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Crop yields in the RM of Great Bend No. 405
In 2025, canola in the RM of Great Bend No. 405 averaged 45.2 bu/ac, 27% above the RM's own 10-year average of 35.5. 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 | 35.5 | 45.2 2025 | 5.7 2002 |
| Spring wheat | 55.8 bu/ac | 44.3 | 55.8 2025 | 7 1945 |
| Durum | not reported | — | 48 2016 | 7.5 2002 |
| Barley | 75.2 bu/ac | 57.9 | 76.9 2004 | 9 1938 |
| Oats | 90.9 bu/ac | 71.1 | 97 2019 | 10 1961 |
| Field peas | 48.1 bu/ac | 36.9 | 50.6 2016 | 9.5 2021 |
| Lentils | 2,576 lb/ac, as published | 1,288 | 2,337 2018 | 586 2001 |
| Flax | not reported | 24.6 | 35.2 2011 | 4 1945 |
| Fall rye | not reported | — | 41 1996 | 4 1947 |
| Mustard | 1,337 lb/ac | — | 1,600 1993 | 600 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: 45.2 bu/ac, 27% above the 10-year average of 35.5. In the last 20 reported years, 4 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.
RM of Great Bend No. 405 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year
| Year | Yield, bu/ac | All RMs, middle |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45.2 | 45.3 |
| 2024 | 35.8 | 34.1 |
| 2023 | 32.1 | 35.5 |
| 2022 | 24 | 38.6 |
| 2021 | 14.8 | 22.8 |
| 2020 | 40.6 | 39.2 |
| 2019 | 34.3 | 42.1 |
| 2018 | 43.3 | 37.5 |
| 2017 | 43.3 | 34.6 |
| 2016 | 41.2 | 42.1 |
Spring wheat
2025: 55.8 bu/ac, 26% above the 10-year average of 44.3. In the last 20 reported years, 4 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.
RM of Great Bend No. 405 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year
| Year | Yield, bu/ac | All RMs, middle |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 55.8 | 57 |
| 2024 | 52.4 | 50.3 |
| 2023 | 36.5 | 45.8 |
| 2022 | 32.9 | 49.5 |
| 2021 | 19.6 | 30.8 |
| 2020 | 53.7 | 50.5 |
| 2019 | 43.4 | 50.1 |
| 2018 | 51.5 | 46.1 |
| 2017 | 48.4 | 45.3 |
| 2016 | 48.8 | 45.1 |
Left out of the averages, best and worst, as out of line with the RM’s other years: 1938, 1947, 1954. Shown as published.
Durum
2016: 48 bu/ac.
RM of Great Bend No. 405 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year
| Year | Yield, bu/ac | All RMs, middle |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 48 | 47.3 |
| 2010 | 44.2 | 34 |
| 2002 | 7.5 | 22.9 |
| 2001 | 18 | 21.8 |
| 2000 | 40 | 32.7 |
| 1999 | 45 | 33.7 |
| 1998 | 28.6 | 28.7 |
| 1997 | 22 | 26.6 |
| 1996 | 29.1 | 31.5 |
| 1995 | 30 | 28.1 |
Barley
2025: 75.2 bu/ac, 30% above the 10-year average of 57.9. In the last 20 reported years, 5 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.
RM of Great Bend No. 405 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year
| Year | Yield, bu/ac | All RMs, middle |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 75.2 | 78.9 |
| 2024 | 66.4 | 67.5 |
| 2023 | 46.9 | 59.9 |
| 2022 | 38.6 | 67.5 |
| 2021 | 15.8 | 33.1 |
| 2020 | 68.6 | 70.4 |
| 2019 | 68.1 | 69.4 |
| 2018 | 66.4 | 64.5 |
| 2017 | 61.1 | 61.6 |
| 2016 | 71.7 | 67.7 |
Oats
2025: 90.9 bu/ac, 28% above the 10-year average of 71.1. In the last 19 reported years, 3 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.
RM of Great Bend No. 405 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year
| Year | Yield, bu/ac | All RMs, middle |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 90.9 | 101.3 |
| 2024 | 63.3 | 87.2 |
| 2023 | 41 | 75.9 |
| 2022 | 45.1 | 91.4 |
| 2021 | 6.7 as published | 46.2 |
| 2020 | 82.2 | 90.3 |
| 2019 | 97 | 89.5 |
| 2018 | 77 | 80 |
| 2017 | 66.9 | 81.1 |
| 2016 | 76.3 | 81.6 |
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: 48.1 bu/ac, 30% above the 10-year average of 36.9. In the last 20 reported years, 4 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.
RM of Great Bend No. 405 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year
| Year | Yield, bu/ac | All RMs, middle |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 48.1 | 46.3 |
| 2024 | 46.1 | 36.7 |
| 2023 | 28.3 | 33.5 |
| 2022 | 19.1 | 36.3 |
| 2021 | 9.5 | 22.4 |
| 2020 | 44.8 | 40.2 |
| 2019 | 39.3 | 39.6 |
| 2018 | 45 | 37.7 |
| 2017 | 37.9 | 36.8 |
| 2016 | 50.6 | 40.3 |
Left out of the averages, best and worst, as out of line with the RM’s other years: 2002. Shown as published.
Lentils
2025: 2,576 lb/ac (as published; it looks out of line with this RM’s other years). In the last 16 reported years, 7 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.
RM of Great Bend No. 405 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year
| Year | Yield, lb/ac | All RMs, middle |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,576 as published | 1,893 |
| 2024 | 1,461 | 1,269 |
| 2023 | 1,135 | 1,236 |
| 2022 | 701 | 1,216 |
| 2021 | 635 | 872 |
| 2020 | 2,167 | 1,583 |
| 2019 | 877 | 1,349 |
| 2018 | 2,337 | 1,407 |
| 2017 | 961 | 1,397 |
| 2016 | 1,314 | 1,258 |
Left out of the averages, best and worst, as out of line with the RM’s other years: 2025. Shown as published.
Flax
2023: 16.3 bu/ac, 34% below the 10-year average of 24.6. In the last 16 reported years, 4 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.
RM of Great Bend No. 405 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year
| Year | Yield, bu/ac | All RMs, middle |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 16.3 | 20 |
| 2022 | 16.3 | 25 |
| 2021 | 6.1 | 12.1 |
| 2020 | 31.3 | 25.8 |
| 2019 | 28.6 | 24.4 |
| 2018 | 26 | 22 |
| 2017 | 33.1 | 21.6 |
| 2016 | 30.7 | 25.7 |
| 2015 | 29.3 | 23.6 |
| 2014 | 27.8 | 22 |
Fall rye
2016: 20.9 bu/ac.
RM of Great Bend No. 405 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year
| Year | Yield, bu/ac | All RMs, middle |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 20.9 | 50 |
| 2010 | 39 | 32.9 |
| 2004 | 62.3 as published | 33.6 |
| 2003 | 15.8 | 30 |
| 2002 | 9 | 20.3 |
| 2001 | 18 | 23.3 |
| 2000 | 25 | 30 |
| 1999 | 35 | 33.4 |
| 1998 | 21.5 | 25 |
| 1997 | 28 | 25 |
Left out of the averages, best and worst, as out of line with the RM’s other years: 1961, 2004. Shown as published.
Mustard
2025: 1,337 lb/ac.
RM of Great Bend No. 405 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year
| Year | Yield, lb/ac | All RMs, middle |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,337 | 994 |
| 2016 | 1,100 | 922 |
| 2014 | 604 | 760 |
| 2008 | 624 | 875 |
| 2004 | 1,215 | 897 |
| 2001 | 600 | 696 |
| 2000 | 1,400 | 987 |
| 1999 | 1,500 | 1,050 |
| 1998 | 1,000 | 830 |
| 1997 | 900 | 770 |
Rain and yield, year by year
May to August rain at Environment Canada’s Saskatoon RCS 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 | 200 mm | 45.2 |
| 2024 | 229 mm | 35.8 |
| 2023 | 166 mm | 32.1 |
| 2022 | 136 mm | 24 |
| 2021 | 133 mm | 14.8 |
| 2020 | 217 mm | 40.6 |
| 2019 | 177 mm | 34.3 |
| 2018 | 103 mm | 43.3 |
| 2017 | 128 mm | 43.3 |
| 2016 | 220 mm | 41.2 |
| 2015 | 143 mm | 39.7 |
| 2014 | 219 mm | 36.8 |
| 2013 | 184 mm | 42.2 |
| 2012 | 375 mm | 22 |
| 2011 | 201 mm | 39.2 |
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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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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