Wisconsin CCA Board Position Nominations

ANNOUNCEMENT:

As a reminder, if you are planning to vote in the upcoming Wisconsin Certified Crop Advisor (CCA), then the deadline is April 5, 2019. The board will announce the results mid to late April 2019.

Candidate Information

All candidates are voted on based on their biographies and other qualifications.

All candidates submit a short biography up to a ½ page by Friday, March 8, 2019. There is no required format for biographies and content is up to the nominee. A candidate can nominate themselves or someone else as a CCA board member.

What else do you need to know?

●The board meets 3-4 times/year

●Each term lasts three years

●There is a two-term limit

What is the CCA?

A Certified Crop Adviser is a professional designation from the American Society of Agronomy. Started in 1992, it’s the largest voluntary, agriculturally-oriented certification program in North America. There are more CCAs in the Midwest than in any other single area of the world. There are 13,000 certified CCAs worldwide.

How to Become a CCA

To become a CCA, individuals have to pass two exams, including an international and local exam. Advanced degrees do not automatically someone to be a CCA. Even with a Masters or Ph.D., an individual still has to take and pass the exams to become certified.

CCAs have to complete 40 hours of continuing education requirements every two years. That’s important when you consider how quickly agricultural production changes – and how much it’s changed in the past 20 years.

CCAs also sign a code of ethics, saying they’ll behave ethically and do their job ethically. That means a farmer who works with a CCA is getting ethical advice. The CCA created a new designation last fall, requiring an additional exam to certify CCAs as 4R Nutrient Management Specialists.

Contact Elk Mound Seed Company

If you want to learn more about how to become a CCA, contact our experts at (715) 879-5556, or you can message us on our contact page.