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Crop yields in the RM of Britannia No. 502

In 2025, canola in the RM of Britannia No. 502 averaged 36.4 bu/ac, 9% below the RM's own 10-year average of 39.9. 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	36.4 bu/ac	39.9	47.5 2019	8 1974
Spring wheat	40.9 bu/ac	53.3	65 2023	7 1949
Barley	67.9 bu/ac	70.8	83.1 2021	12 1947
Oats	56 bu/ac	92.1	123.4 2022	14 1947
Field peas	37.2 bu/ac	43.3	62.4 2022	7.6 2002
Lentils	not reported	—	1,200 1993	600 1995
Flax	not reported	27.3	36.5 2013	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: 36.4 bu/ac, 9% below the 10-year average of 39.9. In the last 20 reported years, 4 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Britannia No. 502 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	36.4	45.3
2024	27.7	34.1
2023	42.2	35.5
2022	43.3	38.6
2021	24.2	22.8
2020	42	39.2
2019	47.5	42.1
2018	45.1	37.5
2017	45.1	34.6
2016	45.5	42.1

Spring wheat

2025: 40.9 bu/ac, 23% below the 10-year average of 53.3. In the last 20 reported years, 4 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Britannia No. 502 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	40.9	57
2024	38.8	50.3
2023	65	45.8
2022	64.2	49.5
2021	35.7	30.8
2020	56.3	50.5
2019	64.4	50.1
2018	56.5	46.1
2017	56.5	45.3
2016	54.7	45.1

Barley

2025: 67.9 bu/ac, 4% below the 10-year average of 70.8. In the last 20 reported years, 2 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Britannia No. 502 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	67.9	78.9
2024	56	67.5
2023	76	59.9
2022	77.7	67.5
2021	83.1	33.1
2020	69.9	70.4
2019	77.5	69.4
2018	68.4	64.5
2017	65.9	61.6
2016	66	67.7

Oats

2025: 56 bu/ac, 39% below the 10-year average of 92.1. In the last 18 reported years, 3 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Britannia No. 502 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	56	101.3
2024	60.3	87.2
2023	108.6	75.9
2022	123.4	91.4
2021	52.1	46.2
2020	141.2 as published	90.3
2019	138.8 as published	89.5
2018	121.6	80
2017	97.7	81.1
2016	116.9	81.6

Left out of the averages, best and worst, as out of line with the RM’s other years: 2019, 2020. Shown as published.

Field peas

2025: 37.2 bu/ac, 14% below the 10-year average of 43.3. In the last 17 reported years, 6 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.

RM of Britannia No. 502 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2025	37.2	46.3
2024	33.2	36.7
2023	26.1	33.5
2022	62.4	36.3
2018	59	37.7
2017	39.7	36.8
2016	45.3	40.3
2015	26.5	33.1
2014	33.6	30
2013	39.7	41.1

Left out of the averages, best and worst, as out of line with the RM’s other years: 1995. Shown as published.

Lentils

2016: 1,140 lb/ac.

RM of Britannia No. 502 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, lb/ac	All RMs, middle
2016	1,140	1,258
1995	600	1,058
1993	1,200	898
1992	686	1,010

Flax

2016: 32.6 bu/ac, 19% above the 10-year average of 27.3.

RM of Britannia No. 502 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year

Year	Yield, bu/ac	All RMs, middle
2016	32.6	25.7
2015	27.5	23.6
2014	21.7	22
2013	36.5	27.7
2012	21	19.7
2011	24.7	22.3
1989	25	12.1
1988	20	9.8
1987	17	20
1986	21	20.2

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	36.4
2024	214 mm	27.7
2023	224 mm	42.2
2022	251 mm	43.3
2021	203 mm	24.2
2020	347 mm	42
2019	330 mm	47.5
2018	263 mm	45.1
2017	343 mm	45.1
2015	211 mm	43.5
2014	289 mm	37.6
2013	289 mm	42.5
2012	372 mm	30.5
2011	303 mm	33.8

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

Frenchman Butte No. 501 · Eldon No. 471 · Wilton No. 472 · Mervin No. 499 · Loon Lake No. 561 · Manitou Lake No. 442

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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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