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Crop yields in the RM of Willow Creek No. 458

In 2025, canola in the RM of Willow Creek No. 458 averaged 52.6 bu/ac, 19% above the RM's own 10-year average of 44.3. 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	52.6 bu/ac	44.3	52.6 2025	13 1973
Spring wheat	72 bu/ac	59.9	72 2025	12 1938
Barley	97 bu/ac	78.9	97 2025	12 1947
Oats	139 bu/ac, as published	114.5	135.8 2022	18 1941
Field peas	54.5 bu/ac	50.1	57.4 2024	11.2 2002
Flax	not reported	21.4	25.6 2015	5 1946
Canary seed	not reported	1,060	1,499 2013	619 1993

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: 52.6 bu/ac, 19% above the 10-year average of 44.3. In the last 20 reported years, 7 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Willow Creek No. 458 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	52.6	45.3
2024	43.7	34.1
2023	51.5	35.5
2022	51.8	38.6
2021	28	22.8
2020	37.4	39.2
2019	50	42.1
2018	46.7	37.5
2017	40.4	34.6
2016	40.8	42.1

Spring wheat

2025: 72 bu/ac, 20% above the 10-year average of 59.9. In the last 20 reported years, 5 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Willow Creek No. 458 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	72	57
2024	71.1	50.3
2023	51.7	45.8
2022	69.8	49.5
2021	47.9	30.8
2020	59.7	50.5
2019	66	50.1
2018	55.6	46.1
2017	54.9	45.3
2016	50.3	45.1

Barley

2025: 97 bu/ac, 23% above the 10-year average of 78.9. In the last 20 reported years, 6 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Willow Creek No. 458 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	97	78.9
2024	92.1	67.5
2023	67.3	59.9
2022	78.9	67.5
2021	57	33.1
2020	71.7	70.4
2019	93	69.4
2018	82.7	64.5
2017	78.4	61.6
2016	70.6	67.7

Oats

2025: 139 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 Creek No. 458 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	139 as published	101.3
2024	129.6	87.2
2023	93.6	75.9
2022	135.8	91.4
2021	70.4	46.2
2020	129.8	90.3
2019	138.7 as published	89.5
2018	120.3	80
2017	120.9	81.1
2016	115.4	81.6

Left out of the averages, best and worst, as out of line with the RM’s other years: 1947, 2019, 2025. Shown as published.

Field peas

2025: 54.5 bu/ac, 9% above the 10-year average of 50.1. In the last 19 reported years, 5 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Willow Creek No. 458 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	54.5	46.3
2024	57.4	36.7
2023	44.2	33.5
2022	55.6	36.3
2021	33.5	22.4
2020	50	40.2
2019	52.5	39.6
2018	57	37.7
2017	53.1	36.8
2016	42.8	40.3

Flax

2016: 14.8 bu/ac, 31% below the 10-year average of 21.4. In the last 19 reported years, 4 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Willow Creek No. 458 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2016	14.8	25.7
2015	25.6	23.6
2014	22.8	22
2013	21.9	27.7
2012	23	19.7
2011	23.6	22.3
2010	16.4	18.7
2009	19.4	22.3
2008	25	21.6
2006	21.2	19.6

Canary seed

2016: 1,062 lb/ac, the same as the 10-year average of 1,060.

RM of Willow Creek No. 458 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, lb/ac	All RMs, middle
2016	1,062	1,291
2015	700	1,001
2013	1,499	1,345
2012	689	1,023
2011	1,349	1,000
2010	135 as published	817
1998	1,110	981
1996	800	1,077
1993	619	1,000
1992	1,000	1,000

Left out of the averages, best and worst, as out of line with the RM’s other years: 2010. Shown as published.

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	43.7
2023	124 mm	51.5
2022	240 mm	51.8
2021	139 mm	28
2020	201 mm	37.4
2019	210 mm	50
2018	198 mm	46.7
2017	127 mm	40.4
2016	279 mm	40.8
2015	269 mm	38.6
2014	288 mm	26.7
2013	232 mm	33.4
2012	342 mm	21.1
2011	206 mm	32

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

Star City No. 428 · Connaught No. 457 · Kinistino No. 459 · Torch River No. 488 · Tisdale No. 427 · Flett's Springs No. 429

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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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