Farmers and financial aid

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Are you guys telling me that European farmers don't have any education in agronomy, crop rotation/crop cycles, soil chemistry, water chemistry, business management, irrigation systems and techniques, microeconomics, or computer control systems (just to name a few)?

[Crandar]

Here, the majority of farmers hasn't even finished high school. In what concerns your list, I doubt that even a single agronomist is knowledgeable enough.

[Husar]

Are you guys telling me that European farmers don't have any education in agronomy, crop rotation/crop cycles, soil chemistry, water chemistry, business management, irrigation systems and techniques, microeconomics, or computer control systems (just to name a few)?

http://www.landwirtschaftskammer.de/...rt/einsteiger/

Thi is the info from the agricultural...."guild"(?) in Germany and it says that the education is basically the normal dual system that is used in Germany. Which means it is an education but not college. there are no requirements by law apparently but since you have to find a company (such as an existing farmer) who will take you in as a student, they usually require at least tenyears of schoolin practice. Which do not qualify anyone for college or university in Germany. If I'm not mistaken the dual system means that you go to school (I think there are schools for this dual system that offer the respective courses) but also work for the company that takes you in, you get both practical as well as theoretical experience/knowledge. This is done for 3 years and if you finish with the required grades you have your education.

You can probably also study agricultural somethingorother but I suppose people who want to be basic farmers will often not do that and at a university one may not get the same practical experience, might be more for agricultural management or so.
This site seems to say so as well, people who study this often work for the gubmint or in management of food production etc.:
http://www.studieren-studium.com/stu...grarwirtschaft