Seeding To Ramp Up This Week

Apr 28, 2021

Manitoba Agriculture & Resource Development has released its first Crop Report of the season.

Cool soils have slowed the start to seeding throughout the middle of April. Most farms are planning on starting seeding this week.

Provincial seeding progress sits at 2% complete which is on par with the four-year average for this time of year.

Conserving existing soil moisture remains top of mind for many farmers.

Many farms are using limited disturbance openers for fertilizer and seeding, where possible.

Eastern Manitoba has adequate seedbed moisture conditions for now, and more broadcast and harrow incorporation of fertilizer is taking place.

Winter cereal survival seems good, across most regions, however regrowth is limited due to cool soil conditions and lack of available moisture.

Fall rye has overwintered better than winter wheat.

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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.