This program is designed to prepare students to operate specialized ranch, farm, and agribusiness power equipment of a mobile, stationary, and/or hand-operated nature. This program typically includes in depth instruction in operating specialized equipment such as tractors and hauling equipment; terrestrial and airborne crop-spraying equipment; cutting equipment; planting and harvesting equipment; power sources and systems for silos, pumping, irrigation, processing equipment; and applications such as feeding, dairy, and shearing operations; and applicable mechanical, electrical, and safety principles.
The following colleges and universities provide majors and degree programs in Agricultural Power Machinery.
- Black Hawk College: East Campus
Galva, IL - Dawson Community College
Glendive, MT - Hawkeye Community College
Waterloo, IA - Hutchinson Community College
Hutchinson, KS - Iowa Lakes Community College
Estherville, IA - North Dakota State College of Science
Wahpeton, ND - Northeast Iowa Community College
Calmar, IA - Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute
Wooster, OH - Southwest Georgia Technical College
Thomasville, GA - State University of New York College of Agriculture and Technology at Morrisville
Morrisville, NY