2025 Session 2 - IFAS CCA Educational Program - Soil & Water and Nutrient/Crop Management

Registration for this course begins July 2nd, 2025. The enrollment fee is $60.

This UF/IFAS CCA course offers 5.0 CEUs in Soil & Water Management,  4.0 CEUs in Nutrient Management and 1.0 CEU in Crop Management (10 total CEUs). 

**Session I includes 4.0 CEUs in Crop Management and 1.0 CEU in Nutrient Management. At the end of both sessions, all the required 5.0 CEUs can be obtained in each of the areas as always.**

The speakers are drawn from UF faculty across the state and outside as needed, who provide high value and timely information to our professionals, showcasing latest research, priority areas, and emerging topics, and even revisiting basics as necessary.

These sessions are offered through UF/IFAS Extension Online Learning in an on-demand format that can be completed over several months. There is an opportunity to provide comments and offer feedback on each of these presentations. Suggestions on emerging and priority topics are always accepted. The modules will be individually evaluated for effectiveness, clarity, and relevance each time.

The following topics are included in this training session:

Nutrient (4.0 CEUs)/Crop Management (1.0 CEU)

• Best Nutrient Management Practices for Citrus and Other Horticultural Crops – Davie Kadyampakeni (1.0 CEU - Nutrient)
• Enhancing Crop Resilience and Productivity: The Role of Silicon Fertilizers in Sustainable Agriculture – Muhammad Shahid (1.0 CEU - Nutrient)
• Navigating Nutrient Management in Row Crops: Thriving Amid Low Commodity Prices – Hardeep Singh (1.0 CEU - Nutrient)
• Mitigating Abiotic Stress in Citrus: The Role of Silicon for Enhanced Productivity and Quality – Jonas Pereira de Souza Junior (0.5 CEU - Crop, 0.5 CEU - Nutrient)
• Citrus Plant Nutrient Management and Soil Fertility for HLB Mitigation – Alisheikh Atta (0.5 CEU - Crop, 0.5 CEU - Nutrient)

Soil & Water Management (5.0 CEUs)

• Integrated Soil Water and Nutrient Management as Pillars of Sustainable Agriculture – Jango Bhadha 
• Smart Irrigation Management – Sandra Guzman
• Advances in Soil and Water Management: Principles, Measurement Techniques, and Innovations – Haimanote Bayabil 
• Precision Irrigation Management – Abia Katimbo 
• A New App and Farm-Specific Services to Improve Irrigation Based on Root Zone Soil Moisture – Ziwen Yu 

For more information please contact (email is the preferred way):

Dr. Rao Mylavarapu

raom@ufl.edu 

Christian Bartell

c.bartell@ufl.edu