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 2-November 22, 2024. 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 first-ever 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
Application for the 2025 cohort will be open June 2025.