The Manure Composting course comes to you from the Animal Science Program at Rutgers Cooperative Extension with help from their friends at the Office of Continuing Professional Education.

Pen Rider and Processors on-line Horse Safety and Care is for feedlot and cattle producers and employees. In this course participants will learn how to safely handle horses when working in feed yards as well as basic horse care and management. 

For more information about the course or how to enroll contact Kathy Anderson with the University of Nebraska Extension at  kanderson@unl.edu

This course requires a $25 registration fee. Once the registration fee is paid, you will get an email with an ENROLLMENT KEY.

Please go to: Pen Rider and Processors Horse Safety and Care Certification Course at http://marketplace.unl.edu/extension/programs/feedlot-horse.html to enroll.

Precision agriculture is an integral part of today's crop production. It's steady stream of technological improvements makes it hard for farmers and other ag professionals to stay current.

This nine part course features precision Agriculture's educator of the year Dr. John Fulton and Extension Specialist Mark Hall. Each lesson features video instruction, handouts and a test. Students who make 80% or higher on all the test and complete a course evaluation will receive a certificate of completion. Students are welcome to audit the course without taking the test. For more information or to enroll contact hallmah@auburn.edu

This is a self-paced course designed specifically for farmers and ranchers seeking to take control of their tax planning. Whether you’re new to tax management or looking to refine your approach, this course provides practical strategies tailored to agricultural producers.

In this course, you will:

• Strengthen your collaboration with your tax professional to ensure clear communication and effective planning.
• Develop a reliable, organized record-keeping system that not only meets tax requirements but also helps you maximize eligible deductions and credits.
• Shift your perspective on taxes from simply minimizing what you owe to strategically optimizing your after-tax income for greater financial success.

The goal of this toolbox is to equip agricultural professionals (I.e., ag-educators, extension professionals, crop consultants) with a broad understanding of AI and its potential role in sustainable agriculture, along with knowledge, skills and abilities to strategically communicate about this emerging technology and its risks and opportunities with agricultural audiences.

The instructional video course includes 10 asynchronous lectures and associated activities that can be engaged with at participants' convenience. Participants who complete all modules will receive a certificate of completion from Washington State University's Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources. 

This course is intended to be open, accessible and free-of-charge. No coursework is required for completion. However, the course is available for .3 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) with a $10 fee. If you take the course for CEUs, the pre- and post-survey must be completed to receive credit. Instructions for taking the course for CEUs are provided in the opening section of the course.

Participants will have the opportunity to:

• achieve a deeper awareness of AI in both society and sustainable agriculture;
• grow their understanding of the risks and benefits of using AI systems to achieve sustainable agriculture goals;
• develop knowledge of behavioral models predicting AI adoption among different audiences;
• obtain skills in utilizing strategic science communication theory to construct, frame and diffuse messages surrounding AI, its risks and opportunities;
• improve their confidence and abilities to facilitate engagement with AI in sustainable agriculture.

As a result of taking this course, participants will learn about Vermont’s Required Agricultural Practices (RAPs), how to take a soil sample and interpret results, how to take a manure sample and interpret results, field by field nutrient management planning, record-keeping requirements, and how to calibrate manure spreaders. This course includes videos, resources, references, and worksheets.  

For more information or to enroll contact: Lindsey Ruhl, University of Vermont Extension, lindsey.ruhl@uvm.edu.

This course has been made possible with generous funding from the Vermont Agency of Agricultural Food and Markets Clean Water Initiative Grant, "Innovative Training Tools to Help Small Farm Operations Comply with Required Agricultural Practices," grant #02200-ARM-CWF-2017-UVM.

This course guides participants through a process to realistically evaluate their goals and resources and provides the tools to evaluate the feasibility of starting a sustainable small acreage enterprise in Idaho. Course topics include whole farm planning, resource evaluation, site-appropriate production practices, market analysis and enterprise budgets. Upon course completion, project participants will have the knowledge and skills to engage in whole farm planning.Note:

Course enrollment is limited to participants in Idaho and Washington.

For more information or to enroll please contact Kate Wood, University of Idaho, at cultivatingsuccess@uidaho.edu.