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Crop yields in the RM of Cut Knife No. 439

In 2025, canola in the RM of Cut Knife No. 439 averaged 47.2 bu/ac, 6% above the RM's own 10-year average of 44.5. 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	47.2 bu/ac	44.5	55.6 2019	6.8 2002
Spring wheat	55.2 bu/ac	58.3	72.8 2020	6 1941
Barley	66.2 bu/ac	71.6	96.3 2020	12 1946
Oats	71.5 bu/ac	66.8	125.9 2020	11 1948
Field peas	44.9 bu/ac	46.2	59.1 2019	13.6 1995
Lentils	not reported	1,393	2,108 2016	350 2012
Flax	9.8 bu/ac	—	35.4 2020	3 1949

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: 47.2 bu/ac, 6% above the 10-year average of 44.5. In the last 20 reported years, 5 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Cut Knife No. 439 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	47.2	45.3
2024	29.9	34.1
2023	48.7	35.5
2022	43.1	38.6
2021	21.7	22.8
2020	53.4	39.2
2019	55.6	42.1
2018	49.1	37.5
2017	47.8	34.6
2016	48.9	42.1

Spring wheat

2025: 55.2 bu/ac, 5% below the 10-year average of 58.3. In the last 20 reported years, 6 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Cut Knife No. 439 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	55.2	57
2024	43.9	50.3
2023	61.8	45.8
2022	54	49.5
2021	32.3	30.8
2020	72.8	50.5
2019	72.1	50.1
2018	65.6	46.1
2017	65.6	45.3
2016	60	45.1

Left out of the averages, best and worst, as out of line with the RM’s other years: 1954. Shown as published.

Barley

2025: 66.2 bu/ac, 8% below the 10-year average of 71.6. In the last 16 reported years, 3 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Cut Knife No. 439 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	66.2	78.9
2024	54.7	67.5
2023	76.6	59.9
2022	65.9	67.5
2021	29.1	33.1
2020	96.3	70.4
2019	86.6	69.4
2018	93	64.5
2017	76.3	61.6
2015	65.1	57.3

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

Oats

2025: 71.5 bu/ac, 7% above the 10-year average of 66.8. In the last 11 reported years, 2 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Cut Knife No. 439 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	71.5	101.3
2024	58.6	87.2
2023	49	75.9
2022	63.2	91.4
2021	32.6	46.2
2020	125.9	90.3
2019	164.1 as published	89.5
2015	63.1	70.3
2014	84.3	73.7
2013	68.6	82.4

Left out of the averages, best and worst, as out of line with the RM’s other years: 1941, 1947, 2019. Shown as published.

Field peas

2025: 44.9 bu/ac, 3% below the 10-year average of 46.2. In the last 20 reported years, 3 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Cut Knife No. 439 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	44.9	46.3
2024	39.8	36.7
2023	51.3	33.5
2022	42.7	36.3
2021	16.7	22.4
2020	55.8	40.2
2019	59.1	39.6
2018	48.6	37.7
2017	48.6	36.8
2016	54.1	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

2017: 1,578 lb/ac, 13% above the 10-year average of 1,393.

RM of Cut Knife No. 439 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, lb/ac	All RMs, middle
2017	1,578	1,397
2016	2,108	1,258
2015	2,037	1,389
2014	712	1,310
2013	1,799	1,705
2012	350	1,269
2011	1,799	1,330
2010	763	1,169
1996	1,362	1,185
1995	1,049	1,058

Flax

2025: 9.8 bu/ac.

RM of Cut Knife No. 439 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	9.8	31
2022	30.2	25
2021	10.6	12.1
2020	35.4	25.8
1994	22	20
1993	20	20
1992	20.5	15.5
1991	20	20
1990	19	20
1989	20	12.1

Rain and yield, year by year

May to August rain at Environment Canada’s North Battleford 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	194 mm	47.2
2024	241 mm	29.9
2023	139 mm	48.7
2022	242 mm	43.1
2021	127 mm	21.7
2020	372 mm	53.4
2019	163 mm	55.6
2018	197 mm	49.1
2017	192 mm	47.8
2016	234 mm	48.9
2015	179 mm	46.2
2014	296 mm	47
2013	182 mm	40.7
2012	302 mm	30.7
2011	248 mm	41.9

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

Paynton No. 470 · Turtle River No. 469 · Hillsdale No. 440 · Round Valley No. 410 · Battle River No. 438 · Meota No. 468

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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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