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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$15.00
What's New in Agronomic Pest Control: 2023
Sections 3Length 30 minutesLearn about developments in the agronomic pest control market, integrated pest management (IPM) techniques for field crops, and crop diseases to look for in 2023. Earn 1 Category 1, Category 18, or Private Category credit. -
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. -
Online Courses$39.00
Plant Identification and Usage: Herbaceous Perennials
Sections 4Length 3 hoursLandscapers learn identification features of 90 common herbaceous plants of the Northeast and how to understand their botanical names and landscape usage. Earn PCH credits. -
Online Courses$39.00
Plant Identification and Usage: Annuals and Biennials
Sections 4Length 3 hoursLandscapers learn identification features of 60 common annual and biennial plants of the Northeast and how to understand their botanical names and landscape usage. Earn PCH credits. -
Online Courses$39.00
Plant Identification and Usage: Plants for Green Infrastructure
Sections 3Length 3 hoursLearn about plants to use in rain gardens and green roofs in Pennsylvania and mid-Atlantic states. Earn PCH credits. -
Online Courses$49.00
Dairy Skills: Reproductive Management
Sections 7Length 4 hoursLearn the basics of cow reproduction, and safe, efficient reproductive management practices, including hormone treatments and artificial insemination. -
Online Courses$119.00
Pennsylvania Pesticide Applicator Core Certification Study Course: Commercial or Public
Sections 11Length 10 hours, 30 minutesPrepare to take the Pennsylvania commercial or public pesticide applicator core certification exam. -
Online Courses$39.00
Plant Identification and Usage: Ornamental Grasses
Sections 4Length 3 hoursLandscapers learn identification features of ornamental grasses of the Northeast and understand their botanical names and landscape usage. Earn PCH credits.
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