Smart Agriculture Certificate: Agronomy Stream

Intake: Multiple Start Dates Throughout the Year

Delivery: Online

This certificate delves into the exciting world of technological applications of crop production. The Olds College Smart Ag certificate provides students and graduates with the base knowledge and skills necessary to be successful in the evolving ag industry. This certificate will increase competencies in global navigation satellite systems, geographic information systems, precision ag software programs precision ag equipment and autonomous systems.

Course Overview: What Will You Learn?

• Crop Production Technologies

• Data Informed Decisions

• Electronic and Control Systems

• Applied Production Economics

• Variable Rate Prescription Creation and Deployment

• The advantages of precision farming from an economic and environmental stance using a knowledge of agronomic principles and tools of precision agriculture.

• The ability to collect, manage, evaluate and apply data to make optimum management decisions.

• Various types of digital technologies that exist in agriculture.

• Calculations necessary in precision agriculture to make informed production decisions.

• The nature and performance of agricultural information systems to make recommendations to stakeholders.

Transforming agriculture for a better world

Everything we do at Olds College is done to advance all aspects of the agriculture industry. By transforming the agriculture industry, we will make the world a better place. All of our programs and actions align to our social purpose. It is the why behind everything we do.