Certificate in General Agriculture
Vermilion, Canada
Certificate
DURATION
8 months
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2026
TUITION FEES
CAD 19,870 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* includes tuition, fees, books/supplies, and mandatory health insurance
Key Summary
About: Spend one year earning a General Agriculture certificate at Lakeland College, focusing on crop or livestock production. Half your time is on the Student-Managed Farm working with beef and dairy herds, range, cropland and Dairy Learning Center. You’ll learn weed and pest ID, field skills, basic dairy, cow-calf and sheep production, plus computer, record-keeping and precision farming technology. You can continue to a crop technology or animal science technology diploma.
Career Outcomes: Graduates find career opportunities as agricultural fieldman, crop service provider, livestock facility operator, feed representative and sales representative; related roles include farm manager and precision agriculture technician.
Spend a year putting theory into practice and earn a general agricultural certificate.
Focus on either crop or livestock production. On the crops side, you'll learn practical field skills like identifying weeds and plants and assessing pest problems. On the livestock side, you'll gain basic production skills for dairy, cow-calf and sheep.
Whatever your choice, half of your time will be on the college farm putting theory into practice, where you’ll learn common skills for modern agricultural operations:
- computer training
- keeping accurate business records
- using up-to-date technology for precision farming
Our Student-Managed Farm – Powered by New Holland includes:
- beef and dairy herds
- range land
- crop land
- facilities such as the Dairy Learning Centre and the Agricultural Technology Centre
You’ll likely want to stay another year. Earn a crop technology diploma or choose one of our animal science technology diploma majors.
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General agriculture students have the option of two streams.
You are required to choose either the Animal Science or Crop concentration.
Animal Science Stream
- Microeconomics
- Business Records & Reporting
- Introduction to Diseases & Treatments
- Introduction to Animal Science & Business Communications
- Animal Anatomy and Physiology
- Animal Handling, Welfare and Ethics
- Introduction to Livestock Nutrition
- Introduction to Student Managed Farm
- Range and Forage Management
Electives - Animal Science Stream
Students in the Animal Science stream are also required to complete at least one of the following electives:
- Beef Production
Dairy Cattle Production
Livestock Production Management
Crops Stream
- Microeconomics
- Student Managed Farm I
- Business Records & Reporting
- Grain, Oilseeds & Pulse Crop Marketing
- Agriculture Communications and Computer Applications
- Plant Science and Field Crops
- Weed & Herbicide Management
- Tillage & Direct Seeding Systems
- Pesticide Application Technologies
- Soil Science
Graduates typically find jobs as:
- Agricultural fieldman
- Crop service provider
- Livestock facility operator
- Feed industry representative
- Agricultural sales representative