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Holistic Cropping Planning

Price

350.00

Duration

7 - Weeks

Time & Location

Dates: January 15 - February 26, 2026, Live webinars on Thursdays (recorded for later viewing)

Time: 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM MDT (please note time zone!)

Scholarship Deadline: January 2, 2026

Registration Deadline: January 15, 2026

Instructor: HMI Certified Educator Preston Sullivan & Whole Farm/Ranch Trainer Sarah Williford

Cost: $350, includes learning materials


Overview

If you are excited about Regenerative Agriculture and raising crops, HMI’s Holistic Cropping Planning Course will give you the tools to grow healthy crops, healthy soil, and healthy profits. In this course, you will learn how to effectively manage your cropland and cropping practices to increase soil fertility and resilience as well as increase production and profitability from your cropping practices. Learn how to complete crop production planning all in the context of regenerative and conservation agriculture. This curriculum was developed with input from master farmers and educators and explains key cropping concepts such as no-till, cover cropping, cocktail seeding, mulching, intercropping, shelterbelts, perennial crops, and integrating livestock, as well as providing numerous planning worksheets and templates as well examples of completed worksheets and a long list of multi-media resources for further study. Whether you’re growing vegetables, fruit, grains, or forage, or are a large or small producer, this course covers it all.


Topics

  • Soil fertility building principles and practices

  • How to integrate livestock into cropping practices

  • How to identify crop management issues and address them profitably

  • Understanding how key practices like cover crops, polyseeding, permaculture, interplanting, and perennial crops can work together to create resilient and profitable landscapes.


Outcomes

  • Create a crop plan that addresses both cash crops and ecosystem strategies

  • Create a field map for ease of management

  • Prioritize management decisions to integrate ecosystem strategies with cash crops

  • Develop a crop sequence

  • Learn how to implement crop plans and address crop management issues

  • Learn how to integrate a crop plan with a financial plan


Fee & Financial Assistance




Technology /Language Requirements

  • Computer (PC or Mac are fine)

  • Reliable high-speed internet access

  • Internet browser (Explorer, Chrome, Firefox, or Safari)

  • Microsoft Word and Excel

  • Telephone (cell or landline) OR Microphone

  • E-mail address

  • All classes are taught in English (unless otherwise specified)

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