Canola Quickly Passing Through Bloom Stage

Jul 15, 2020

It's been a good year so far for Manitoba's canola crop.

Justine Cornelsen is an agronomy specialist with the Canola Council of Canada.

"We've really progressed quickly through our bloom stages, so the majority of the fields are obviously yellow right now," she said.

Cornelsen notes conditions are ideal for sclerotinia, adding farmers should be thinking about applying a foliar fungicide application.

"The humidity paired with some of these larger rainfall events and the heat, we've kind of got the perfect conditions for sclerotinia."

She adds some of the canola crop has been experiencing heat blast with the warmer temperatures that remain during the day and night.

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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.