Canola Harvest Coming To A Close

Oct 06, 2020

Manitoba's canola harvest is coming to a close.

Justine Cornelsen is an Agronomy Specialist with the Canola Council of Canada.

"I know a lot of producers are happy that the crops this year are just coming off dry," she said. "I've been seeing the images from last year where we had a foot of snow already at this time. It's just a nice change to be able to get them off in good condition. It really helps make the storage of the crop a lot easier over the winter."

She notes, verticillium stripe was a disease concern for many farmers this year.

According to Manitoba Agriculture, canola quality has been good, with average yields.

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Video: Evolution of Beef Cattle Farming

The Clear Conversations podcast took to the road for a special episode recorded in Nashville during CattleCon, bringing listeners straight into the heart of the cattle industry. Host Tracy Sellers welcomed rancher Steve Wooten of Beatty Canyon Ranch in Colorado for a wide-ranging discussion that blended family history and sustainability, particularly as it relates to the future of beef production.

Sustainability emerged as a central theme of the conversation, a word that Wooten acknowledges can mean very different things depending on who you ask. For him, sustainability starts with the soil. Healthy soil produces healthy grass, which supports efficient cattle capable of producing year after year with minimal external inputs. It’s an approach that equally considers vegetation, animal efficiency, and long-term profitability.

That philosophy aligned naturally with Wooten’s involvement in the U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef, where he served as a representative for the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association. The roundtable brings together the entire beef supply chain—from producers to retailers—along with universities, NGOs, and allied industries. Its goal is not regulation, Wooten emphasized, but collaboration, shared learning, and continuous improvement.