Ultimate List of WI-CCA Study Materials

CCA RESOURCES

CCA Exam FAQ
The first step is to read the International CCA Performance objectives and the Wisconsin CCA performance objective. The WI objectives are broken into 4 categories and all exam questions are from these 4 areas.

AGRONOMY BASICS
UW Extension Learning Store Soils Publications- Just click the thumbnail or title to open and study the variety of extension pdfs on soil conservation, soil fertility and soil management.

UW Extension Learning Store Crops Publications- Review pdf publications on key topics on corn, forages & pasture, fruit, soybeans & small grains, vegetables with added info on specific disease, weeds, insects and other problems in each category listed above.

Visual Quick Guide to Common Diseases in Wisconsin: choose the crop to review the quick guide on to study: (view pdf at UW Learning store)

Soybean

Wheat

Corn

Integrate Pest and Crop Management Publications -comprehensive list of publications produced by the IPCM programs. To view a publication, simply click on the title or individual categories:

Nutrient Management

Pest Management

Weed Science
IPM Weed Guide

Ag Weed Factsheets

Common weed seedlings of the north central states-This detailed, illustrated guide will help you identify the 54 of the most common problem weed species pdf at UW learning store

UW Extension Learning Store Forages Publications- Study the forage, weeds, insects and other problems of forage crops in 6 documents, and 16 documents on grazing and harvesting forages, 10 on pasture grasses and 13 on pasture legume topics

UW Extension Learning Store Manure Publications- open, review or print these 12 manure related publications

Pesticide Applicator Training

KEY ONLINE GUIDES
Management of Wisconsin Soils A3588

Nutrient Application Guidelines for Field, Vegetable, and fruit crops in WI A2809

UW IPM Field Crops Scouting Manual

Pest Management in Wisconsin Field Crops A3646

YouTube VIDEOS
Wisconsin CCA Study Materials -- A series of recorded presentations by UW Extension State Specialists:
         Soil science fundamentals for field crops (Videos)
         Field crop forage fundamentals (Videos)
         Weed, insect, disease IPM for field crops (Videos)
         University of Wisconsin Integrated Pest and Crop Management (Videos)

UW Nutrient Mgmt Farmer Edu (Series of agronomic videos that include similar CCA training topics)

SPECIALTY CROPS
Commercial Vegetable Production In Wisconsin A3422
What should Certified Crop Advisors know about green beans Wisconsin is the leading producer of green beans. Here is a complete guide of how to produce a top crop.
Cranberry production in Wisconsin

PRACTICE TESTS- Give your try at some basic agronomy test questions in these FFA tests with answer keys to help you determine areas to study more before the CCA exam.
Iowa FFA Practice Tests- Crops, soils & agronomy past exams to use as practice

Kansas State Agronomy Practice Tests with Answer Keys

Math Anxiety: Fertilizer Calculations -look over common agronomy math problems

Good Luck on your upcoming CCA Exam from the entire WI CCA Board and fellow certified crop advisors of Wisconsin!