MCCC is offering Cover Crop Essentials, designed for educators to a limited number of Midwest ag professionals. This is a virtual course that will emphasize bi-weekly cohort discussions and provide seed for demo plots to be used in course activities. This course will run August-November 2025 (exact dates TDB). Applicants should fully understand the requirements of the course and commit to participation of this pilot training.
Thanks to support from North Central SARE, this second cohort has the opportunity to participate in Cover Crop Essentials at no cost.
The main components of this course:
- Weekly video lectures to watch on your own time
- Weekly assignments to track cover crop test plot progress (seed will be provided)
- 4 plots, ~ 3'x3' each (~36 sq ft total)
- Bi-weekly zooms with your cohort from across the Midwest to discuss lecture content and test plot progress
- Estimated average weekly time commitment over 9 weeks of instruction: 2-3 hours