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Spanish for Agriculture

Frustrated with language barriers on the farm?

Learning Spanish for agriculture doesn’t have to be difficult!

These practical, ag industry-specific Spanish courses are designed to help English-speaking ag professionals and farm owners speak clearly, confidently, and respectfully with their Spanish-speaking teams.

Find your sector below

How it works

1

Before Class Starts

  • Register for class!
  • Mark off  1 hour on Tuesday and Thursday evenings on your calendar.
  • Actual class times can be found here.
  • Gain access to all supplemental learning resources
  • Plan to spend minimum 1 hour per week on homework/vocab practice
  • Total weekly commitment: 3 hours (1 hour for each lesson, 1 hour for homework & practice)

2

During Class | Weeks 1-9

  • Attending live is NOT mandatory, but highly encouraged
  • SmartBoard and Learning Platform technology to give you the best experience
  • All classes are recorded and available on-demand with password-protected access
  • Interactive discussions with in-class activities and student participation
  • Homework assignments to reinforce learning (it’s not overload, I promise)
  • Regardless of which option you choose, you receive consistent, timely support no matter your pace/where you’re at in the course
  • Review week in the middle (week four)

“This was a very effective class.  I was engaged throughout the training, even though I viewed most sessions as recordings.  I am recommending this class to my team and to leaders of other teams in our Dairy Unit.  I learned a lot.” 

– David K, Ph.D.

3

After Class | Weeks 10-16

  • Access all class recordings for up to 6 weeks after the live sessions end
  • Catch up on any missed lessons or homework assignments
  • One- on -one office hours are also available when needed

This is a non-credit course, but you’ll walk away with a pretty sweet certificate—and proof that you put in the work to learn Spanish.

Student reviews

Colleen Z.

Potato farmer, Canada

Duolingo does not cover this!  Katie and Anita are very warm and engaging instructors. They make the material relatable, are encouraging & make you feel at ease learning a new language. I really enjoyed your classes!

Sara

Green's Fruit Farm

Although our growing season was crazy, I do feel like I learned a lot. Thank you so much for sharing all of your expertise with us. I thoroughly enjoyed taking this course!

Daniel S.

Production Manager

I have learned so darn much in a short time. With a full time job and a family, this course made it possible for me to learn Spanish! Thank you so much! This course really will change the course of my future. It is so awesome to see the excitement, respect and trust in the eyes of the Spanish speakers that I have spoken to so far.

Molly B.

Merck Animal Health

Thank you for your time and helping with the class. I really enjoyed it! I have been talking to many of my teammates and customers in the industry and sharing my experience with them. Several are interested in taking it!

Katherine G.

Valley Swine, LLC

I very much am enjoying class and recommend this to anyone in the agricultural field. Thank you very much.

Phillip C.

JBSSA

Thankful for the flexibility of this class for sure as I travel a lot for work! I’m taking on 5 farms with all Spanish speakers so I’m looking forward to using what I’ve learned here. I know it’s going to come in handy- it already has.

These practical Spanish for Agriculture courses are designed to help English-speaking ag professionals and farm owners speak clearly, confidently, and respectfully with their Spanish-speaking teams across a variety of industries.  Choose yours below.

Spanish for
Dairy

Spanish for
Poultry

Spanish for
Swine

Spanish for
Horticulture

Don't work in any of the sectors listed? That's okay!

If you work in another sector of ag, you will still benefit from these courses. 

Past students have been farmers, ranchers, pharmaceutical representatives, consultants, etc.

All courses include basic ag vocabulary that works across any ag industry.

You’ll learn words for common equipment,  actions, and descriptions used daily in agricultural work in additional to general use Spanish like colors, numbers, and days of the week.

Sample Ag Vocabulary List

Pipe
Bucket
Hose
Gate
Tank
Load
Unload
Work

Start speaking Spanish with confidence in just a few weeks!

On the farm, you don’t need to be totally fluent to start communicating—just functional.

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