Agronomy Technology - Ridgewater College - Wilmar

Agronomy Technology from Ridgewater College - Wilmar is a Campus Certificate Horticulture degree that prepares you for a Agriculture career. About the Program Agronomy Technology is a two-year program that includes classroom, laboratory and internship for a total of 72 credits. This partnership agreement is designed to provide education to meet the needs of local Agriliance cooperatives in custom application, sales, service, and crop scouting. In this program, students will receive: The latest in precision agriculture State-of-the-art technical training Experience using custom application equipment Paid internship experience Education for a high-demand career Students interested in this program should have a genuine interest in employment as a custom applicator. Graduates will have a commercial applicator?s license, a CPR certificate , commercial driver?s license, and forklift certificate. Students may start the beginning of fall or spring semester with sponsor approval. Career/Occupational Info In agronomy centers across the Midwest, there is a serious shortage of qualified applicator technicians and agriculture sales and service staff. Because of this shortage, Agriliance has teamed up with the Agriculture Department at Ridgewater College-Willmar Campus to offer a two-year program in Agronomy Tech. It is the goal of this partnership to provide education and work experiences to students who will become employees of local Agriliance cooperatives. This program was initiated because of the severe shortage of qualified custom applicators. The demand for custom applicators should continue to increase in Minnesota. Present agricultural programs will not be able to meet the increasing need for Agronomy Tech graduates. One of the benefits of this program is that each student may be sponsored by a local Agriliance cooperative. Each student in the program may return to the sponsoring cooperative for a supervised occupational experience which may turn into permanent employment. View more details on Ridgewater College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Horticulture courses.