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Continuing Education Courses

To renew their eligibility for self-certification, participants in the Irrigation and Nitrogen Management Training Program must complete 3 hours of continuing education (CE) within the 3-year eligibility period.

• Live or In-Person Continuing Education (CE)
• Ag Tech Summit Irrigation Technology: Making Every Drop Count (1.0 hour)
  • Date: Tuesday, March 23
  • Time: 10:45am – 11:45am
  • Sponsor: Stanislaus County Farm Bureau  
  • Registration Link
  • Agenda
• Winter Cover Cropping in the Sacramento Valley (2.0 hours)
  • Date: Wednesday, March 24
  • Time: 10:00am – 12:00am
  • Sponsor: UC Cooperative Extension and Colusa RCD
  • Registration Link
  • Agenda
• Remote Well and Pump Monitoring Using the Smart Meter (1.0 hour)
  • Date: Thursday, March 25
  • Time: 9:00am – 11:30am
  • Sponsor: Center for Irrigation Technology
  • Registration Link
  • Agenda
• Sustainable and Organic Production Webinar (0.5 hours)
  • Date: April 22, 2021
  • Time: 9:00 am – 11:20 pm
  • Sponsor: Organic Fertilizer Association of California
  • Registration Link and Agenda
• Self-Study Continuing Education (CE)

Self-Study requires a short post-test to verify completion. Once you pass your post-test, you will be sent a Continuing Education Certificate of Completion within 7 business days.

• Annual Crops Nutrient Management (1 hour)
  • Sponsor: Kaweah Basin Water Quality Association & Tule Basin Water Quality Coalition
  • Video Link
  • Post-Test
• Nitrogen and Irrigation Management (1 hour)
  • Sponsor: Dixon Resource Conservation District
  • Video Link
  • Post-Test
• Uniform Irrigation & Fertigation (1 hour)
  • Sponsor: Kaweah Basin Water Quality Association & Tule Basin Water Quality Coalition
  • Video Link
  • Post-Test
• Programs and Tools to Use in Nitrogen and Irrigation Management (0.5 hours)
  • Sponsor: Kaweah Basin Water Quality Association & Tule Basin Water Quality Coalition
  • Video Link
  • Post-Test
• Understand Your Soil to Improve Irrigation & Nitrogen Management (1 hour)
  • Sponsor: Kaweah Basin Water Quality Association & Tule Basin Water Quality Coalition
  • Video Link
  • Post-Test
• 4Rs and Walnut Nitrogen Management (0.5 hours)
  • Sponsor: Coalition for Urban/Rural Environmental Stewardship (CURES)
  • Video Link
  • Post-Test
• Crop ET Tutorial #1 - Putting Weekly Crop ET Reports to Work in Your Orchard (1 hour)
  • Sponsor: University of California Cooperative Extension
  • Video Link
  • Post-Test
• Crop ET Tutorial #2 - Using Weekly Crop ET Reports in Young Developing Orchards (0.5 hours)
  • Sponsor: University of California Cooperative Extension
  • Video Link
  • Post-Test
• Crop ET Tutorial #3 - Putting Weekly Crop ET Reports to Work for You – Soils Perspective (1 hour)
  • Sponsor: University of California Cooperative Extension
  • Video Link
  • Post-Test
• Crop ET Tutorial #4 – Using Weekly Crop ET Reports from a Tree Perspective (0.5 hours)
  • Sponsor: University of California Cooperative Extension
  • Video Link
  • Post-Test
• Crop ET Tutorial #5 – Gateway to Advanced On-Farm Water Management
  • Sponsor: University of California Cooperative Extension
  • Video Link
  • Post-Test
• Nitrogen and Irrigation Management in Almonds (1 hour)
  • Sponsor: East San Joaquin Water Quality Coalition
  • Video Link
  • Post-Test
• Irrigation Management for Tree Health (0.5 hours)
  • Sponsor: University of California Cooperative Extension
  • Podcast Link
  • Post-Test
• Basic Irrigation Monitoring (0.5 hours)
  • Sponsor: University of California Cooperative Extension
  • Podcast Link
  • Post-Test
• Irrigation Management with Plant Stress (0.5 hours)
  • Sponsor: University of California Cooperative Extension
  • Podcast Link
  • Post-Test
• Optimizing the Irrigation System (0.5 hours)
  • Sponsor: University of California Cooperative Extension
  • Podcast Link
  • Post-Test
• Water Losses from the Agricultural System (0.5 hours)
  • Sponsor: University of California Cooperative Extension
  • Podcast Link
  • Post-Test

Continuing Education Course Applications

All organizations are encouraged to offer CE for program participants at their next event addressing irrigation and/or nitrogen management.

Application Instructions

Please review the application instructions thoroughly before applying. Once you have reviewed the instructions the corresponding applications can be found below. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to us at FREP@cdfa.ca.gov.

Types of Continuing Education

1. Live or In-Person Events: an educational event that participants attend in person or virtually including professional meetings, field days, workshops, seminars, college/university courses, live webinars, etc.
   Live or In-Person Events Continuing Education Application


2. Self-Study: materials or programs that are not live/real time but can be completed at the participant’s leisure. These include reading materials, videos, webinars, and podcasts. Self-study CE requires a post-test to verify completion.
   Self-Study Continuing Education Application