Learn broad acre farming of arable crops, broad leaf and cereal crops
This course was developed by agricultural scientists and farmers with decades of practical experience and students are tutored by highly qualified and experienced tutors who understand plant science, agronomic techniques and farming practices.
This is a course developed for farmers, farm workers, technicians, managers and people in service industries that supply the farming sector.
Course Duration: 100 hours
Course Structure
- Introduction to Agronomic Practices
- Introduction
- Crop Types
- Plant structure and Function
- Transpiration rate
- Selection Criteria for Plants
- Understanding monoculture
- Row Crops
- Cover Crops
- Crop Operations
- Planter types
- Culture: What Influences Crop Growth?
- Soils
- Problems with soils
- Loss of soil problems
- Erosion
- Salinity
- Soil sodicity
- Soil acidity and alkalinity
- Improving soils
- Cultivation techniques
- Plant nutrition
- Nutrient deficiencies
- Organic fertilisers
- Soil life
- Insect Pests
- Diseases
- Crop Husbandry Practices
- Operations
- Identifying weeds
- Ways to control weeds
- Spraying
- Irrigation
- Chemical crop protection
- Preparing plant pathogens for microscopic observation
- Culturing Pathogens
- Natural pest and disease control
- Physical controls
- Organic sprays and dusts
- Seed and Seed Management
- Seed storage
- Types of seed storage
- Seed vigour testing
- Dormancy factors affecting germination
- Germination treatments
- Types of media
- Media derived from rock or stone
- Media derived from synthetic materials
- Organic media
- Diseases
- Salinty build up
- Arable Cereal Crops
- Cereal crops
- Zadock scale
- Wheat
- Barley
- Oats
- Triticale
- Sorghum
- Maize
- Rice
- Millet
- Sugar cane
- Ryegrass
- Hay and Silage
- Quality control
- Storage and handling
- Hydroponic fodder
- Arable Broadleaf Crops
- Characteristics of broadleaf crops
- Oil crops
- Chickpeas
- Narrow-leafed lupins
- Canola
- Faba beans
- Cover crops
- Common legumes
- Harvesting
- Crop preparation for harvest
- Crop harvest equipment
- Forage harvesting equipment
- Cereal harvesting equipment
- Root crop harvesting equipment
- Grain storage
- Contract harvesting
- Crop Management: Special Project
- Crop management from planting to post harvest handling
Who should do this course?
- Anyone who works on a broad acre farm, growing cereal, oil, fibre or other crops on a large scale
- People who supply services, equipment or materials to support crop farming
- Agriculture students who want to develop a broad based foundation in agronomy
- Entrepreneurs interested in investing in agronomy
- Farmers looking to diversify the crops they are growing.
WHY CHOOSE US?
Reputation: well-known and respected.
Industry focus: courses designed to suit industry needs and expectations.
Different focus: develop problem solving skills that make you stand out from others.
Hands-on: develop practical as well as theoretical skills.
Lots of help: dedicated and knowledgeable tutors.
Efficient: prompt responses to your questions.
A long track record: established in 1979 with a solid history.
Up to date: courses under constant review.
Resources: huge wealth of constantly developing intellectual property.
Value: courses compare very favourably on a cost per study hour basis.
Student amenities: online student room, bookshop, ebooks.
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