	50.1
2018	35	46.1
2017	39.4	45.3
2016	39.5	45.1

Left out of the averages, best and worst, as out of line with the RM’s other years: 1938, 1948, 1949. Shown as published.

Durum

2025: 46.4 bu/ac, 37% above the 10-year average of 33.9. In the last 20 reported years, 4 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of King George No. 256 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	46.4	52
2024	36.6	41.1
2023	15.4	27.9
2022	22.9	39.6
2021	9.9	17.2
2020	52.4	47.9
2019	42.3	45
2018	30	37.5
2017	41.3	38.6
2016	41.4	47.3

Barley

2025: 72.4 bu/ac, 73% above the 10-year average of 41.8. In the last 20 reported years, 5 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of King George No. 256 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	72.4	78.9
2024	52.3	67.5
2023	20.8	59.9
2022	28.9	67.5
2021	10.8	33.1
2020	57.3	70.4
2019	46.4	69.4
2018	39	64.5
2017	46.7	61.6
2016	43.8	67.7

Left out of the averages, best and worst, as out of line with the RM’s other years: 1938, 1941, 1945, 1947, 1948. Shown as published.

Oats

2024: 38.6 bu/ac, 22% below the 10-year average of 49.7. In the last 12 reported years, 5 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of King George No. 256 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2024	38.6	87.2
2022	22.2	91.4
2021	34	46.2
2019	65.9	89.5
2016	66.6	81.6
2015	71	70.3
2014	59.2	73.7
2011	55.8	63.8
2010	65	62.6
2007	37.6	56.7

Left out of the averages, best and worst, as out of line with the RM’s other years: 1938, 1941, 1945, 1961. Shown as published.

Field peas

2025: 38.4 bu/ac, 33% above the 10-year average of 28.9. In the last 20 reported years, 6 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of King George No. 256 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	38.4	46.3
2024	32.8	36.7
2023	19	33.5
2022	18.2	36.3
2021	14.4	22.4
2020	38.2	40.2
2019	39.8	39.6
2018	24	37.7
2017	31.1	36.8
2016	33	40.3

Lentils

2025: 1,629 lb/ac, 62% above the 10-year average of 1,008. In the last 20 reported years, 3 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of King George No. 256 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, lb/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	1,629	1,893
2024	1,021	1,269
2023	734	1,236
2022	586	1,216
2021	608	872
2020	1,404	1,583
2019	1,030	1,349
2018	996	1,407
2017	1,172	1,397
2016	895	1,258

Flax

2025: 39.3 bu/ac (as published; it looks out of line with this RM’s other years). In the last 11 reported years, 4 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of King George No. 256 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	39.3 as published	31
2024	19.2	22
2023	10	20
2022	11.7	25
2021	9	12.1
2020	21.8	25.8
2019	27.4	24.4
2018	15	22
2017	30	21.6
2016	41.4 as published	25.7

Left out of the averages, best and worst, as out of line with the RM’s other years: 1945, 2016, 2025. Shown as published.

Fall rye

2016: 41.3 bu/ac.

RM of King George No. 256 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2016	41.3	50
2002	20	20.3
2000	30	30
1992	25	25.5
1990	25	27
1989	10	25
1988	4.5	11.5
1987	20	24
1986	22.5	26.7
1985	15.7	20

Left out of the averages, best and worst, as out of line with the RM’s other years: 1948. Shown as published.

Mustard

2023: 320 lb/ac, 46% below the 10-year average of 593. In the last 16 reported years, 5 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of King George No. 256 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, lb/ac	All RMs, middle
2023	320	569
2022	434	650
2020	520	737
2019	701	718
2018	757	692
2016	714	922
2015	624	845
2014	672	760
2013	561	984
2012	697	742

Chickpeas

2024: 1,180 lb/ac.

RM of King George No. 256 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, lb/ac	All RMs, middle
2024	1,180	1,214
2007	1,177	1,029

Rain and yield, year by year

May to August rain at Environment Canada’s Rock Point 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	247 mm	45.2
2024	190 mm	25
2023	181 mm	11.5
2022	171 mm	13
2021	156 mm	11.3
2020	205 mm	35.1
2019	246 mm	41.1
2018	122 mm	31
2017	119 mm	27
2016	434 mm	39.2
2015	227 mm	31.7
2014	245 mm	28.3
2013	175 mm	31.2
2012	365 mm	20.9
2011	205 mm	27.9

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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