Conditions Excellent For Spraying

Jun 07, 2017

Despite some windy conditions over the past few days, custom spraying has been progressing nicely for one company in south central Manitoba.

Rosenort Agro General Manager Denis Benjamin says they are about two-thirds through their wheat and oats and are now working on canola. Once complete, their next focus will be spraying soybeans.

Benjamin says field conditions are the best they've been in years, with good soil moisture underneath.

He explains what his crews are noticing in terms of weeds.

"This year we're seeing a lot more thistled dandelions, some of the harder-to-kill weeds," said Benjamin. "I think it has to do with the winter we had. We had a wet fall last year, cultivations maybe didn't get done as much as they could have, and a lot of the dandelions are very prevalent in the fields this year."

Source : Portageonline

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.