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Crop yields in the RM of Willow Bunch No. 42

In 2025, canola in the RM of Willow Bunch No. 42 averaged 25.6 bu/ac, 6% below the RM's own 10-year average of 27.3. 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	25.6 bu/ac	27.3	50.9 2016	6 1984
Spring wheat	15.1 bu/ac	25.6	40.5 2016	5 1945
Durum	24.4 bu/ac	31.6	52.7 2016	7.5 1985
Barley	26.2 bu/ac	39.7	71.1 1992	10 1938
Oats	not reported	49.8	78.1 2016	14 1945
Field peas	25.4 bu/ac	26.2	38.2 2016	14.2 2003
Lentils	1,352 lb/ac	1,063	1,621 2013	475 2003
Flax	32.1 bu/ac, as published	17.4	30 1993	3 1941
Fall rye	not reported	—	45 1999	6 1946
Mustard	560 lb/ac	601	1,160 2013	306 2021
Chickpeas	2,477 lb/ac	1,539	2,559 2016	601 2017

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: 25.6 bu/ac, 6% below the 10-year average of 27.3. In the last 20 reported years, 6 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Willow Bunch No. 42 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	25.6	45.3
2024	10.7	34.1
2023	27.4	35.5
2022	25.4	38.6
2021	13.6	22.8
2020	32.5	39.2
2019	37.6	42.1
2018	34	37.5
2017	14.9	34.6
2016	50.9	42.1

Spring wheat

2025: 15.1 bu/ac, 41% below the 10-year average of 25.6. In the last 20 reported years, 5 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Willow Bunch No. 42 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	15.1	57
2024	19.4	50.3
2023	19.7	45.8
2022	27.5	49.5
2021	18.9	30.8
2020	35.4	50.5
2019	36.4	50.1
2018	28	46.1
2017	14.9	45.3
2016	40.5	45.1

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

Durum

2025: 24.4 bu/ac, 23% below the 10-year average of 31.6. In the last 20 reported years, 6 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Willow Bunch No. 42 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	24.4	52
2024	21.6	41.1
2023	26.3	27.9
2022	38.5	39.6
2021	14.9	17.2
2020	46.9	47.9
2019	46.1	45
2018	27	37.5
2017	18	38.6
2016	52.7	47.3

Barley

2025: 26.2 bu/ac, 34% below the 10-year average of 39.7. In the last 20 reported years, 6 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Willow Bunch No. 42 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	26.2	78.9
2024	32.3	67.5
2023	29.5	59.9
2022	40.5	67.5
2021	23.5	33.1
2020	53.7	70.4
2019	56	69.4
2018	60	64.5
2017	23	61.6
2016	52.8	67.7

Left out of the averages, best and worst, as out of line with the RM’s other years: 1949, 1961. Shown as published.

Oats

2016: 78.1 bu/ac, 57% above the 10-year average of 49.8. In the last 20 reported years, 4 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Willow Bunch No. 42 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2016	78.1	81.6
2015	64.9	70.3
2014	51.6	73.7
2013	37.3	82.4
2012	45	64.8
2011	41.3	63.8
2010	41.3	62.6
2009	67.8	71.7
2008	43.8	69.1
2007	27.2	56.7

Left out of the averages, best and worst, as out of line with the RM’s other years: 1949, 1961. Shown as published.

Field peas

2025: 25.4 bu/ac, 3% below the 10-year average of 26.2. In the last 20 reported years, 3 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Willow Bunch No. 42 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	25.4	46.3
2024	21.1	36.7
2023	25.5	33.5
2022	27.3	36.3
2021	14.6	22.4
2020	36.9	40.2
2019	31	39.6
2018	26	37.7
2017	16.1	36.8
2016	38.2	40.3

Lentils

2025: 1,352 lb/ac, 27% above the 10-year average of 1,063. In the last 20 reported years, 8 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Willow Bunch No. 42 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, lb/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	1,352	1,893
2024	713	1,269
2023	883	1,236
2022	1,177	1,216
2021	567	872
2020	1,382	1,583
2019	1,486	1,349
2018	614	1,407
2017	867	1,397
2016	1,586	1,258

Flax

2025: 32.1 bu/ac (as published; it looks out of line with this RM’s other years). In the last 18 reported years, 4 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Willow Bunch No. 42 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	32.1 as published	31
2024	12	22
2023	21.3	20
2022	19.1	25
2021	8.6	12.1
2020	22.6	25.8
2018	19	22
2017	11.2	21.6
2016	25.2	25.7
2015	16.5	23.6

Left out of the averages, best and worst, as out of line with the RM’s other years: 1938, 2025. Shown as published.

Fall rye

2016: 40 bu/ac.

RM of Willow Bunch No. 42 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2016	40	50
2001	25	23.3
2000	30	30
1999	45	33.4
1998	28	25
1997	25	25
1996	40	25.8
1994	50 as published	30
1993	30	27.5
1992	30	25.5

Left out of the averages, best and worst, as out of line with the RM’s other years: 1994. Shown as published.

Mustard

2025: 560 lb/ac, 7% below the 10-year average of 601. In the last 18 reported years, 6 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Willow Bunch No. 42 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, lb/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	560	994
2024	645	645
2023	500	569
2021	306	395
2019	833	718
2018	595	692
2017	308	700
2016	1,056	922
2015	631	845
2014	850	760

Chickpeas

2025: 2,477 lb/ac, 61% above the 10-year average of 1,539. In the last 19 reported years, 6 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Willow Bunch No. 42 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, lb/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	2,477	2,251
2024	807	1,214
2022	805	1,322
2021	1,157	907
2020	1,881	1,609
2019	1,872	1,469
2018	1,691	1,501
2017	601	1,200
2016	2,559	1,292
2015	1,939	1,739

Rain and yield, year by year

May to August rain at Environment Canada’s Assiniboia Airport 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	199 mm	25.6
2024	140 mm	10.7
2023	126 mm	27.4
2022	175 mm	25.4
2021	204 mm	13.6
2020	107 mm	32.5
2018	135 mm	34
2017	74 mm	14.9
2016	287 mm	50.9
2015	214 mm	37.9
2014	278 mm	35.4
2013	177 mm	35.5
2012	223 mm	22.2
2011	397 mm	22

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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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