Corn Yield Competition Producing Impressive Results

Nov 03, 2021

The province's corn harvest is close to wrapping up.

Morgan Cott with the Manitoba Crop Alliance expects the warm temperatures this week will help speed things along.

She's been busy examining fields for the annual Corn Yield Competition

"I'm quite surprised with the amount of entries that we've had," stated Cott. "Last year was also a tough year and I only had 20 entries last year, which we usually get about double that and this year, I should have about 35. Considering what we've been through this year and what the yields are turning out to be, it's a great sign I think. It means that some guys are finding very high yields in what could be an average field but good yields within that field. I'm impressed with what I've come up with so far."

The winners will be announced at the CropConnect Conference in February.

Manitoba's Corn Yield Competition dates back to 1971.

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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.