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Crop yields in the RM of Emerald No. 277

In 2025, canola in the RM of Emerald No. 277 averaged 34.7 bu/ac, 4% below the RM's own 10-year average of 36.2. 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	34.7 bu/ac	36.2	41.7 2024	11 1979
Spring wheat	48.6 bu/ac	43.3	48.6 2025	8 1938
Barley	53.7 bu/ac	58.2	73.7 2013	18 1940
Oats	84.8 bu/ac	78.3	93.1 2013	22 1940
Field peas	38.1 bu/ac	40	51.3 2024	13 2002
Lentils	not reported	—	2,346 2024	640 1993
Flax	18.1 bu/ac	22	29.4 2013	4 1961
Winter wheat	not reported	39.1	50.2 2013	18.7 2002
Canary seed	not reported	—	2,000 1995	438 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: 34.7 bu/ac, 4% below the 10-year average of 36.2. In the last 20 reported years, 5 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Emerald No. 277 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	34.7	45.3
2024	41.7	34.1
2023	38.7	35.5
2022	41.6	38.6
2021	21.5	22.8
2020	35.5	39.2
2019	41.3	42.1
2018	33.1	37.5
2017	37.3	34.6
2016	36.4	42.1

Spring wheat

2025: 48.6 bu/ac, 12% above the 10-year average of 43.3. In the last 20 reported years, 5 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Emerald No. 277 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	48.6	57
2024	47.6	50.3
2023	44.3	45.8
2022	46.5	49.5
2021	24.9	30.8
2020	46.4	50.5
2019	48.2	50.1
2018	42.2	46.1
2017	46.8	45.3
2016	37.8	45.1

Barley

2025: 53.7 bu/ac, 8% below the 10-year average of 58.2. In the last 20 reported years, 5 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Emerald No. 277 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	53.7	78.9
2024	62	67.5
2023	57.9	59.9
2022	72.5	67.5
2021	31.8	33.1
2020	57.8	70.4
2019	69	69.4
2018	55.3	64.5
2017	67	61.6
2016	54.9	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: 84.8 bu/ac, 8% above the 10-year average of 78.3. In the last 20 reported years, 3 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Emerald No. 277 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	84.8	101.3
2024	79.8	87.2
2023	78	75.9
2022	86.2	91.4
2021	44	46.2
2020	81.9	90.3
2019	87.4	89.5
2018	76.1	80
2017	85.4	81.1
2016	79.5	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: 38.1 bu/ac, 5% below the 10-year average of 40. In the last 20 reported years, 6 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Emerald No. 277 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	38.1	46.3
2024	51.3	36.7
2023	46.4	33.5
2022	42	36.3
2021	22.2	22.4
2020	43.7	40.2
2019	47.2	39.6
2018	29	37.7
2017	41.5	36.8
2016	38.5	40.3

Lentils

2024: 2,346 lb/ac.

RM of Emerald No. 277 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, lb/ac	All RMs, middle
2024	2,346	1,269
2023	1,800	1,236
2016	1,536	1,258
2015	1,800	1,389
2014	1,323	1,310
1994	803	1,000
1993	640	898
1992	1,000	1,010

Flax

2025: 18.1 bu/ac, 18% below the 10-year average of 22. In the last 19 reported years, 4 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Emerald No. 277 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	18.1	31
2023	21.7	20
2022	29.1	25
2021	11	12.1
2020	23.1	25.8
2019	29.3	24.4
2018	20	22
2017	23	21.6
2016	22.3	25.7
2015	17	23.6

Winter wheat

2017: 50 bu/ac, 28% above the 10-year average of 39.1. In the last 10 reported years, 2 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Emerald No. 277 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2017	50	43.8
2016	35	56.1
2014	38.3	39.8
2013	50.2	45.3
2012	35	46.6
2010	31.9	44.6
2009	27.7	39.2
2008	44.7	40
2007	40	37.5
2002	18.7	25

Canary seed

2016: 1,600 lb/ac.

RM of Emerald No. 277 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, lb/ac	All RMs, middle
2016	1,600	1,291
2013	1,325	1,345
2011	1,281	1,000
2001	438	650
2000	750	975
1996	1,000	1,077
1995	2,000	934
1994	1,200	1,000

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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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