MB Corn Crop Is Looking Good, Says Cott

Jul 22, 2020

It's been a good year so far for Manitoba's corn crop, according to an agronomist with the Manitoba Corn Growers Association. european corn borer july2020 morgancott

"It's looking really good right now, it's coming a long way since the beginning of July and even then it was looking really good for that time of year," said Morgan Cott, adding the crop is on track or maybe slightly behind normal.

Now, she says tassling is beginning with most fields not quite at the fully emerged stage and expects to see some VT staging across the province by the end of this weekend.

"I usually like seeing tassling to be in more early mid-July but this isn't anything I'm concerned with," added Cott.

Cott says she's currently scouting for European corn borer.

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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.