Agriculture is a vital part of life within Saskatchewan with approximately $3.67 billion of exports leaving the province. The surrounding municipalities in Nipawin's trading area include Torch River, Connaught, Arborfield, and Moose Range. In 2006, 1,307 farms operated in Nipawin and the surrounding municipalities with the majority of the size between 240 to 2,239 acres.
The major crops for the Nipawin trading area include spring wheat, oats, barley, flax, canola and peas. In 2008, there were 203.5 bushels per acre of spring wheat yielded, 438.8 of oats, 340.6 of barley, 126.7 of flax, and 172 of canola. The area also yielded 190.1 bushels of peas per acre and 3837 pounds of canary seed. Nipawin is the only surrounding municipality yielding 30 bushels of fall rye.
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