Help producers make sustainable changes on their farms by becoming a Certified Crop Advisor!

Registration for the Certified Crop Advisor (CCA) Exam is now open! Registration is open from October 1, 2025 and you can register for the exam on the Certified Crop Advisor website. Available exam dates will be November 5 – 19, 2025.

As part of the On-Farm Climate Action Fund (OFCAF), agrologists residing in Nova Scotia that are eligible to become a CCA can take advantage of the OFCAF CCA bursary through Perennia Food and Agriculture to write the Certified Crop Advisor Exam(s).

Fill out the CCA exam bursary application here. This bursary is available for current professional agrologists (i.e., a PAg through the Nova Scotia Institute of Agrologists (NSIA) .

Visit the Certified Crop Advisor exam website for additional information on exam registration and dates and locations near you. If you have any questions, please reach out to programs@perennia.ca for assistance or contact Georgia directly at glewis@perennia.ca.

In order to complete your application and receive the bursary, invoices and proof of payment (acceptable forms of proof of payment include a digital image of the front and back of a cleared cheque, proof of e-transfer or EFT and credit card statements) for all expenses, and proof of completing the exam will be required. Please email these items to programs@perennia.ca within 30 days of exam completion.

Please share this information with colleagues who haven’t received it and ask them to reach out to us at marketing@perennia.ca to GET ON THE LIST for these opportunities!