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Introduction to Teachable (5:04)
Program Overview (4:41)
1. Soil and Water Management
Module Outline
1.1. Soil health principles
1.2. Ecosystem services
1.3. Carbon cycling & carbon sequestration
1.4. Nutrient cycling
1.5. Common soil organisms in a healthy soil ecosystem (5:30)
1.6. Tillage (5:22)
1.7. Conservation tillage (14:14)
1.8. An Introduction to Rotational No-till Systems (12:12)
1.9. Planting green
1.10. No-till Organic Soybeans
1.11. No-till Organic Corn
1.12. Water Cycling
1.13. Irrigation Management
1.14. Drainage
2. Crops
Module Outline
2.1. Cover crop principles and selection
2.2. Crop rotation planning (7:22)
2.3. Choosing fertility inputs
2.4. Nutrient management
2.5. Planting date selection
3. Pests, Weeds & Disease Management
Module Outline
3.1. Concept of cultural, biological and physical control
3.2. Beneficial habitat management (2:43)
3.3. Soil fertility and pest management interactions
3.5. Preventative pest management techniques and pest biology (13:44)
3.6. Preventative disease management techniques & disease predictors and forecasting (10:39)
3.7. Scouting techniques
3.8. Common pest, weed & disease issues in fruit crops
3.9. Common pest, weed & disease issues in vegetable crops
3.10. Common pest, weed & disease issues in row crops
3.11. Common pest, weed & disease issues in hay and pasture crops
3.12. Common pest, weed & disease issues in high tunnels
3.13. Common Organic-Approved Pesticides
4. Business Planning and Market
Module Outline
5. Livestock
Module Outline
5.1. Origin of livestock (0:36)
5.2. Animal identification & breeding records
5.3. Health care management (1:40)
5.4. Physical alterations
5.5. Five Freedoms (21:38)
5.6. Management of Pasture - Pasture Rule (13:16)
5.7. Management of Pasture – Building Soil (6:13)
5.8. Rotation grazing techniques
6. Organic Regulations
Module Outline
6.1. Basic Principles of Organic Farming (4:49)
6.2. Land and Crop Management Requirements (12:14)
6.3. Crop Storage and Handling (6:51)
6.4. The National List (2:29)
6.5. Materials Regulations (6:24)
6.6. Record Keeping
6.7. The Organic System Plan
6.8. The Certification Process (4:10)
6.9. Inspections and Enforcement
7. Regenerative Organic Regulations
Module Outline
8. Other Important Agricultural Regulations
Module Outline
8.1. Nutrient management
8.2. Manure management
8.3. Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)
8.4. Key players in the regulatory industry
9. Expert-Level Service Provider
Module Outline
9.1. Role of a service provider
9.2. Integrity
9.3. Confidentiality
9.4. Culture
9.5. Safety
9.6. Commitment to organic and regenerative organic principles (5:12)
9.7. Observational and assessment skills
9.8. Farmer-focused communication skills
9.9. Conflict of interest
10. Organic Processing, Handling & Supply Chain Verification
Module Outline
10.1. Labeling
10.2. Commingling & contamination
10.3. Sanitation & cleaning
10.4. Organic control point program
10.5. Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP)
10.6. Supply chain verification
9.8. Farmer-focused communication skills
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