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Crop yields in the RM of Eldon No. 471

In 2025, canola in the RM of Eldon No. 471 averaged 41 bu/ac, the same as the RM's own 10-year average of 40.8. 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	41 bu/ac	40.8	48.3 2022	14.4 2003
Spring wheat	51.9 bu/ac	57.9	69.4 2019	7 1941
Durum	not reported	—	55.6 2016	22 1979
Barley	56.5 bu/ac	70.3	84.6 2019	12 1948
Oats	64 bu/ac	86.7	117 2018	11 1941
Field peas	45.6 bu/ac	45.6	55.5 2022	8 1995
Lentils	not reported	—	1,320 1996	1,121 2016

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: 41 bu/ac, the same as the 10-year average of 40.8. In the last 20 reported years, 3 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Eldon No. 471 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	41	45.3
2024	30	34.1
2023	46.8	35.5
2022	48.3	38.6
2021	26.7	22.8
2020	45.1	39.2
2019	46.5	42.1
2018	42	37.5
2017	39.3	34.6
2016	42.3	42.1

Spring wheat

2025: 51.9 bu/ac, 10% below the 10-year average of 57.9. In the last 20 reported years, 4 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Eldon No. 471 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	51.9	57
2024	39.9	50.3
2023	65.3	45.8
2022	68.1	49.5
2021	39.5	30.8
2020	64.5	50.5
2019	69.4	50.1
2018	60.5	46.1
2017	57.7	45.3
2016	62.7	45.1

Durum

2016: 55.6 bu/ac.

RM of Eldon No. 471 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2016	55.6	47.3
2015	45.4	34.8
2001	32.1	21.8
1990	23	31
1989	26	23.6
1988	25	12
1987	28	27.3
1984	26	19.8
1982	25	30.5
1981	25	25.5

Barley

2025: 56.5 bu/ac, 20% below the 10-year average of 70.3. In the last 20 reported years, 1 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Eldon No. 471 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	56.5	78.9
2024	58.6	67.5
2023	84.1	59.9
2022	80.5	67.5
2021	60.2	33.1
2020	73.5	70.4
2019	84.6	69.4
2018	73	64.5
2017	63.8	61.6
2016	68.1	67.7

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

Oats

2025: 64 bu/ac, 26% below the 10-year average of 86.7. In the last 19 reported years, 5 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Eldon No. 471 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	64	101.3
2024	52.6	87.2
2023	110.7	75.9
2022	86.8	91.4
2021	28.7	46.2
2020	100.3	90.3
2019	148.6 as published	89.5
2018	117	80
2017	114.2	81.1
2016	106.1	81.6

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

Field peas

2025: 45.6 bu/ac, the same as the 10-year average of 45.6. In the last 20 reported years, 5 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Eldon No. 471 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	45.6	46.3
2024	39.6	36.7
2023	48.5	33.5
2022	55.5	36.3
2021	33.7	22.4
2020	54.2	40.2
2019	43.3	39.6
2018	48	37.7
2017	41	36.8
2016	46.6	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

2016: 1,121 lb/ac.

RM of Eldon No. 471 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, lb/ac	All RMs, middle
2016	1,121	1,258
1996	1,320	1,185

Rain and yield, year by year

May to August rain at Environment Canada’s Lloydminster A 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	171 mm	41
2024	214 mm	30
2023	224 mm	46.8
2022	251 mm	48.3
2021	203 mm	26.7
2020	347 mm	45.1
2019	330 mm	46.5
2018	263 mm	42
2017	343 mm	39.3
2015	211 mm	44.4
2014	289 mm	38.1
2013	289 mm	46.6
2012	372 mm	29.8
2011	303 mm	32.4

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

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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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