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Horse owners need to be proactive in developing and implementing a plan for handling and disposing of manure. To avoid or ignore the issue may be a long-term recipe for disaster to the horse industry. Manure management options will be discussed in this lesson in addition to various aspects of pasture management including planning, renovations, and grazing practices.


For more information contact Kathy Anderson, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, at kanderson1@unl.edu

The fee for this course is $10.  To purchase and enroll in the course, click the following button.

If you purchase at least $40 worth of courses from this category, you can receive a 20% discount by entering the voucher code of HorseQuest20


Category: Horses

Equine Herpes Virus provides the participants the opportunity to learn the different ways the EHV-1 virus is expressed in horses, and know how to prevent and treat the disease. This course offers a badge and is one of several available in the HorseQuest Badge Portfolio. This course includes a video, a learning lesson, and a quiz.

The fee for this course is $10.  To purchase and enroll in the course, click the following button:

If you purchase at least $40 worth of courses from this category, you can receive a 20% discount by entering the voucher code of HorseQuest20


Category: Horses

Why is good pasture important to horses? Well, because horses should consume at least 1-2% of their body weight each day in forage (hay or pasture). A 1000 lb horse will need from 2 - 3 acres to provide enough pasture to meet its total nutrient requirements.

The fee for this course is $10.  To purchase and enroll in the course, click the following button:

If you purchase at least $40 worth of courses from this category, you can receive a 20% discount by entering the voucher code of HorseQuest20


Category: Horses

What is your horse's body condition? Did you know there was a scoring system to rank your horse's physical condition? Check out our latest learning lesson about how to body condition score your horse. Learn a time-tested and accepted method to evaluate your horse's fat cover and the balance between the food he eats and the amount of energy he burns.

For information contact Colleen Brady, bradyc@purdue.edu

The fee for this course is $10.  To purchase and enroll in the course, click the following link.

If you purchase at least $40 worth of courses from this category, you can receive a 20% discount by entering the voucher code of HorseQuest20


Category: Horses

A course for Extension staff at North Dakota State University, this provides a self-paced guide to evaluating extension programs, materials, and communications.

For more information or to enroll contact robert.bertsch@ndsu.edu

Is your farm or ranch protected against criminal activities? How about disasters such as fire or flood? The measures to take to protect your land and property from crime and natural disaster are similar and well worth the effort to put in place. This course shows you how. Through examples, activities, and quizzes, you will build a plan to fit your operation. Start the course now to make sure your operation is protected!
For more information about this course or to enroll contact Curt Emanuel at cemanuel@purdue.edu

All current certified fertilizer applicator on-line program participants must successfully complete their testing and submission of the CFA request to VDACS by September 1, 2020 as the current website ceases to exist on that date. 

You will be able to re-enroll in the CFA program at https://register.ext.vt.edu/search/publicCourseSearchDetails.do?method=load&courseId=1208465; however, there will be a minimal fee for enrollment ($10) and all testing modules will have to be completed again in the new system, regardless if they have been completed in the previous CFA program.

Fertilizer Applicator Certification Training
(FACT) is a cooperative effort of Virginia Cooperative Extension (VCE), Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS), and the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR). The training consists of 10 online, self-paced modules, which cover the knowledge areas in which one must be proficient in order to become a Certified Fertilizer Applicator (CFA) in Virginia. 

Individuals who successfully complete all 10 modules will receive proof of satisfactory completion of the training, which can be submitted to VDACS as part of the CFA online application. 

For more information or to enroll contact: Mike Goatley, Turfgrass Extension Specialist / Professor Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences, Virginia Tech at goatley@vt.edu

Category: Yard & Garden

The course is for recertification purposes only.

New Hampshire producers can sell poultry and rabbits (up to 20,000 poultry and 1,000 rabbits per calendar year) directly to NH restaurants without USDA inspection. In order for producers to legally sell their products in this way, they must complete the initial certification course with UNH Cooperative Extension and recertify after five years.

This recertification program fulfills the education requirement specified in the rules and will help producers continue their working plan for providing safe meat products for this market.


The fee for this course is $20.  To purchase & enroll in the course click the following button:



Category: Food Safety

Forest Engineering 2022

This course encompasses all of the presentations from the 2022 NER.COFE Workshop.  Each topic corresponds to each of the individual presentations and are approved for 0.5 Category 1 Forester Licensing credits by both SAF and the State of Maine.

The cost for each topic is $10.00 which is to cover recording, processing, and online fees, and will continue to support the NER.COFE organization as the in-person workshop does.

Any questions may be forwarded to: 

Ray Berthiaume, NER.COFE Chair, UNH Cooperative Extension Field Specialist, Coos County Forester

Topic 6: Deer Wintering Areas

Speaker: Dan Hill, Deer Habitat Biologist-Maine Inland Fisheries & Wildlife

Managing forest lands with consideration for our wintering deer herd.


Category: Forestry

Forest Engineering 2022

This course encompasses all of the presentations from the 2022 NER.COFE Workshop.  Each topic corresponds to each of the individual presentations and are approved for 0.5 Category 1 Forester Licensing credits by both SAF and the State of Maine.

The cost for each topic is $10.00 which is to cover recording, processing, and online fees, and will continue to support the NER.COFE organization as the in-person workshop does.

Any questions may be forwarded to: 

Ray Berthiaume, NER.COFE Chair, UNH Cooperative Extension Field Specialist, Coos County Forester

Topic 4: Forest Market Update

Speaker: Eric Kingsley-INRS

An update of current forest product markets in the region.


Category: Forestry

Forest Engineering 2022

This course encompasses all of the presentations from the 2022 NER.COFE Workshop.  Each topic corresponds to each of the individual presentations and are approved for 0.5 Category 1 Forester Licensing credits by both SAF and the State of Maine.

The cost for each topic is $10.00 which is to cover recording, processing, and online fees, and will continue to support the NER.COFE organization as the in-person workshop does.

Any questions may be forwarded to: 

Ray Berthiaume, NER.COFE Chair, UNH Cooperative Extension Field Specialist, Coos County Forester

Topic 11: Forest Pest & Disease Update

Speaker: Michael Parisio-Maine Forest Service

An update on what forest pests and diseases are still a threat to the health and vigor of our forests, and ideas on how to manage for them.


Category: Forestry

Forest Engineering 2022

This course encompasses all of the presentations from the 2022 NER.COFE Workshop.  Each topic corresponds to each of the individual presentations and are approved for 0.5 Category 1 Forester Licensing credits by both SAF and the State of Maine.

The cost for each topic is $10.00 which is to cover recording, processing, and online fees, and will continue to support the NER.COFE organization as the in-person workshop does.

Any questions may be forwarded to: 

Ray Berthiaume, NER.COFE Chair, UNH Cooperative Extension Field Specialist, Coos County Forester

Topic 7: Latest Bird Survey Update

Speaker: Joseph Roy, Private Lands Wildlife Biologist-Maine Inland Fisheries & Wildlife

Discussion of some of the latest survey data and forest management recommendations around some of our threatened bird species.


Category: Forestry

Forest Engineering 2022

This course encompasses all of the presentations from the 2022 NER.COFE Workshop.  Each topic corresponds to each of the individual presentations and are approved for 0.5 Category 1 Forester Licensing credits by both SAF and the State of Maine.

The cost for each topic is $10.00 which is to cover recording, processing, and online fees, and will continue to support the NER.COFE organization as the in-person workshop does.

Any questions may be forwarded to: 

Ray Berthiaume, NER.COFE Chair, UNH Cooperative Extension Field Specialist, Coos County Forester

Topic 1: Mechanized Operators Course Presentation 

A description of the course outline, progress to date, future plans moving forward.


NER-COFE and NH Extension logos


Category: Forestry

Forest Engineering 2022

This course encompasses all of the presentations from the 2022 NER.COFE Workshop.  Each topic corresponds to each of the individual presentations and are approved for 0.5 Category 1 Forester Licensing credits by both SAF and the State of Maine.

The cost for each topic is $10.00 which is to cover recording, processing, and online fees, and will continue to support the NER.COFE organization as the in-person workshop does.

Any questions may be forwarded to: 

Ray Berthiaume, NER.COFE Chair, UNH Cooperative Extension Field Specialist, Coos County Forester

Topic 8: Moose/Winter Ticks

Speaker: Lee Kantar, State Moose biologist-Maine Inland Fisheries & Wildlife

The status and management of our Moose herd as a result of winter tick infestations, and associated forest management guidelines/recommendations associated with enhancing Moose habitat.


Category: Forestry

Forest Engineering 2022

This course encompasses all of the presentations from the 2022 NER.COFE Workshop.  Each topic corresponds to each of the individual presentations and are approved for 0.5 Category 1 Forester Licensing credits by both SAF and the State of Maine.

The cost for each topic is $10.00 which is to cover recording, processing, and online fees, and will continue to support the NER.COFE organization as the in-person workshop does.

Any questions may be forwarded to: 

Ray Berthiaume, NER.COFE Chair, UNH Cooperative Extension Field Specialist, Coos County Forester

Topic 5: New Markets for Low-Grade Forest Products

Speaker: Shane O'Neill, Forest Industry Business Development Manager-UMaine

A discussion of some potential/new markets for low-grade forest products based on research and testing ongoing at the UMaine Advanced Structures and Composites Center.


Category: Forestry

Forest Engineering 2022

This course encompasses all of the presentations from the 2022 NER.COFE Workshop.  Each topic corresponds to each of the individual presentations and are approved for 0.5 Category 1 Forester Licensing credits by both SAF and the State of Maine.

The cost for each topic is $10.00 which is to cover recording, processing, and online fees, and will continue to support the NER.COFE organization as the in-person workshop does.

Any questions may be forwarded to: 

Ray Berthiaume, NER.COFE Chair, UNH Cooperative Extension Field Specialist, Coos County Forester

Topic 9: Shoreland Zoning Presentation

Speaker: Terri Coolong-Maine Forest Service

A review and discussion of current shoreland zone rules and guidelines.


Category: Forestry

Forest Engineering 2022

This course encompasses all of the presentations from the 2022 NER.COFE Workshop.  Each topic corresponds to each of the individual presentations and are approved for 0.5 Category 1 Forester Licensing credits by both SAF and the State of Maine.

The cost for each topic is $10.00 which is to cover recording, processing, and online fees, and will continue to support the NER.COFE organization as the in-person workshop does.

Any questions may be forwarded to: 

Ray Berthiaume, NER.COFE Chair, UNH Cooperative Extension Field Specialist, Coos County Forester

Topic 10: State GIS/Lidar Presentation

Speaker: Dan Hayes, Dave Sandilands-UMaine

A presentation about what data sets are available to our forestry professionals from the region's state facilities.


Category: Forestry

Forest Engineering 2022

This course encompasses all of the presentations from the 2022 NER.COFE Workshop.  Each topic corresponds to each of the individual presentations and are approved for 0.5 Category 1 Forester Licensing credits by both SAF and the State of Maine.

The cost for each topic is $10.00 which is to cover recording, processing, and online fees, and will continue to support the NER.COFE organization as the in-person workshop does.

Any questions may be forwarded to: 

Ray Berthiaume, NER.COFE Chair, UNH Cooperative Extension Field Specialist, Coos County Forester

Topic 3: Workforce Issues Presentation

Speaker: Nathan Kay-Seven Islands Land Company

 A discussion of some of the programs used by industry professionals to help solve the workforce issues for forest products companies today.


Category: Forestry

Forest Engineering 2022

This course encompasses all of the presentations from the 2022 NER.COFE Workshop.  Each topic corresponds to each of the individual presentations and are approved for 0.5 Category 1 Forester Licensing credits by both SAF and the State of Maine.

The cost for each topic is $10.00 which is to cover recording, processing, and online fees, and will continue to support the NER.COFE organization as the in-person workshop does.

Any questions may be forwarded to: 

Ray Berthiaume, NER.COFE Chair, UNH Cooperative Extension Field Specialist, Coos County Forester

Topic 2: Workforce Shortages, Issues/Solutions Presentation

Speaker: Robby Gross, Chief Forest Ranger-Maine Forest Service; Bill Patterson, Bureau Parks and Lands

A discussion of how the MFS and PBL have, and continue, to work through the challenges of hiring and retaining employees.


Category: Forestry

Speaker: Ivan Fernandez-Distinguished Maine Professor, University of Maine, School of Forest Resources and Climate Change Institute

A discussion of how we are developing adaptation strategies for managing ecosystem response to climate change, particularly as it relates to forested ecosytems and the freshwater resources they encompass.

0.5 Category 1 CEU;  $10.00


Category: Forestry

Speaker:  Charlie Levesque-Innovative Natural Resource Solutions, LLC

A discussion of the basics of forest carbon and what it might mean in future years for the forest industry.  Specifically:  how do forests capture and store carbon, how does the forest carbon market work, how might forest carbon programs impact timber harvesting, how do landowners access these programs, what does all this mean for managing our forests.

1.5 Category 1 CEUs;  $30.00


Category: Forestry

Speaker: Alison Kanoti-Maine Forest Service

An update on what forest pests and diseases are still a threat to the health and vigor of our forests, and ideas on how to manage for them.

0.5 Category 1 CEU from State of Maine

1.0 Category 1 CEU from SAF

$10.00

Category: Forestry

Speaker: Stephen Nicholas-Maine Forest Service

A walk-through of the new system, including how to access and what the requirements are.

0.5 Category 1 CEU;  $10.00

Category: Forestry

Speaker: Amanda Lind-Technical Content Writer, Blue Marble Geographics

An explanation and demonstration how to use available software as a tool for foresters.

0.5 Category 1 CEU;  $10.00


Category: Forestry

Speaker: Jeremy Miller-Regional Technical Manager, American Forest Management

A case study of actual use of the software in forestry on-the-ground applications.

0.5 Category 1 CEU;  $10.00


Category: Forestry

Speaker: Claire Kiedrowski-Executive Director, Maine Library of Geographic Information

A discussion about what LiDAR data is available to foresters, wher, and how to find and access it.

0.5 Category 1 CEU;  $10.00


Category: Forestry

Speaker: Joel Slate-Corporate Director of Fiber Supply ND Paper

Discussion of markets for low-grade forest products and resources to support them.

0.5 Category 1 CEU;  $10.00

 

Category: Forestry

Speaker: Mark Anderson-The Nature Conservancy

 A discussion about the project and how it is being implemented in Maine with multiple partners and supporters.

1.0 Category 1 CEU;  $20.00


Category: Forestry

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This course also meets the requirements for production and financial management training for FSA loan recipients who have attended the in-person workshops.  In order to qualify for a certificate, all sessions must be completed.

Contact Keri Hayes, MSU at 406-994-3511 or email:  khayes@montana.edu if you are having technical difficulties or have questions.

Category: PP: Montana

By taking this course, students will learn: good ag practices that help prevent foodborne illness from fresh produce. If you are an urban gardener and produce food for family and friends, this is the course for you.

This course contains audio and video so you will need a computer that can play both.

For more information or to enroll please contact: Cindy Brison 

Category: Yard & Garden