Diploma in Crop Technology
Vermilion, Canada
Diploma
DURATION
2 years
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: Study agronomy, precision farming, sustainability and financial management in Lakeland College Diploma in Crop Technology. You’ll learn in classrooms and on the Student‑Managed Farm powered by New Holland through field trips, practicums and experience. You’ll use and calibrate ag technology and combines, make crop planning, production and marketing decisions, and build leadership, technical skills. The program runs one or two years and prepares you to run a farm or enter retail agriculture.
Career Outcomes: Graduates work as agronomists, crop advisors, custom operators, agronomy technicians, fertilizer/chemical retailers, grain buyers/agents, research technicians, feed/health regulators, herbicide representatives, customer service and farm managers.
Dig into both the science and business of the crop sector with our crop technology program.
You'll learn agronomy, precision farming, sustainability and financial management.
You aren’t confined to classrooms. You’ll also get your hands dirty on the Student-Managed Farm - Powered by New Holland.
Use and calibrate the newest agricultural technology and software. You may even get a chance to try the latest New Holland combine.
Teamwork and collaboration are a big part of your SMF experience. As part of the crop unit, you’ll make real-world decisions about:
- what to grow on the college farm
- managing production through to harvest
- how to market and when to sell your corps
On the business side, gain understanding about working with accountants, banks and business partners.
Along the way, you’ll develop leadership and job skills. As a crop technology graduate, you’re prepared to run your own farm or work in the retail agriculture sector.
Year I Required Courses
- 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
Year II Required Courses
- Financial Management
- Agricultural Sales
- Diversified Crop Production
- Insects & Diseases of Crops
- Integrated Crop Management
- Grain Harvesting Systems
- Applications in Precision Farming
- Fertility Management
Electives
- Student Managed Farm II
- Student Managed Farm III
or
- Industry Practicum
- Farm/Field Management Simulation
Graduates typically find work as:
- agricultural fertilizer and chemical retailers
- agricultural field people
- agronomists
- crop advisors
- custom operators
- customer service representatives
- research technicians
- grain buyer/agents
- grain producers
- feed and health regulatory agents
- herbicide company representatives
- technical agrologists