Provides hands-on training in pest identification, lifecycle, and crop damage symptoms. Learners will monitor crop growth and development using established methods and evaluate the economic impacts of crop damage. Crop scouting fundamentals are covered in this course, such as field scouting patterns, equipment and tools, nutrient deficiencies, crop growth staging, stand counts, crop scout reporting, and growing degree calculations.

Conditions

Students who specified one or more of these Programs of Study or Program Foci: Agronomy, Agronomy Technician