Saskatchewan Weekly Crop Report

May 16, 2016

Saskatchewan Agriculture’s Weekly Crop Report is out.

Seeding slowed down this week as a good portion of the grain growing area of the province received some rainfall.

Cropping Management Specialist Shannon Friesen says seeding progress is ahead of the 5 year average.

"35% of the provincial crop was seeded, that is the comparison to the five year average of only 10%, so certainly a lot of the seeding action has not happened yet because of the rain," she said.

Friesen adds seeding is most advanced in the southwest with 58% of the crop in the ground:

"Certainly in terms of moisture in the southwest region. Of course last week with the hot and dry temperatures a lot of top soil was actually becoming quite dry. The rain that we got will certainly go a long way in helping to actually replenish some of that top soil moisture," she said.

Friesen says the rain will definitely help to replenish top soil moisture conditions and help with crop emergence.

Source : Discoverestevan

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.