Certified Crop Advisers (CCAs) are the most qualified agriculture professionals specializing in agronomy who can help growers
Improve farming operations and resource use
Identify opportunities to be more efficient
Provide product guidance
Assess and implement emerging practices and products
CROP SCIENCE
SOIL SCIENCE
ECONOMICS
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
The Most Trusted
Voice In The Industry
Water quality and quantity challenges, salinity build up, chemical resistance, weather issues and rising input costs threaten the livelihood of growers. The industry can lean on CCAs with their comprehensive qualifications to validate products, practices, and technologies. They boast the highest level of academic and industry requirements in agronomy.
CCAs boast the highest level of academic and industry requirements in agronomy
2 exams (regional & international) in nutrient, pest, crop, and soil & water management
2-4 years of crop advising experience on top of their degree or a minimum of 5 years of experience without a degree
40 hours of continuing education every 2 years to stay sharp
Code of Ethics guided by a sense of duty to the profession
We demonstrate a commitment to elevating our professionalism as well as gaining the knowledge and skills necessary to help growers produce economical and environmentally sound crops.
The California State Water Resource Control Board recognizes CCAs as professionals qualified to develop and to sign off on the critical Irrigation and Nitrogen Management Plans (INMPs). Groundwater coalitions and growers depend on CCA advice to protect groundwater and to sustain prosperity.
CCAs are challenged to meet strict continuing education requirements. They have to accrue over 40 hours every two years and meet minimum requirements in a range of categories including the management of nutrients, soils, water, crops and pests.
With help from University of California experts, the WRCCA produces its own certification exam and study guide for local CCAs. This rigorous exam focuses on regional issues pertinent to arid soils and specialty crops. We work diligently to verify that the exam passes only highly qualified professionals.
Advisers are becoming ever more important to the agriculture industry. Tomorrow’s professionals are in school today. WRCCA has several student outreach initiatives which raise program awareness, guide students towards the right coursework and establish mentoring relationships.
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Contribute locally. There are currently regional committees in California’s Central Valley and Coast as well as in the Deserts of California and Arizona.
Are you interested in serving on the Board? Would you like to help develop programming? There are a multitude of ways to give back to the profession.
The best CCAs of the future are students today. Reach out to them, share your experience and guide them into a rewarding profession.
