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Online Courses$59.00
Pest and Disease Management for Landscape Plants
Sections 13Length 9 hoursLearn about managing plant health diseases, vertebrate and invertebrate pests, insects, abiotic disorders, and integrated pest management. Earn PDA core and category credits. Earn PCH credits. -
Online Courses$25.00
Pesticide Emergency or Incident Response
Sections 2Length 1 hourPesticide applicators learn how to prepare for, recognize, and respond to emergencies when handling or storing pesticides. Earn 2 PDA core credits. -
Online Courses$39.00
Plant Biology, Taxonomy, and Morphology
Sections 4Length 2 hoursLearn about plant classification, parts, names, cultivars, processes, and development. This course is presented with a focus on managing plants in a landscape. Earn PCH credits. -
Online Courses$39.00
Plant Identification and Usage: Flowering Trees
Sections 4Length 3 hoursLandscapers learn identification features of 34 common flowering trees of the Northeast and how to understand their botanical names and landscape usage. Earn PCH credits. -
Online Courses$39.00
Plant Identification and Usage: Shade Trees
Sections 4Length 3 hoursLandscapers learn identification features of 35 common deciduous shade trees of the Northeast and how to understand their botanical names and landscape usage. Earn PCH credits. -
Online Courses$25.00
Pesticide Application Procedures
Sections 4Length 1 hourPesticide applicators learn to select the appropriate application equipment and method and calculate the amount of pesticide needed. Earn 2 PDA core credits. -
Online Courses$15.00
Pesticide Labeling
Sections 3Length 30 minutesPesticide applicators learn about the sections of a pesticide label and its information regarding safety, application, disposal, and hazards. Earn 1 PDA core credit. -
Online Courses$59.00
Pruning Small Trees and Shrubs for Landscapers
Sections 6Length 4 hoursLandscape professionals learn timing, tools, and techniques for successful pruning of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbaceous plants. Earn PCH credits. -
Online Courses$59.00
Plant Establishment and Maintenance
Sections 7Length 7 hoursLandscapers learn how to plant and maintain woody and herbaceous plants in ornamental landscapes. Earn PCH credits. -
Online Courses$99.00
Raising Small Flock Poultry
Sections 8Length 10 hoursLearn how to run a successful small flock poultry operation (100 to 3,000 birds), including selection, best management practices, health, and marketing. -
Online Courses$69.99
Raising Poultry in Your Backyard
Sections 8Length 10 hoursLearn how to raise chickens, turkeys, and other poultry in small areas, including selection, health, and needs of egg layer, meat, and exhibition birds. -
Online Courses$99.00
Starting a Farm: Is Farming Right for You?
Sections 3Length 1 hour, 30 minutesLearn to build a successful agricultural business using market research methods to define and refine your business goals. -
Online Courses$49.00
Business Exit Strategy
Sections 3Length 1 hourAs you begin the business transition process, learn steps to take to make financial and personal decisions, including to sell or liquidate your business. -
Online Courses$59.00
Soils and Plant Nutrition for Ornamental Landscapes
Sections 6Length 5 hours, 30 minutesLandscapers learn about soil properties, amendments, and tests, as well as nutrition and fertilizer. Understand container soils and how best to work soils. Earn PCH credits. -
Online Courses$15.00
Personal Protective Equipment for Pesticide Applicators
Sections 4Length 30 minutesPesticide applicators learn how to protect themselves by wearing the proper personal protective equipment (PPE). Earn 1 PDA core credit. -
Online Courses$99.00
Controlling Parasite Resistance on Your Equine Farm
Sections 7Length 7 hoursTraditional deworming methods are not effective and may promote parasite resistance. Learn whole-farm methods to control parasites without inducing resistance. -
Online Courses$99.00
Sheep Management and Production
Sections 8Length 25 hoursLearn the basics of sheep production and how to manage your operation, including breeds and selection, nutrition, health problems, grazing, and marketing. -
Online Courses$109.00
Using Quickbooks to Manage Your Farm Business
Sections 6Length 4 hours, 30 minutesLearn basic accounting principles and QuickBooks to run your farm business; this includes Chart of Accounts, Customer and Vendor centers, assets, and loans. -
Online Courses$19.00
Employee Landscape Training: Reading Landscape Plans
Sections 4Length 2 hoursThis course helps businesses train beginner and seasonal employees to read landscape plans in order to place hardscapes and plants in a landscape. Earn PCH credits. -
Online Courses$15.00
Winterizing Pesticide Sprayers
Sections 2Length 30 minutesLearn when and how to winterize sprayers. Recognize and prevent damage from inactivity and freezing temperatures. Earn 1 PDA core credit. -
Online Courses$19.00
Employee Landscape Training: Pruning Basics
Sections 6Length 2 hours, 30 minutesThis course helps landscape businesses train beginner and seasonal employees in pruning trees, shrubs, vines, and herbaceous plants, and apply the skills at work. Earn PCH credits. -
Online Courses$19.00
Employee Landscape Training: New Lawn Establishment
Sections 1Length 30 minutesThis course helps landscape businesses train beginner and seasonal employees to prepare, till, grade, fertilize, seed, mow and water new lawns and turfgrass. Earn PCH credits. -
Online Courses$19.00
Employee Landscape Training: Planting, Mulching, and Watering
Sections 2Length 1 hour, 30 minutesThis course helps landscape businesses train beginner and seasonal employees to inspect and handle nursery stock, dig, edge, mulch, water, and stake trees. Earn PCH credits. -
Online Courses$19.00
Employee Landscape Training: Symptoms and Signs of Plant Health Problems
Sections 4Length 2 hoursThis course helps businesses train employees to recognize symptoms and signs of stress in plants, including damage and diseases. Earn 4 PDA Category 6, 18, 23, or Private credits. Earn PCH credits. -
Online Courses$19.00
Employee Landscape Training: Introduction to Soils
Sections 3Length 2 hoursThis course helps landscape businesses train beginner and seasonal employees to identify soil properties, fertilize and amend soils, and grade, level, and fill. Earn PCH credits.
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