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Crop yields in the RM of Wellington No. 97
In 2025, canola in the RM of Wellington No. 97 averaged 46.2 bu/ac, 31% above the RM's own 10-year average of 35.3. 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 | 46.2 bu/ac | 35.3 | 46.2 2025 | 6 1974 |
| Spring wheat | 57.3 bu/ac | 41.1 | 57.3 2025 | 6 1940 |
| Durum | 61 bu/ac | 45.8 | 62.4 2022 | 9.2 1988 |
| Barley | 74.1 bu/ac | 56.1 | 74.1 2025 | 8 1961 |
| Oats | 105.4 bu/ac | 70.6 | 105.4 2025 | 10 1961 |
| Field peas | 44.3 bu/ac | 38.3 | 51.8 2019 | 13.1 2011 |
| Lentils | 2,087 lb/ac | 1,439 | 2,087 2025 | 429 2011 |
| Flax | 26.1 bu/ac | 22 | 28.9 2016 | 3 1957 |
| Winter wheat | not reported | 44.4 | 70.7 2016 | 20 2003 |
| Mustard | not reported | 927 | 1,975 1993 | 392 2002 |
| Canary seed | 1,565 lb/ac | 1,298 | 1,819 2022 | 510 1997 |
| Chickpeas | not reported | 1,136 | 1,380 2019 | 900 2022 |
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: 46.2 bu/ac, 31% above the 10-year average of 35.3. In the last 20 reported years, 4 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.
RM of Wellington No. 97 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year
| Year | Yield, bu/ac | All RMs, middle |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46.2 | 45.3 |
| 2024 | 21.1 | 34.1 |
| 2023 | 31.6 | 35.5 |
| 2022 | 40 | 38.6 |
| 2021 | 29.1 | 22.8 |
| 2020 | 39.2 | 39.2 |
| 2019 | 33.6 | 42.1 |
| 2018 | 42.9 | 37.5 |
| 2017 | 28.3 | 34.6 |
| 2016 | 41.2 | 42.1 |
Left out of the averages, best and worst, as out of line with the RM’s other years: 1979, 1984. Shown as published.
Spring wheat
2025: 57.3 bu/ac, 39% above the 10-year average of 41.1. In the last 20 reported years, 4 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.
RM of Wellington No. 97 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year
| Year | Yield, bu/ac | All RMs, middle |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 57.3 | 57 |
| 2024 | 36.8 | 50.3 |
| 2023 | 37.3 | 45.8 |
| 2022 | 48.2 | 49.5 |
| 2021 | 35.1 | 30.8 |
| 2020 | 39.7 | 50.5 |
| 2019 | 42.4 | 50.1 |
| 2018 | 40 | 46.1 |
| 2017 | 33.6 | 45.3 |
| 2016 | 40.3 | 45.1 |
Left out of the averages, best and worst, as out of line with the RM’s other years: 1938, 1939. Shown as published.
Durum
2025: 61 bu/ac, 33% above the 10-year average of 45.8. In the last 19 reported years, 4 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.
RM of Wellington No. 97 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year
| Year | Yield, bu/ac | All RMs, middle |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 61 | 52 |
| 2024 | 34.8 | 41.1 |
| 2023 | 41.4 | 27.9 |
| 2022 | 62.4 | 39.6 |
| 2021 | 42.8 | 17.2 |
| 2020 | 45.6 | 47.9 |
| 2019 | 71.8 as published | 45 |
| 2018 | 42.7 | 37.5 |
| 2017 | 37 | 38.6 |
| 2016 | 44.6 | 47.3 |
Left out of the averages, best and worst, as out of line with the RM’s other years: 2019. Shown as published.
Barley
2025: 74.1 bu/ac, 32% above the 10-year average of 56.1. In the last 20 reported years, 5 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.
RM of Wellington No. 97 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year
| Year | Yield, bu/ac | All RMs, middle |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 74.1 | 78.9 |
| 2024 | 56.9 | 67.5 |
| 2023 | 48.1 | 59.9 |
| 2022 | 70.7 | 67.5 |
| 2021 | 40.6 | 33.1 |
| 2020 | 51.1 | 70.4 |
| 2019 | 52.4 | 69.4 |
| 2018 | 69.5 | 64.5 |
| 2017 | 31.7 | 61.6 |
| 2016 | 65.8 | 67.7 |
Left out of the averages, best and worst, as out of line with the RM’s other years: 1938, 1939, 1940. Shown as published.
Oats
2025: 105.4 bu/ac, 49% above the 10-year average of 70.6. In the last 19 reported years, 4 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.
RM of Wellington No. 97 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year
| Year | Yield, bu/ac | All RMs, middle |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 105.4 | 101.3 |
| 2024 | 55.1 | 87.2 |
| 2023 | 71.6 | 75.9 |
| 2022 | 89.7 | 91.4 |
| 2021 | 55.6 | 46.2 |
| 2020 | 70.8 | 90.3 |
| 2019 | 69.9 | 89.5 |
| 2018 | 64.5 | 80 |
| 2017 | 52.4 | 81.1 |
| 2016 | 112.8 as published | 81.6 |
Left out of the averages, best and worst, as out of line with the RM’s other years: 1938, 1939, 1940, 2016. Shown as published.
Field peas
2025: 44.3 bu/ac, 16% above the 10-year average of 38.3. In the last 20 reported years, 4 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.
RM of Wellington No. 97 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year
| Year | Yield, bu/ac | All RMs, middle |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44.3 | 46.3 |
| 2024 | 30.8 | 36.7 |
| 2023 | 33.3 | 33.5 |
| 2022 | 35.9 | 36.3 |
| 2021 | 30.3 | 22.4 |
| 2020 | 33.4 | 40.2 |
| 2019 | 51.8 | 39.6 |
| 2018 | 46 | 37.7 |
| 2017 | 26.4 | 36.8 |
| 2016 | 50.5 | 40.3 |
Lentils
2025: 2,087 lb/ac, 45% above the 10-year average of 1,439. In the last 20 reported years, 5 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.
RM of Wellington No. 97 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year
| Year | Yield, lb/ac | All RMs, middle |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,087 | 1,893 |
| 2024 | 1,167 | 1,269 |
| 2023 | 1,492 | 1,236 |
| 2022 | 1,237 | 1,216 |
| 2021 | 1,320 | 872 |
| 2020 | 1,461 | 1,583 |
| 2019 | 1,433 | 1,349 |
| 2018 | 1,536 | 1,407 |
| 2017 | 1,026 | 1,397 |
| 2016 | 1,631 | 1,258 |
Flax
2025: 26.1 bu/ac, 19% above the 10-year average of 22. In the last 20 reported years, 5 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.
RM of Wellington No. 97 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year
| Year | Yield, bu/ac | All RMs, middle |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26.1 | 31 |
| 2024 | 12 | 22 |
| 2023 | 16.4 | 20 |
| 2022 | 28.2 | 25 |
| 2021 | 16.4 | 12.1 |
| 2020 | 27.7 | 25.8 |
| 2019 | 17.9 | 24.4 |
| 2018 | 25.1 | 22 |
| 2017 | 21.3 | 21.6 |
| 2016 | 28.9 | 25.7 |
Left out of the averages, best and worst, as out of line with the RM’s other years: 1939, 1950. Shown as published.
Winter wheat
2017: 25.2 bu/ac, 43% below the 10-year average of 44.4. In the last 12 reported years, 4 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.
RM of Wellington No. 97 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year
| Year | Yield, bu/ac | All RMs, middle |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 25.2 | 43.8 |
| 2016 | 70.7 | 56.1 |
| 2015 | 40.5 | 37.7 |
| 2014 | 54.7 | 39.8 |
| 2013 | 42.7 | 45.3 |
| 2012 | 51.7 | 46.6 |
| 2008 | 25.7 | 40 |
| 2005 | 40 | 40 |
| 2004 | 36.2 | 36.4 |
| 2003 | 20 | 35 |
Mustard
2016: 701 lb/ac, 24% below the 10-year average of 927. In the last 15 reported years, 3 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.
RM of Wellington No. 97 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year
| Year | Yield, lb/ac | All RMs, middle |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 701 | 922 |
| 2013 | 803 | 984 |
| 2010 | 800 | 826 |
| 2009 | 1,100 | 955 |
| 2008 | 1,359 | 875 |
| 2007 | 800 | 697 |
| 2006 | 800 | 800 |
| 2004 | 721 | 897 |
| 2003 | 474 | 622 |
| 2002 | 392 | 579 |
Canary seed
2025: 1,565 lb/ac, 21% above the 10-year average of 1,298. In the last 20 reported years, 3 came in more than a fifth under the RM’s average for those years.
RM of Wellington No. 97 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year
| Year | Yield, lb/ac | All RMs, middle |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,565 | 1,759 |
| 2024 | 934 | 1,446 |
| 2023 | 1,045 | 987 |
| 2022 | 1,819 | 1,500 |
| 2021 | 966 | 749 |
| 2020 | 1,377 | 1,453 |
| 2019 | 1,432 | 1,379 |
| 2018 | 1,269 | 1,307 |
| 2017 | 972 | 1,196 |
| 2016 | 1,604 | 1,291 |
Chickpeas
2022: 900 lb/ac, 21% below the 10-year average of 1,136.
RM of Wellington No. 97 middle of all Saskatchewan RMs that year
| Year | Yield, lb/ac | All RMs, middle |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 900 | 1,322 |
| 2021 | 1,320 | 907 |
| 2020 | 1,000 | 1,609 |
| 2019 | 1,380 | 1,469 |
| 2017 | 1,080 | 1,200 |
| 2010 | 1,194 | 1,197 |
| 2007 | 971 | 1,029 |
Rain and yield, year by year
May to August rain at Environment Canada’s Weyburn 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 | 195 mm | 46.2 |
| 2024 | 200 mm | 21.1 |
| 2022 | 297 mm | 40 |
| 2021 | 199 mm | 29.1 |
| 2020 | 186 mm | 39.2 |
| 2019 | 227 mm | 33.6 |
| 2018 | 229 mm | 42.9 |
| 2017 | 95 mm | 28.3 |
| 2016 | 229 mm | 41.2 |
| 2015 | 155 mm | 38.1 |
| 2014 | 281 mm | 32.3 |
| 2013 | 177 mm | 37.6 |
| 2012 | 291 mm | 27.1 |
| 2011 | 446 mm | 14 |
One station isn’t the whole RM, and rain is one of many things behind a yield. This season’s rain by town.
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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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