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Crop yields in the RM of Barrier Valley No. 397

In 2025, canola in the RM of Barrier Valley No. 397 averaged 44.1 bu/ac, 5% above the RM's own 10-year average of 42. 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	44.1 bu/ac	42	52.2 2015	11 1979
Spring wheat	59.5 bu/ac	52	60.3 2020	6 1954
Durum	not reported	—	40 2023	20 1992
Barley	74.9 bu/ac	68.3	76 2019	8 1961
Oats	107.4 bu/ac	97.5	112.7 2013	11 1961
Field peas	53.2 bu/ac	41.7	53.2 2025	7.2 2002
Lentils	2,000 lb/ac	—	2,000 2025	276 2011
Flax	30 bu/ac	26	30 2022	4 1944
Winter wheat	55 bu/ac	—	55 2025	10 1993
Fall rye	55 bu/ac	43.3	55 2025	7 1956
Mustard	not reported	—	1,500 2023	500 1993
Canary seed	1,500 lb/ac	1,308	1,852 2013	325 2004
Chickpeas	not reported	—	1,500 2023	1,500 2023

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

RM of Barrier Valley No. 397 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	44.1	45.3
2024	36.4	34.1
2023	47	35.5
2022	43	38.6
2021	26.1	22.8
2020	43.4	39.2
2019	45.8	42.1
2018	43.8	37.5
2017	43.8	34.6
2016	46.6	42.1

Spring wheat

2025: 59.5 bu/ac, 14% above the 10-year average of 52. In the last 20 reported years, 2 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Barrier Valley No. 397 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	59.5	57
2024	57.4	50.3
2023	54.6	45.8
2022	55.2	49.5
2021	35.8	30.8
2020	60.3	50.5
2019	57.6	50.1
2018	50.3	46.1
2017	45.7	45.3
2016	43.3	45.1

Durum

2023: 40 bu/ac.

RM of Barrier Valley No. 397 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2023	40	27.9
1992	20	28
1989	32	23.6

Barley

2025: 74.9 bu/ac, 10% above the 10-year average of 68.3. In the last 20 reported years, 3 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Barrier Valley No. 397 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	74.9	78.9
2024	71.3	67.5
2023	67.4	59.9
2022	74.9	67.5
2021	47.5	33.1
2020	69.7	70.4
2019	76	69.4
2018	68	64.5
2017	59.9	61.6
2016	73.6	67.7

Oats

2025: 107.4 bu/ac, 10% above the 10-year average of 97.5. In the last 17 reported years, 3 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Barrier Valley No. 397 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	107.4	101.3
2024	104.1	87.2
2023	96.1	75.9
2022	111.4	91.4
2021	52.6	46.2
2020	123.5 as published	90.3
2019	133.2 as published	89.5
2018	116 as published	80
2017	103.6	81.1
2016	107.6	81.6

Left out of the averages, best and worst, as out of line with the RM’s other years: 2018, 2019, 2020. Shown as published.

Field peas

2025: 53.2 bu/ac, 28% above the 10-year average of 41.7. In the last 18 reported years, 6 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Barrier Valley No. 397 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	53.2	46.3
2023	45	33.5
2022	45	36.3
2021	20	22.4
2019	39.6	39.6
2018	45	37.7
2017	45.1	36.8
2016	40.8	40.3
2015	44.8	33.1
2014	23.2	30

Lentils

2025: 2,000 lb/ac.

RM of Barrier Valley No. 397 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, lb/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	2,000	1,893
2024	1,000	1,269
2023	1,500	1,236
2011	276	1,330
1996	990	1,185
1992	500	1,010

Flax

2025: 30 bu/ac, 15% above the 10-year average of 26. In the last 14 reported years, 2 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Barrier Valley No. 397 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	30	31
2024	25	22
2023	25	20
2022	30	25
2021	20	12.1
2015	22.8	23.6
2014	16.7	22
2013	26.9	27.7
2012	18.7	19.7
2011	26.7	22.3

Winter wheat

2025: 55 bu/ac.

RM of Barrier Valley No. 397 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	55	40
2023	45	45
2022	45	45
2021	45	30
2013	29.4	45.3
2011	26.4	42.2
2008	30	40
2007	37.5	37.5
2004	40	36.4
1994	30	30

Fall rye

2025: 55 bu/ac, 27% above the 10-year average of 43.3. In the last 12 reported years, 4 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Barrier Valley No. 397 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	55	46.5
2024	45	46.1
2023	40	39.8
2022	50	44.8
2021	45	25
2017	25	38
2011	30	32.6
2010	40	32.9
2009	20	30
2008	30	30

Mustard

2023: 1,500 lb/ac.

RM of Barrier Valley No. 397 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, lb/ac	All RMs, middle
2023	1,500	569
1996	1,125	961
1994	800	902
1993	500	1,053

Canary seed

2025: 1,500 lb/ac, 15% above the 10-year average of 1,308. In the last 13 reported years, 2 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Barrier Valley No. 397 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, lb/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	1,500	1,759
2024	1,750	1,446
2023	1,750	987
2022	1,000	1,500
2021	500	749
2016	1,348	1,291
2015	1,449	1,001
2014	1,037	1,036
2013	1,852	1,345
2011	1,086	1,000

Left out of the averages, best and worst, as out of line with the RM’s other years: 2002. Shown as published.

Chickpeas

2023: 1,500 lb/ac.

RM of Barrier Valley No. 397 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, lb/ac	All RMs, middle
2023	1,500	1,298

Rain and yield, year by year

May to August rain at Environment Canada’s Melfort 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
2024	210 mm	36.4
2023	124 mm	47
2022	240 mm	43
2021	139 mm	26.1
2020	201 mm	43.4
2019	210 mm	45.8
2018	198 mm	43.8
2017	127 mm	43.8
2016	279 mm	46.6
2015	269 mm	52.2
2014	288 mm	30.8
2013	232 mm	44.4
2012	342 mm	18.6
2011	206 mm	33.6

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

Ponass Lake No. 367 · Pleasantdale No. 398 · Kelvington No. 366 · Tisdale No. 427 · Bjorkdale No. 426 · Spalding No. 368

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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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