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Agriculture Associate's Degree: Your Future in Ag Tech
The Agriculture Associate's Degree program prepares you for a successful career in one of the world's most essential and rapidly advancing fields. We focus on providing a practical education that meets the increasing demand for skilled agriculture professionals.
What You'll Learn
Year One: Foundational Skills. Your first year establishes a strong base in fundamental agricultural principles. You'll gain a comprehensive understanding of the core concepts that drive modern agriculture, setting you up for success in your specialized second year.
Year Two: Specialization and Certification. In your second year, you'll choose an area of focus based on your career goals, allowing you to tailor your degree. This technical, career-focused curriculum provides you with the knowledge and preparation to earn valuable industry credentials, including:
- Drone Certification
- Agronomic Prescription Mapping
- Agricultural Precision Equipment
- Ag. Business
- Agronomy
- Agricultural Data Analysis
- Agricultural Entrepreneurship
Why Choose Our Program?
This degree gives you a strong technical and business foundation, making you immediately employable and ready to step into a professional role in agriculture technology, management, or sales.
Career Opportunities
The Agricultural Technology program prepares you for a successful career across the high-tech, in-demand agriculture industry.
Our graduates work for diverse organizations, including:
- Commercial Farms and Agricultural Cooperatives
- Soil and Water Conservation Services and government agencies
- Agribusinesses selling technology, equipment, and supplies
This degree provides the technical foundation to become immediately employable.
Focus on the Future
This program is also ideal for those planning to return to the family farm. You'll gain the essential skills in technology and business management needed to modernize operations.
If you're already in the field, use this degree to update your skills and learn the newest precision agriculture technologies to advance your career.
Program Highlights
Also, young people interested in agriculture, those with little to no agriculture or farming experience, or farmers desiring a better value for their work are encouraged to explore the four new certificates being offered. Agriculture is an industry with cutting-edge technology that is often overlooked by those with a specialized interest in robotics, artificial intelligence, computer-aided decision making, and robust data management interest and this program is especially reaching out to those who share this interest.
- Courses for this program are offered online or in person with hybrid flexible technology on campus.
- This technical agriculture program provides a strong foundation for students who wish to earn pesticide application and crop advisor certifications.
- Employers in Northwest Ohio are screaming for workers in these new agricultural areas. It is all technology-based now.
Scholarships
Scholarships are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Contact your Student Navigator to get registered and see if you qualify.
Available Fall 2024!
Secondary to grant funding through the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture, students enrolled in the below courses will be awarded scholarships to pay for all tuition and fees associated with the course. Upon successful completion of the coursework, the grant will also pay for all costs associated with credentialing exams for Agriculture Commodity Tester, Commercial Pesticide Applicator, BASF Plant Science, and Part 107 Remote Pilot Certification.
AGR 1000 Introduction to Agriculture $570 tuition + $31.50 course fees
AGR 1401 Introduction to Soils for Agronomic Production $570 tuition + $27 course fees
AGR 1402 Principles of Crop Management $570 tuition
AGR 1403 Principles of Nutrient Management $570 tuition
AGR 1404 Introduction to Integrated Pest Management $570 tuition
AVI 1000 Unmanned Aerial Systems $570 tuition
Total of $3,478.50
Choose Ohio First Scholarship
Students enrolled in one of our agriculture programs may also be eligible to receive additional financial assistance through the Choose Ohio First program. Click here to learn more about this program and how to qualify.
Student Interview - Evan Krites
This Program is for you if...
You want a career working with farm technology at local businesses or on farms. This program is ideal for current farmers or employees needing to update skills.
We encourage those interested in a northwest Ohio lifestyle, in a high-tech, living wage job, to explore our seven new certificates. Modern agriculture needs your tech skills—no prior farming experience is required!
This two-course certification prepares students for the FAA Part 107 exam to become a certified drone pilot. You will master both free-flying and programmed flight techniques for agriculture and various civilian applications. Learn to analyze crop scouting videos and data. This training directly leads to Pilot in Command and pilot roles in a rapidly growing field.
This certificate provides a basic introduction to agriculture and develops key communication skills for customer interaction. You'll learn business management, teamwork, and core concepts in commodity and niche marketing. A built-in work-based learning experience prepares you for entry-level roles in retail, supply chain, or agricultural consulting firms.
Master the use of GPS, GIS, and Unmanned Aerial Systems (Drones) to drive agricultural decisions. You’ll learn precision equipment operation, data collection, equipment calibration, and how to create prescriptive maps. This training is highly valuable for farmers, precision technicians, sales professionals, and Certified Crop Advisors focused on technology-driven decisions.
Train as a technician to effectively apply and troubleshoot data technology hardware and software on agricultural machinery. You will master the use of GPS and essential data management techniques. This certification prepares you to maintain and optimize modern farm equipment for maximum efficiency and precision. This high-demand field leads to employment with equipment dealers, farmers, and precision services.
This certificate allows students to gain the foundational scientific knowledge for crop yield optimization. Coursework covers Agronomic Crops, Integrated Pest Management, Soils, and Nutrient Management. You’ll learn best management practices, resource conservation, and the 4R principles (Right Source, Rate, Time, Place). This training provides the core background needed for an agronomy specialist or informed farmer, or as the basics of a more advanced degree.
This certificate integrates business, social, and foundational science to prepare you for agricultural leadership. Learn to manage operations and market products while understanding community impact. This training directly prepares you for roles as a community-based agriculturalist, successful farmer, or business employee in the growing food and agriculture sector.
Build on your science background to master the application of vast agricultural data. You'll learn to analyze information collected by agriculturalists for informed decision-making. This training is ideal for Farmers, Field Agronomists, and those seeking an entry-level edge as a Certified Crop Advisor.