Agriculture Online Continuing Education Courses

Grow your knowledge and skills by taking one, or all of our online agriculture courses. These courses are designed for anyone to take including both producers and extension professionals.

Our online courses are created with your busy lifestyle in mind. They will require on average 3-5 hours per week and can be done whenever is convenient for you!

Courses that Lakeland offers are outlined below. Check those you are interested in for a brief description and see if they are currently open for registration.

Extension Program Planning

This course is comprehensive online review of the critical aspects of program planning, particularly for extension work.

You’ll work through 7 modules:

History, Foundations and Fundamentals
Situational Analysis
Needs Assessment
Outcomes & Objectives
Design the Program
The Delivery Phase
Evaluation of Program Effectiveness and Accountability

Course length: 15 weeks to complete all modules
Total hours: 40 - 60 hours
Cost: $838.95 (includes GST)
Delivery: online
Prerequisite: none

Integrated Crop Management

This course is an overview of Integrated Crop Management (ICM). The emphasis is on the importance of integration across all of the disciplines critical for crop production. Soil and plant science, while not the foundation of this course, will be included where necessary in the course work.

You'll learn:

the principles of ICM
how ICM systems function
current methods and technologies required for practical and efficient ICM

There are 7 modules in the course:

Agronomic Practices & Crop Establishment
Tillage Systems
Crop Rotation
Yield Building with Crop Genetics
Yield Building with Fertilizers
Yield Protection
Precision Farming

Course length: 11 weeks to complete all modules
Total hours: 40 - 60 hours
Cost: $780 (GST included)
Delivery: online
Prerequisite: none

Nutrient Management

This online course covers understanding, managing and planning for optimal nutrient benefits.

You will:

review the components of nutrient management plants
examine the Agricultural Operations Practices Act (AOPA) and how it affects you
look at the importance of soil testing
learn how to understand the economic potential of a field
review manure collection, storing and treatment
study the nutrient content of manure
investigate appropriate times to apply manure and fertilizer
explore transporting manure and fertilizer
delve into appropriate manure and fertilizer rates to get desired crop productivity

The course has 10 units:

Fundamentals of Soil Nutrients and Plant Interactions
Fundamentals of Manure and Fertilizer as Nutrient Sources
Alberta's Agricultural Operations Practices Act (AOPA) and Manure Management
Soil Sampling and Soil Sample Analysis
Assessing Fields for Nutrient Application
Storing, Treating & Managing Livestock Manure
Manure Sampling and Interpretation
Nutrient Application for Methods and Best Management Practices
Manure and Fertilizer Handling Safety & Emergency Planning
Calculating Nutrient Requirements and Applications Rates

Course length: 15 weeks to complete
Total hours: 50 - 60 hours to complete all units
Cost: $780 (GST included)
Delivery: online
Prerequisite: none

Perennial Forage Agronomy for Ag Retail

This course is a comprehensive online review of perennial forage agronomy as it pertains to the agriculture retail sector. It will provide you with basic understanding of customer needs and provide reference materials to help you support customers in selecting products and management practices needed to improve their forage production.

You’ll work through 3 modules:

Seed Selection
Establishment
Fertility

Course length: 7 weeks to complete all modules
Total hours: approximately 20 hours
Cost: $699 (includes GST)
Delivery: online
Prerequisite: none

Winter Feeding and Grazing Management

This course will take a detailed look at:

planning winter feeding sites
rationing nutrients for animals
pasture plans and grazing management strategies for tame and native pastures
selecting tame forage species
riparian area management

You’ll study 3 modules:

Winter Feeding
Tame Pasture Management
Riparian Area Management

Course length: self-paced; 7 weeks to complete all modules
Total hours: approximately 20 - 23 hours
Cost: $680 (GST included)
Delivery: online
Prerequisite: n/a

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