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The Canola Watch 2024 annual exam for Certified Crop Advisors and Certified Crop Science Consultants (and anyone else who wants to enhance their agronomy skills) has five sections:
- Water & Nutrition: CCA – 0.5 credit in soil and water management, 0.5 credit in nutrient management; CCSC – 1.0 credit in crop management
- Diseases, Weeds and Insects: CCA – 0.5 credit in integrated pest management (IPM), 0.5 credit in sustainability; CCSC – 1.0 credit in IPM
- Canola Watch Fundamentals: CCA and CCSC – 0.5 credit in IPM, 0.5 credit in crop management
- Agronomy tips from new canola multi-media: CCA and CCSC – 1.0 credit in crop management
- Canola Digest Science 2024: CCA – 0.5 credit in IPM, 0.5 credit in nutrient management; CCSC – 0.5 credit in IPM, 0.5 credit in crop management
Customize the exam based on credits you need. Credits will apply in either 2024 or 2025, depending on when you pass each section. For those who pass, Canola Watch will submit names and program ID numbers to the program to have the credits counted.
For questions or additional information on this exam, please contact Jay Whetter at 807-466-3025 or whetterj@canolacouncil.org.
Section 2 – Diseases, Weeds and Insects
This section has 10 questions on canola pest management, including agronomy tips for blackleg, verticillium stripe, grasshoppers and glyphosate-resistant kochia. People taking this section will learn about pest management issues that arose in canola in Western Canada in 2024, and find various resources to help them provide sustainable management advice to farmers. Content is from Canola Council of Canada agronomy communications from 2024, including Canola Watch, Canola Digest and other sources.
Achieve a minimum score of 70 per cent (7 out of 10) to receive 1 continuing education credit (CEU) for Certified Crop Advisers (CCA) or Certified Crop Science Consultants (CCSC). Specific credits for CCAs: 0.5 in integrated pest management; 0.5 in sustainability.
CCA tracking number: SS 59179