Get Your CEU Events In

It is the time of year for Field Days and various other summer events. When planning your event(s), please remember to get your CEU application sent in as soon as possible.

To ensure CCA’s have the opportunity to receive their much needed credits, it is important for the event applications for CEUs to be done prior to the event.

We have changed the application process so that as soon as an event is applied for on-line it is added to the Events Calendar on the website. This means the sooner the application is submitted the more time CCA’s have to find out about the event and this could lead to an increase in attendance.

If, for some reason, you can’t get the application submitted before the event you do have 30 days after the event to get the application in.  Click here to complete an on-line application.

Another change to the application process is who approves the events.  We have divided up the applications so that the events in Manitoba are approved by Gary Martens and the events in Saskatchewan and Alberta are still approved by Sherrilyn Phelps.  Any self study articles from all 3 provinces are approved by John Heard.

As we are all volunteers on the Board, we try our best to get events approved in a timely fashion.  However, sometimes delays do happen as a result of holidays or busy field seasons so we ask for your patience.  If you haven’t heard back from us, please do not hesitate to give us a call or email to check up on your event(s).

We look forward to seeing all your event applications and hope everyone has a great crop advising experience this summer.

Prairie Soils & Crops eJournal

The 3rd edition of the annual Prairie Soils and Crops eJournal will soon be available.  This year’s edition deals with prairie soils.

Included in this edition will be an article on arable soils and major soil associations from a global perspective and then zoom in and look at this from a prairie soil view. There will be major articles on soil associations found on the agricultural areas of Western Canada including Chernozems, Gleysols/Organic Soils, Vertisols, Solonetzic and Saline soils and Grey Luvisols.  There will also be articles on the Soil Biology, as well as,  Temperature and Water Movement in prairie soils.  Finally there will be articles discussing prairie soil and wetlands from the perspective of their ability to become carbon sinks.

These articles will have CEU self study credits attached to them shortly.  This eJournal will be a valuable resource for better understanding the varied soils we use to produce our crops.  It will also provide valuable SW CEU credits.  Click here to be taken to the Prairie Soils & Crops eJournal.