Thursday At Canadian Western Agribition

Nov 28, 2019

The International Stock Dog Championship Trials get underway in the Brandt Centre this morning.

The Chevrolet GMC Arena is going to be busy with the Black Angus show, the Limousin show, and the Red Angus show.

Kicking things off in the John Deere Sales Arena is the Maine Anjou Open, followed by the Gelbvieh Sweetheart Parade and Donation Heifer Sale, the Shorthorn sale, Charolais sale, Limousin sale, and then the Polled and Horned Hereford sale.

Wrapping things up in the Brandt Centre tonight is the Maple Leaf Finals Rodeo, doors open at 6 with the performance at 7pm.

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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.