Corn, Sunflower Planting Wrapping Up

May 26, 2021

For the most part, sunflower planting in Manitoba is complete.

Morgan Cott is an agronomy extension specialist with the Manitoba Crop Alliance.

"I think that they're pretty well wrapped up. I know that some got planted last week, which is normal for sunflowers in mid-May to get planted. There's some poking through the ground now, so they're ready to go and have some good conditions for growing now."

Cott says corn planting is also wrapping up.

"Some of the early stuff is at the first leaf collar, so V1, that would have been planted at the very end of April, early May...This year plants emerged a lot faster than they do on a normal year. Usually when we're planting on May 1 or May 5, it takes to May 21st or so to emerge and this year it was only taking probably a couple weeks to get out of the ground in the typically cooler conditions."

She notes now is the time to start looking for insects such as cutworms.

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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.

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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.