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Online Courses$29.00
Home Food Preservation: Water Bath Canning
Sections 6Length 3 hoursLearn how to safely preserve high acid foods, including many fruits, vegetables, and pickled and fermented foods, using water bath or atmospheric steam canning. -
Online Courses$125.00
Sheep Management and Production: Instructor Guided
Sections 8Length 25 hoursLearn basics of sheep production and operation management, including breeds, nutrition, health, grazing, and marketing. This course includes webinars and worksheets. -
Online Courses$29.00
Venison 101: Processing and Preparation
Sections 3Length 3 hours, 30 minutesLearn how to process your deer harvest from proper butchering to safely handling and preserving the meat. Watch a chef cook delicious recipes with venison. -
Online Courses$139.00
Beekeeping 102: Organic Honey Bee Colony Management
Sections 6Length 5 hoursLearn organic colony management practices like managing Varroa mites and other pests with IPM methods, and to keep honey bees healthy without hard chemicals. -
Online Courses$29.00
Venison 101: Harvesting
Sections 4Length 4 hoursLearn about deer hunting: how the game commission manages hunting; when and where you can hunt; common deer diseases; and how to skin and field dress a deer. -
Online Courses$99.00
Fundamentals of Equine Pasture Management
Sections 8Length 8 hours, 30 minutesLearn the basics of managing pastures to benefit horses and the environment using common forages, nutrition, grazing systems, soil health, and pasture renovation. -
Online Courses$25.00
What's New in Agronomic Pest Control: 2024
Sections 3Length 1 hourLearn about herbicides, integrated pest management (IPM) for field crops and small grain pests, tar spot of corn, and using drones in agriculture. Earn 2 PDA Category 1, 18, or Private credits. -
Online Courses$49.00
Dairy Skills: Milking Management
Sections 7Length 3 hoursLearn management techniques and milking practices that can help reduce or eliminate the spread of mastitis on your dairy farm. -
Online Courses$39.00
WINAg: Women Driving Growth and Productivity in Agriculture
Sections 3Length 3 hoursLearn how to increase your knowledge about women in agriculture to help bring growth and productivity into agricultural programming and policies. -
Online Courses$15.00
Virtual Food Safety Training for Food Handlers
Sections 5Length 1 hourFood handlers learn about the dangers of contaminants like allergens and bacteria, how they can avoid contaminating food, and safe ways to thaw, cook, and cool food. -
Online Courses$29.00
Home Food Preservation: Freezing
Sections 4Length 4 hours, 30 minutesLearn how to preserve food at home by freezing, the science of safely freezing food, and how to prepare, package, and thaw different types of foods. -
Online Courses$49.00
Dairy Skills: Feeding Management
Sections 5Length 5 hours, 30 minutesLearn the basics of dairy rations, dairy feeding systems, working safely around and maintaining feeding equipment, and identifying problems related to feeding. -
Online Courses$49.00
Dairy Skills: Transition Management
Sections 6Length 3 hours, 30 minutesLearn the basics of the transition period for dairy cows, including housing and nutrition needs, parturition, colostrum management, and signs of common diseases. -
Online Courses$49.00
Dairy Skills: Calf and Heifer Health
Sections 4Length 3 hours, 30 minutesLearn how to meet the proper housing, nutrition, and health needs of dairy cows ranging from newborn calves through breeding age heifers. -
Online Courses$99.00
Starting a Farm: Business Planning
Sections 8Length 6 hoursLearn how to conduct research and write a business plan to use to secure funding and build a viable, profitable agriculture or food business. -
Online Courses$19.00
Landscaping Safety: Vehicle and Transporting Equipment
Sections 5Length 1 hourLearn how to load, secure, and inspect equipment on a trailer. Follow safety guidelines when plowing snow or when a vehicle breaks down. -
Online Courses$19.00
Landscaping Safety: Pruning and Tree Work
Sections 3Length 1 hourLearn to identify and control potential hazards when pruning or felling trees. Learn to use ladders, lifts, and personal protective equipment. Earn PCH credits. -
Online Courses$19.00
Landscaping Safety: Basic Worksite Safety
Sections 5Length 1 hourLearn safety guidelines for working outside, moving heavy objects, and with ladders. Prepare for hazards like heat, cold, and insects. -
Online Courses$19.00
Landscaping Safety: Basic Power Equipment
Sections 3Length 1 hourLearn basic safety for power equipment including augers, saws, skidsteers, backhoes, and tractors. Learn how to create a maintenance schedule. -
Online Courses$99.00
Ag101: Introduction to Agriculture
Sections 9Length 11 hoursLearn the basics of farms and farming, including crops, livestock, and natural resources, common to Pennsylvania and other Mid-Atlantic and Northeast states. -
Online Courses$59.00
Starting a Value-Added Dairy Foods Business
Sections 8Length 5 hoursLearn the basics of processing, marketing, pricing, and regulations for dairy foods, such as yogurt and cheese. Use budget tools to make profitable decisions. -
Online Courses$19.00
Landscaping Safety: Pesticides
Sections 6Length 4 hoursLearn about pesticide labels, regulations, and application. Follow procedures for storage, spills, emergencies, and safety precautions. Earn PCH credits. -
Online Courses$19.00
Landscaping Safety: Emergency Preparedness and First Aid Basics
Sections 3Length 1 hourLearn how to plan and prepare for signs of and basic responses to common medical emergencies on landscape job sites. -
Online Courses$59.00
Design Basics for Residential Landscapes
Sections 8Length 6 hoursLearn about landscape design, elements, planning, site assessment, cost estimates, regulatory requirements, sustainable practices, and plan execution. Earn PCH credits. -
Online Courses$39.00
Plant Identification and Usage: Bulbs and Other Geophytes
Sections 4Length 3 hoursLearn identification features of 35 bulbs, corms, tubers, and rhizomes of the Northeast and their botanical names and landscape usage. Earn PCH credits.
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